There are a variety of conferences and events that can help with building capacity regarding environmental education or provide opportunities for you to reach an audience for your environmental education programs. The conferences listed may be conferences that you wish to attend and some may be conferences that you may wish to offer a presentation/workshop or display. Listed below are a variety of conferences and events and some tips on submitting convention/conference proposals.
- Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) Teachers’ Conventions
- ATA Specialist Council Conferences
- Dr. Noel’s Top 10 Tips for Submitting Convention Proposals
- Canadian Network for Environmental Education & Communications (EECOM) conference
- North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) conference
- Green Teacher Webinars
ATA Teachers’ Conventions
The Alberta Teachers’ Association hosts annual events devoted to the professional development of teachers. These are great venues for sharing your environmental education resources and programs.
These events are organized regionally and take place in February and March of each year. To present at conventions, you apply directly through the convention committee. Applications start being accepted in the spring of each year.
The list below provides information regarding upcoming Teachers’ Conventions for 2013.
| Conference Title | Dates | Location | Proposal Application Information |
| North Central | February 7 – 8 | Edmonton | May 30th deadline |
| Central Alberta | February 7 – 8 | Red Deer | Open now |
| Calgary City | February 14 – 15 | Calgary | Opens May 15th |
| Northeast | February 14 – 15 | Edmonton | Not updated but last year was June 1 |
| Palliser District | February 21 – 22 | Calgary | June 30 deadline |
| Southeastern Alberta | February 21 – 22 | Medicine Hat | Opens June 1 |
| South Western | February 21 – 22 | Lethbridge | Open now |
| Greater Edmonton | Feb 28 – Mar 1 | Edmonton | Open now |
| Mighty Peace | March 7 – 8 | Grande Prairie | Accepting in May 2012 |
| Central East | March 7 – 8 | Edmonton | Not updated |
ATA Specialist Council Conferences
The ATA Specialist Councils focus on different aspects of teaching. See the website for full listing of all the specialists councils. If you want to present at the conferences, contact the Program Chairs seven or eight months before the conference. Here are some of the councils that apply directly to environmental education.
| Conference Title | 2012 Dates | Location | Proposal Application Information |
| Social Studies | October 12 – 14 | No information posted | |
| Science Council | November 15 – 17 | Banff Centre | May 31 deadline |
| Global, Environment & Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC) | May 11, AGM | Red Deer | No conference planned but offer 1 day events |
| Health & Physical Education Council | May 3 – 5 | Camrose | Deadline past |
EECOM
The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM), is Canada’s only national, bilingual, charitable network for environmental learning. EECOM works strategically and collaboratively to advance environmental learning to ensure Canadians are environmentally literate, engaged in environmental stewardship and contributing to a healthy, sustainable future.
EECOM hosts an annual conference.
NAAEE
The North American Association for Environmental Education advances environmental education and supports environmental educators in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
NAAEE hosts an annual conference.
Green Teacher Webinar Series
Green Teacher is a magazine that helps youth educators enhance environmental and global education inside and outside of schools. Green Teacher offers a webinar series. A digital subscription to Green Teacher allows access to past webinars, but a subscription is not necessary to attend the live webinar events. See a listing of upcoming webinars and past sessions.
