Zandvliet, D. and Leddy, S. (2023, May).  Approaches to Biocultural Diversity in Education. Paper presented at the Environmental and Sustainability in Teacher Education (ESE-TE) Research Roundtable, OISE, University of Toronto.

Zandvliet, D., Karrow, D., and Fazio, X (2022, Oct.).  Signifiers and Empty-Signifiers of ‘Environmental and Sustainability Education’: Implications for Teacher Education.  Paper presented at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Research Symposium, Tucson, AZ.

Zandvliet, D. and Cirkony, C. (2022, June). Co-constructing an interdisciplinary framework in context: Connecting science and sustainability education through environmental learning.  Paper presented (virtual) at the Australian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Annual meeting.

Cirkony, C. and Zandvliet, D. (2022, June). Two-eyed seeing: Exploring the interface of two instructional models for science education.  Paper presented (virtual) at the Australian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Annual meeting.

Tan, P., Moran, H., Albuquerque, M.; Kwok, J. and Zandvliet, D. (2022, May). Connecting people and plants: Towards responsible stewardship through an urban garden teaching model. Presentation to the Horizons Conference, Vancouver BC.

Tan, P., Zandvliet, D. Cummins, T. (2022, May). Understanding colonial impacts on the ecology of False Creek with ArcGIS StoryMap. Presentation to the Horizons Conference, Vancouver BC.

Zandvliet, D. (May 2022) Publication Consultation at the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Maulana, R. and Zandvliet, D. (2022, Apr.). Effective Learning Environments: Contemporary Insights for Assessments and Strategies to Support Effective Teaching. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA) San Diego CA.

Zandvliet, D. (2022, Apr.). Learning Places: Action Research on blended learning environments during COVID. Paper presented as a roundtable at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA) San Diego CA.

Upadyhay, B. and Chinn, P. and Zandvliet, D. (2022, Apr.). Indigenous science knowledge as social and cultural capital supporting more resilient and sustainable communities. Symposium presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference (NARST) Vancouver BC.

Zandvliet, D.  (2022, Apr.). Places of Learning: Case studies on selected learning environments during COVID. Paper presentation at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference (NARST) Vancouver BC.

Upadyhay, B. and Zandvliet, D. (2022, Apr.). Indigenous knowledges for sustainable science education research. Pre-conference workshop presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference (NARST) Vancouver BC.

Zandvliet, D.  (2022, Mar.). The Affordances of Blended Learning Environments for EE during COVID Times. Paper presented at the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC). Prague, Czech Rep.

Zandvliet, D.  (2022, Mar.). Case Studies in Bio-cultural Diversity and Education. Paper presented at the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC). Prague, Czech Republic

Zandvliet, D.  (2022, Jan.). Two Stories of Environmental Learning. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE). Kona, HI.

Zandvliet, D. and Leddy, S. (2021, Nov.). Walking Out of the Anthropocene: Reworking Education for Sustainable Development with Indigenous and Arts-based Pedagogies. Presentation at the Global RCE Conference on ESD (Virtual event. Glascow, Scotland).

Dyck, J. Metcalfe, S., Robertson, P., Zandvliet, D. and McDonald, D. (2021, Oct.). The Place of Environmental Education in the BC Curriculum. Presentation to the Classrooms to Communities (Virtual conference).

Zandvliet, D. and Rotinsulu, W. (2021, Oct.). Enacting The 'Virtual Field School' on Biocultural Diversity and Education. Paper presented at the NAAEE Research Symposium (virtual event).

Zandvliet, D. and Yumagulova, L. (2021, Aug.). Pacific Findings from the Canadian Ocean Literacy Study. Paper presented at the NAME/CaNOE joint conference (Virtual event).

Zandvliet, D. and Yumagulova, L. (2021, Aug.). Framing Ocean Literacy in BC. Paper presented at the NAME/CaNOE joint conference (Virtual event).

