The Child and Nature Alliance Podcast

Mar 03 2025 21 ep. 43 mins 5
The Child and Nature Alliance Podcast artwork

A collection of stories and interviews about outdoor play and forest and nature school in Canada

  Education  Business  Science
RSS feed Share
Copy RSS


Subscribe on Podcast Addict


How We Work Now and Why

Mar 03 2025 75 mins  
In this episode of Learning to Listen: CNAC’s Reconciliation in Practice, hosts Monika Goodluck and Petra Eperjesi speak with guests Jacqueline Bennet and Heather Wilson about CNAC’s reconciliation journey. They reflect on the importance of Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, the ongoing process of listening, and CNAC’s commitment to creating ethical, reciprocal relatio

Indigenous Consultation/Lack Thereof

Feb 23 2025 58 mins  
In this episode of Learning to Listen: CNAC’s Reconciliation in Practice, hosts Petra and Monica speak with Marc St. Dennis, former CNAC project lead, and Heth Wilson, CNAC’s Executive Director. They reflect on CNAC’s early missteps in engaging with Indigenous Peoples, the discomfort of confronting privilege, and the harm of euro-western impositions. They discuss how CNAC is

Learning to Listen: CNAC's Reconciliation in Practice

Feb 17 2025 6 mins  
Learning to Listen: Reconciliation in Practice is a podcast series by the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada (CNAC), exploring the organization’s journey towards truth and reconciliation. Hosted by Monika Goodluck and Petra Eperjesi, the series features conversations with CNAC staff, facilitators, and consultants about the challenges and changes in their practices. The episodes

Setting the Stage (with Sinéad and Kay)

Feb 17 2025 59 mins  
In the first episode of Learning to Listen: CNAC’s Reconciliation in Practice, hosts Petra and Monica engage with long-time Forest/Nature School practitioners and CNAC facilitators Kay Rasmussen and Sinéad Rafferty. They reflect on their experiences working with CNAC, providing context for the ongoing changes discussed throughout the series. The conversation touches on the chall

FNS and Disability: Being Inclusive (Part 2)

Jan 05 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, Petra continues conversing with Alice and Lude about race and disability while broadening their thinking about inclusion and outdoor play.

FNS and Disability: Being Inclusive

Dec 13 2023 53 mins  
In this episode, Petra talks with Alice and Lude, parents of children in Forest/Nature School programs, about their relationship with disability and the problem with the term “inclusion”.

FNS and Disability: A Step-by Step Approach to Inclusion

Oct 03 2023 49 mins  
In this podcast, Petra and Ellisha Blair, public school teacher and founder of Eunoia Forest School in Durham Region, Ontario, discuss building trust with families and caregivers, a step-by-step and case-by-case approach to inclusion, the child-led approach as an inclusive approach, and building a culture of inclusion through emphasizing process over product.

FNS and Disability: No Such Thing as Perfect

May 09 2023 38 mins  
In this podcast, Petra and Margaret continue the conversation about inclusion in Forest/Nature School and outdoor play contexts. We talk funding sources, planning for inclusion, and more concrete ways to improve accessibility and inclusion.

FNS and Disability: What is inclusion?

Apr 25 2023 30 mins  
In this podcast, CNAC Director of Learning Petra Eperjesi sits down with facilitator Margaret Fraser, who is also the co-founder of Metalude, a Montréal-based play and inclusion consultancy. They discuss accessibility and inclusion in the Forest/Nature School context. Margaret challenges us to reflect on our relationships with disability and internalized ableism, how we think abou

Walking Through the Woods: Meet Guelph Outdoor School

Feb 10 2022 28 mins  
In this episode, Rimsha speaks with Chris Green, the director of Guelph Outdoor School. Chris works as GOS instructor, is a Dad to two girls, and grew up in the Guelph area. His hopes are that, Guelph Outdoor School evolves and grows with a changing world, delivering learning opportunities that are fun, effective, relevant, and as accessible and welcoming as possible. Learn why Chr