Professor turned forest schooler, Brooke is applying her talents as a curriculum specialist, education researcher, and teacher educator to develop Edmonton Forest School Society’s professional learning opportunities and resources for educators. She also leads weekly programming that informs her learning about childrens’ curiosity, creatively, and playfulness as pillars of curriculum development; consent as foundational in education; and honouring forest kin as teachers and playmates. The central question that guides her current practice is, What do we need to have in place to get to the answer, yes?

Brooke is a certified forest and nature school practitioner through the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada. She has earned degrees in place-based and relational philosophies (PhD), education (MEd, BEd), and science with focus on ecology (BScH). She has worked with learners of all ages on land, water, and places between. Roles include: professor, elementary and high school science teacher, informal science educator in Indigenous communities, and swim instructor and coach.