Zandvliet, D., Karrow, D., and Fazio, X (2021, June). What’s in a Name? The Signifiers and Empty-Signifiers of ‘Environmental and Sustainability Education’: Implications for Teacher Education. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE virtual conference).

Karrow, D., Fazio, X and Zandvliet, D. (2021, April). What’s in a Name? The Signifiers and Empty-Signifiers of ‘Environmental and Sustainability Education.’ EECOM Research Symposium.

Zandvliet, D., Paul, A. and Curran J.M. (2021, April). From SEEDs to Seedlings. Paper presented at the EECOM Research Symposium (Virtual conference).

Zandvliet, D. (2020, Oct.). Places, Faces and Spaces for Learning. Workshop presented to the North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ. (Virtual)

Ma, A., Vander Flier-Keller, E., Zandvliet, D.B. and Cameron, K. (2019, September). Merging Earth Science with Environmental Education for Teachers through Inquiry, Constructivist and Place-based Learning. Paper presented to the Geoconvention (virtual event).

Yumagalova, L. and Zandvliet, D. (2020, Apr.). Co-creating a national strategy for ocean literacy in Canada: Insights from the Pacific region. Paper presented at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Vancouver, BC.

Zandvliet, D. and Sturrock, G  (2020, Apr.). Citizenship and Place-Based Learning in an Integrated Environmental Studies Program. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Educational Researchers’ Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (meeting cancelled). 

Zandvliet, D. and Rotinsulu, W. (2020, Mar.) Development and Inception of an Indonesian Field school. Paper accepted for presentation at the Asia Pacific Association for International Education Conference, Vancouver, Canada (conference postponed until March 2022)

Zandvliet, D. (2019, Nov.). Climate change and the ocean: Insights from the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition. Paper presented at the World  Environmental Education Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.

Zandvliet, D. and Yumagalova, L. (2019, Oct.). Framing ocean literacy in Vancouver. Presentation at the Classrooms to Communities conference, UBC Vancouver.

Stanton, A. , Zandvliet, D., Barnes, S. and Lee, M. (2019, October). Campus Initiatives to Support Wellbeing. Presentation at the National Forum on Well-being in Postsecondary Education, UBC Vancouver.

Ma, A., Vander Flier-Keller, E., Zandvliet, D.B. and Cameron, K. (2019, September). Merging Earth Science with Environmental Education for Teachers. Paper presentation to the Geological Society of America Conference, Phoenix AZ.

Gagne, L. and Zandvliet, D. (2019, Apr.). A Lefebvrian Lens on a Transdisciplinary Field School Experience in the Amazon Rainforest of Colombia. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Researchers’ Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON. 

Sturrock, G. and Zandvliet, D. (2018, Oct.). School Learning Environments and Long-term Outcomes related to Community and Civic Engagement. Paper presented at the North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Spokane, WA.

Zandvliet, D. (2018, Oct.). Places, Faces and Spaces for Learning. Paper presented at the North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Spokane, WA.

Zandvliet, D. (2018, Oct.). The Story of STEM and LEAF. Paper presented (as a poster) at the North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, Spokane, WA.

Zandvliet, D., Stanton, A. (2018, Apr.). Healthy Environments and Learning Practices. Paper (presented as a roundtable) at the American Educational Researchers’ Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Zandvliet, D. (2017, Sept.). Ecological Identity in Teacher Education. Paper presentation at the 9th World Congress of Environmental Education, Vancouver, Canada.

Zandvliet, D. (2017, May). Exploring the Intersection of Culture and Environment in Three Botanical Gardens. Paper presentation at the American Educational Researchers’ Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.

Zandvliet, D. (2016, Oct.). Places and Spaces for Learning. Paper presentation at the North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Madison, WI.

Zandvliet, D.B., Gallagher, C. Tarampi, M. and Dale, J. (2016, Sept.). How Educational Environments Impact Learning. Paper/panel at the Neuroscience for Architecture Annual Meeting, La Jolla, CA.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2016, July). Education and Adventure in the Indonesian Archipelago. Paper presentation at the Internationalizing Higher Education Conference, Vancouver BC.

