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Lee Beavington, PhD
@wildethic.bsky.social
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Eco-social justice. Biologist, poet, place-based educator. Indigenous wisdom. Nature photographer. Peter Gabriel music video creator.
My LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/leebeavington
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Photos from the 41st event hosted by Wild Spaces! The Body as Geography with Parthi Krishnan.

Next week: A River Walk in a Salmon Forest.

(Photos by me and Arts Practicum student Jenn Hayward)

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Join us next week as we discuss the fascinating book Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social. How did a river in India get erased? How do cloud forests carry rivers in the earth, land and sky? What does it mean to be enrivered?

www.kpu.ca/library/book...

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November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Still a few spots left for next week's event, The Body as Geography with KPU geographer Parthi Krishnan!

Sign up here:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

#wildspaces #geography #education #university
A group of participants are walking over a grass field. Text: Wild Spaces. The Body as Geography. Open to students, staff and faculty. November 6th, 12pm, KPU Surrey.
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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What a wonderful Fungi Forest Walk with KPU lab biology technician (and marvellous mycologist) Emily Betz!

Sign up for upcoming Wild Spaces events here:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

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October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Only a couple spots left! Fungi Forest Walk next Tuesday at KPU Surrey.

Register:
form.jotform.com/252744797551...

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpumedia.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social

#wildspaces #education #nature #university #fungi
Poster showing a mushroom in hand. Text: Wild Spaces, Fungi Forest Walk. Open to students, staff & faculty. October 21, 3pm, KPU Surrey.
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Fall Wild Spaces events:
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October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This semester's book club choice is very close to my heart: Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social.
www.kpu.ca/library/book...
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I made a music video for @itspetergabriel.bsky.social. He will release it tomorrow, July 17.

Here’s a screenshot of the creative process from Final Cut Pro.
Screenshot from Final Cut Pro, showing a still of a slug eating in the top right corner. The clips that comprise the music video are shown (without detail) in the bottom portion of the screenshot.
July 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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When you're a mega fan of Rivers, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, @stanleydonwood.bsky.social, and @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social.
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Now online! Indigenous Pedagogies, today at noon.

Join Shannon Leddy, author of Teaching Where you Are, for a talk on Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies.

Open to all. Message me for link.

#Indigenous #decolonize #education #university #teaching @kwantlenu.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I'm leading an online writing workshop next Tuesday. Open to everyone. Let's get creative together!

This workshop is inspired by Felicia Rose Chavez' The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom

Register here:
www.kpu.ca/learningcent... @kwantlenu.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Salish Sea Assembly, water defender event. Open to everyone!

This great event is next Tuesday, May 27, at the Totest Aleng Indigenous Learning House in South Surrey:
www.surrey.ca/arts-culture...
May 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Land-based learning this Thu! Join us for a walk & talk with Sonya Ballantyne, KPU's Indigenous Filmmaker/Writer in Residence. Award-winning filmmaker, founder of Code Breaker Films & named a Barbie Role Model.

Register:
form.jotform.com/251115316175...

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May 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Wild Spaces summer speaker series just announced! Full details and to register:
form.jotform.com/251115316175...

Open to the KPU community. If you are external to KPU and would like to join us please send me a note.

@kwantlenu.bsky.social @kpuarts.bsky.social @kpupolicystudies.bsky.social
Poster showing attendees in a Wild Spaces event last year, looking for pollinators at the Westerman property on the KPU Surrey campus. May 8 – Sonya Ballantyne (The Three Times Bono Saved my Life) May 29 – Shannon Leddy (Indigenous Pedagogies) June 4 – Kristen Penhall (Pollinator Walk) Rain or shine. Meet by main courtyard pond. Events start at 12 noon. Meet by main courtyard pond. With support from The Teaching & Learning Commons QR code provided. Link to register: https://form.jotform.com/251115316175045
April 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Summer course:
Corporate Accountability and Historical Justice

⁨Study mechanisms developed to hold corporations accountable for their actions, particularly human rights violations and environmental degradation. Taught by Fabricio Telo.

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April 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Recently finished Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social. A profound book utterly relevant to the world today. Stunningly written and researched. Rivers run through everything, and we need to honour and protect them. I will read this again and bring this book into my teaching and research.
March 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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New course: Green Criminology. I wish this course existed when I was a student!

Looking for an interesting class to take this summer? Care about nature, environmental justice, and getting outside of the classroom?
March 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Our final session of the Indigenous Speaker Series is with the incredibly knowledgeable Robert Jago. The first three events filled up so sign up fast!

Wed, Mar. 26, 1pm, outdoors at KPU Surrey
Open to students, staff and faculty

Details and to register:
form.jotform.com/250496841196...
March 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Decolonizing Educational Practices.

Meaningful territorial acknowledgements, cultivating cultural safety, authentic Indigenous resources, relational and place-based teaching, and more. I created this website in collaboration with many others. @kwantlenu.bsky.social

wordpress.kpu.ca/decolonization
March 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Indigenous Speaker Series starts tomorrow! Open to the KPU community.

Full details and to register:
form.jotform.com/250496841196...
February 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Find Your Writing Voice workshop next Wednesday.

www.kpu.ca/learningcent...
January 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Once again our cats remind me of the best things in life.
January 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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New Zealand. Hobbits, poets, Fernery, and Thom Yorke.

#poeticinquiry #Hobbiton #fernery #thomyorke
December 9, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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Hosted two Wild Spaces events in Nov. Fungi Forest Walk (with Emily Betz) and A River Walk in a Salmon Forest (with Erika Eliason & Cougar Creek Streamkeepers). Co-hosted by the Office of Sustainability. Great discoveries, conversations, and connections.

Wild Spaces:
wordpress.kpu.ca/wildspaces
December 4, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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New course @ KPU!

INDG/BIOL 1492 – Indigenous Perspectives in Biology

Instructors: Anthony Fernandes & Lee Beavington

Open to all KPU students
Poster shows several people walking into the forest. Link to KPU's registration page is provided as https://www.kpu.ca/registration/register-classes. All other information provided is in the social media post, including: INDG/BIOL 1492 – Indigenous Perspectives in Biology Tuesdays, 1-4pm, KPU Surrey, in-person (spring 2025) Instructors: Anthony Fernandes & Lee Beavington Open to all KPU students Prerequisites: 12 credits Can count toward Arts credit for Science, or Science credit for Arts Can also count toward minor in Indigenous Community Justice
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 PM