ECEC 2025 CONFERENCE: Full Schedule

ECEC 2025 CONFERENCE • Fantasyland Hotel • April 25-26, 2025

10:45am MDT

Playful Pathways: Experiencing the Power of Play to Unlock Children's Learning and Emotional Well-Being

Friday April 25, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT

In this play experience, participants will have the opportunity to engage with a variety of loose-parts materials in an immersive play experience followed by reflection, debriefing and shared views of the value and meaning of their play experience. Participants engage in self-active play, a mindfulness practice that relieves stress and anxiety while inspiring creative contemplation. This play process is offered as a source of creative energy, a positive healing force for generating optimism and resilience in young children and adults.

Speakers

Natasha Lang

Early Education Facilitator

Hello! My name is Natasha Lang, I’m married to my high school sweetheart and a proud mother of four fabulous teens/adults. With over 25 years of experience in early childhood education, I have taught PreK and Kindergarten, and I currently serve as an Early Education Facilitator... Read More →

Ashley Bieda

Early Education Program Coordinator, Therapeutic Play Practitioner

Ashley Bieda has been in the world of early education for 16 years. While going to University to get her teaching degree, she obtained her Level 3 ECE Certification and began working in daycares to gain experience with children. During her time at Jasper Place Child and Family Resource... Read More →

Friday April 25, 2025 10:45am - 11:30am MDT
Room 7 (Madeira)

Wellness

2:00pm MDT

You Are A Blessing

Friday April 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT

Room 7 (Madeira)

Let's continue being a wonderful blessing to everyone, just as each of you does so beautifully. Let's uplift and nourish one another. Together, we'll grow stronger-preparing our hearts, minds and spirits for all that lies ahead. This weekend is dedicated to you. You are all so incredibly special.

Speakers

Christina Fox

Author

Dr. Christina Fox Iitsisaanoowa (Vision Beyond) is a proud Blackfoot woman. Christina is a mother of four, grandmother of eighteen, and great grandmother of fifteen. Despite Christina’s experience as a Residential School Survivor, she has shown her resilience and turned a negative... Read More →

Friday April 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
Room 7 (Madeira)

FNMI

9:30am MDT

Visual Journals in the Classroom

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am MDT

Room 7 (Madeira)

Visual Journals allow opportunities for students to reflect and document their learning in a creative format. See how Visual Journals can be used almost daily as a curriculum-based tool across all subjects. Ways to incorporate Indigenous themes will also be demonstrated. There will be take-away projects.

Speakers

Cassandra Christen

Teacher

Cassandra Christen has been teaching for over 20 years. She has used Visual Journals in the classroom for 14 years. Cassandra is of Cree Metis descent and lives and works in the Edmonton area. She loves to be creative and is also pretty hilarious.

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am MDT
Room 7 (Madeira)

Art/Music