Dhaliwal, R., Stanton, A., Zandvliet, D. and Berry, B. (2016, June). Degrees of Well-Being: Research and Practice on Learning Environments at SFU. Paper presentation at the BC Campus Fesitival of Learning, Burnaby, BC.

Chinn, P., Semken, S. Kanahele-Mossman, H., Yen, C., Zandvliet, D., Glasson, G., Nelson-Barber, S. and Klechaya, R. (2016). International Symposium on Culture, Language, Practices, and Place in STEM Education: Indigenous and Place-Based Approaches. Paper presentation at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Zandvliet, D.B., Gallagher, C. Tarampi, M. and Dale, J. (2016, Apr.). Designing and evaluating physical learning environments in educational settings. Panel presentation (Learning Environments SIG), presented at the AERA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Zandvliet, D. (2015, Oct.) Exploring the interaction of culture and environment in Indonesia. Paper presentation at the Research Symposium of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 

Dhaliwal, R., Stanton, A., Zandvliet, D. and Chu, S. (2015, June). Creating Conditions for Well-Being within Learning Environments: Bridging Research and Practice. Paper presentation at the International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges, Kelowna, BC.

Stanton, A., Dhaliwal, R., and Zandvliet, D. (2015, June). Creating Conditions for Well-Being. Paper presented at the Spring Workshop of the Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG), Burnaby, BC.

Stanton, A., Berry, B., Zandvliet, D.B. and Dhaliwal, R. (2015).  Exploring the Links between the Learning Environment and Student Well-being.  Paper presentation at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), Vancouver, BC.

Stanton, A., Dhaliwal, R., Zandvliet, D. and Turner, S. (2015, May). Bridging Research and Practice: Exploring the Role of Learning Experiences in Enhancing Student Well-being. Paper presention at the Canadian Association for College and University Services. Vancouver, BC.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2015, April). Re-visioning Environmental Learning Using Participatory Processes. Paper presentation at the American Educational  Researchers’ Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2015, April). Science and Story (in symposium): Culture, Language, Practices, Place in STEM Education: Indigenous and Place-based Approaches from Pacific and Americas. Paper presentation at the National Association for Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2014, January). ‘Learning’ Environments: Case Studies from the Field. Paper presentation at the Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE), Honolulu, HW.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C. (2013, April). Healthy Learning Environments: From Theory to Practice. Poster presentation at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ormond, C. and Zandvliet, D. (2013, April). The Psychosocial Learning Environment in a Teacher Education Program. Paper presentation at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C. (2013, Feb.). Action Research and the Place-based Learning and Constructivist Environment Survey (PLACES). Paper presentation at the 2013 International Conference on the Outdoor Learning Environment (ICOLE). Israel.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2012, August). Re-visioning Environmental Learning to Sustain Communities. Paper presention at the Ecological Society of America (ESA conference), Portland, OR.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2012, June). ‘Learning Environments’ and Environmental Learning. Paper presentation at the Environmental Studies Association of Canada (CSSE/ESAC/EECOM conference), Waterloo, ON.

Zandvliet, D. (2012, April). A Dialogue on Re-visioning Environmental Learning. Organizer and presenter for a symposium and invited paper set presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C. (2012, April). Re-visioning Environmental Learning in British Columbia through Participatory Processes. Paper presentation at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.

Ormond, C. and Zandvliet, D. (2012, April). Investigating the Learning Environment of a Place-Based Teacher Education Program in its Implementation Year. Paper presentation at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C. (2012, April). Developing action research tools for teachers: the Place-based Learning and Constructivist Environment Survey (PLACES).  Paper presentation at the International Conference on Interpersonal Relationships in Education, Vancouver, BC.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C., Dyck, J., and Cloutier-Norris, V. (2012, April). Case Studies in Place-based Learning and Participatory Action Research.  Paper presentation at the International Conference on Interpersonal Relationships in Education, Vancouver, BC.

