about

My name is Bryant Race (he/him), I am the founder of Branching Out: Outdoor Learning. I’m an experienced educator with a love for anything that brings me outside

I currently reside on the Traditional, Ancestral, and Unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people, but have been fortunate enough to travel, work and learn across different indigenous lands across Turtle Island. It is important for me to acknowledge that I am and have been a settler on the lands that have shaped who I am as an educator, and more importantly, as a person. Therefore, it is my responsibility to assist Indigenous knowledge holders in preservation and protection of their culture, while fighting for restorative justice. 

For over a decade, I’ve worked as an environmental educator, teaching in concert with the outdoors to help students have learning experiences that they’ll carry with them for the rest of their lives.  I’ve taught across different landscapes with all ages of students; digging through buckets of worms, discussing decomposition with six year olds on a patch of grass in New York City, to teaching students how to treat serious medical injuries in the shadow’s of glacier tipped mountains on month long backpacking trips. 

While pursuing my Masters in Education at the University of British Columbia, I helped to design and instruct a teacher education course for students working towards their bachelors and education.  Sharing the knowledge I had as an educator with those who would become peers was an incredibly rewarding experience for me and left me wishing I could continue this type of work. I got that opportunity while working as the education program supervisor for Wild & Immersive: Williams Lake. There, I created my own teachers education workshops, using my expertise as an outdoor educator to give classroom teachers the tools the needed to bring their students outside. 

I currently work as an instructor for Outward Bound Canada and The National Outdoor Leadership School, traveling to remote locations to lead multi-type expedition style trips, but I now hope to offer more than that, by using my experience to develop better outdoor education curriculum and train teachers on how to safely and effectively bring their students into the great outdoors.