Ormond, C., and Zandvliet, D. (2012, April). Fostering a Socially- and Sustainability-Conscious Society: An Investigation into Place-based Learning Environments. Paper presentation at the International Conference on Interpersonal Relationships in Education, Vancouver, BC.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2011, July). A Community's Tale on the Development of a Place-based Learning Environment. Paper presentation at the 6th World Congress of Environmental Education, Brisbane, Australia.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2011, July). PLACES and SPACES: Assessing place-based pedagogies and their influence on the learning environment. Paper presentation at the 6th World Congress of Environmental Education, Brisbane, Australia.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C. (2011, April). PLACES and SPACES: Place-based Education and Physical Learning Environments. Paper presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Ormond, C. and Zandvliet, D. B. (2011, April). An Ethnographic Experience of a Place-Based Learning Environment.  Paper presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orlando, FL.

Zandvliet, D.B., Teed, S. and Ormond, C. (2011, March). NARST Sponsored Paper, Science Times: Current socioscientific news stories, written for students. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the  National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA), San Francisco, CA.

de Castell, S., Droumeva, M., Alonso-Yanez, G., Sai, T., Beck, K., Waterstone, B., Ilieva, R., Egan, K., Young, M., Nielson, M., Menzies, M., Patterson, D., O'Neil, K., Blenkinsop, S., Scutt , G., Smith, S., Zandvliet, D., Ormond, C., and Ashby, J. (2010, May). Sustainable Educational Ecologies (SFU): A Faculty’s Research Initiative. Paper presentation at the 2010 Meeting of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C. (2010, April). Developing and Validating the Place-based and Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (PLACES) in Diverse Settings. Paper presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Ormond, C., Piersol, L., Teed, S. and Zandvliet, D. (2010, April). Case-Studies in the Development of Place-based Learning Environments.  Paper presentation at the International Conference on Interpersonal Relationships in Education, Boulder, CO.

Zandvliet, D. and Ormond, C. (2010, April). Developing and Describing Place-based and Constructivist Learning Environments.  Paper presentation at the International Conference on Interpersonal Relationships in Education, Boulder, CO.

Zandvliet, D. B. (2010, March). Validating a Learning Environment Instrument for use in Diverse Settings. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA.

Ormond, C. and Zandvliet, D. B. (2010, March). Developing a Place-Based Learning Environment.  Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA.

Zandvliet, D.B., Ford, B. and Ormond, C. (2009, May). Environmental Learning and Experience. Paper presentation at the 5th World Congress of Environmental Education, Montreal QC.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2009, May). ‘Learning’ Environments. Paper presentation at the 5th World Congress of Environmental Education, Montreal QC.

Ormond, C., Sembel, D., Tasirin, J. and Zandvliet, D. (2009, May). Education and Coral Reef Conservation: The Need For the Reorientation of Teacher Education. Paper presentation at the 2009 International Ocean Science, Technology, and Policy Symposium of the World Ocean Conference, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Zandvliet, D. B. (2009, April). Development and Validation of the Place-based Learning and Constructivist Environment Survey. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Garden Grove, CA.

Ormond, C. and Zandvliet, D. B. (2009, April). Place-Based Learning Environments and Teacher Education.  Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Garden Grove, CA. 

Ormond, C. and Zandvliet, D. B. (2009, April). Place-Based Learning Environments in Teacher Education.  Paper presentation at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.  

Liu, Chia Ju. and Zandvliet, D. B. (2009, April). ICT-Rich Learning Environments in Taiwan.  Paper presentation at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.  

Zandvliet, D. and Teed, S. (2008, May). Ecological and Issues-Based Frameworks for Science Education. Paper presentation at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE) meeting. 

Zandvliet D.B. (2007, April). Learning Environments that support Environmental Education. Paper presentation at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA.

Zandvliet, D., Jones, A, Cowie, B,  and Popejoy, K. (2006, Apr). Affordances and Constraints: (Virtual) Learning Environments as mediated by the Actual Environment. Paper presention on a panel at the Annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco, CA.

Zandvliet, D.B. and Brown, D.R. (Dec. 2005). Islands of Discourse: An Ecological Framework for Indigenous Science and Environmental Education. Paper presentation at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Hamilton, NZ

Zandvliet, D.B. and Brown, D.R. (Oct. 2005). Islands of Discourse: Case studies of an Ecological Framework for Environmental Education. Paper presentation at 3rd World Congress on Environmental Education, Torino, Italy

Zandvliet, D.B. (Oct. 2005). Case study of an Ecological Framework for Environmental Education. Paper presentation at the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication conference (EECOM), Huntsville, ON

Zandvliet D.B.  (April, 2005). An Ecological Model for Environmental Education. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, Montreal, QC

Zandvliet D. & Denholme, K. (April, 2005). Learning Environments and Environmental Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, Montreal, QC

Zandvliet, D.B. (Aug., 2004). Developing Ecological Frameworks for Environmental Education. Paper presented at the EECOM conference, Vancouver, Canada

Zandvliet D.B.  (April, 2004). Semi-autonomous Learning Environments in IT-Rich Classrooms. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, San Diego, CA

Zandvliet, D.B. (March, 2004). Developing an Ecological Framework for Environmental Education. Paper presented at meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Vancouver, Can.

Zandvliet, D.B. (March, 2004). Exploring Environmental Literacy. Paper presentation in symposium at the Annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Vancouver, Canada.

Zandvliet D.B. (March, 2003). The Learning Environment in Malaysian ‘Smartschool’ Classrooms. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, Chicago, IL.

Zandvliet D.B. (March, 2003). IT Infused Learning Environments in Teacher Education. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, Chicago, IL.

Zandvliet, D.B,  & Avril, S. (May 2002). Giving Away the Lead: The Art of Integrating ICT into Teacher Practice. Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Toronto.

Zandvliet, D.B, & Hartman, B. (May 2002). Getting it Together: Organizational Issues and the Integration of ICT in Schools. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE), Toronto.

Zandvliet, D.B. & Sammel, A. (April, 2002). Epistemological Assumptions and the New Face of Science Education. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA

Zandvliet D.B. & Buker, L (March, 2002). Infusing Technology into Pre-service Teacher Education. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education conference, Nashville TN

Zandvliet, D.B. and Denholme, K. (March, 2002). Creating opportunities for transformative environmental education. Paper presented at Environmental Studies Association Conference (ESAC), Vancouver, BC.

Zandvliet D.B. & Buker, L (March, 2002). The Internet in BC Classrooms. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, New Orleans, LA

Zandvliet, D.B. & Sammel, A. (Oct., 2001). Creating opportunities for transformative environmental education. Paper presentation at 2nd Annual Transformative Learning Conference, OISE/UT Toronto.

Zandvliet, D.B. & Sammel, A. (July, 2001). Exploring the connections between science and environmental education: implications for curriculum planning. Paper presented at the EECOM conference. Whitehorse, Yukon.

Zandvliet, D.B. (May, 2001). Interacting with each other, through technology. Paper presentation at Connections 2001. Conference of the Centre for Curriculum Transfer and Technology. Whistler, BC.

Zandvliet, D.B. (2001, Mar). Towards a holistic view of environmental education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, St. Louis, Mo.

Zandvliet, D.B. & Fraser, B. (1999, April). A model of educational productivity for high school Internet classrooms. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association (AERA), Montreal, QC.

Zandvliet, D.B. & Fraser, B. (1999, March). Psychosocial and Physical Environments in Internet Classrooms in Australia and Canada. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Assoc.  for Research in Science Teaching, Boston. 

Zandvliet, D.B. & Fraser, B. (1998, April). Physical/psychosocial learning environments in emerging internet classrooms. Paper presentation at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Researchers’ Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Zandvliet, D.B. (1998, April). Physical and psychosocial leaning environments associated with new IT’s. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching conf, San Diego, CA.

Zandvliet, D.B. (1998, April). NARST sponsored paper: Physical environments in Internet classrooms. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers’ Association, Las Vegas, NV