Dr. Ellen Field
PhD in Education, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
M. Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
B.Ed., Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
B.A., Double Major in Environmental Studies & English, University of Victoria, Canada
My research interests are in policy and practice of climate change education in the Canadian K-12 system. I teach Environmental Education (BEd) and Climate Change Education (MEd) in the Faculty of Education. I have also worked with hunderds of in-service teachers in professional development workshops. I am co-lead of the Accelerate Climate Change Education in Teacher Education project, Assistant Editor of the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, and co-chair of the Canadian Regional Hub of Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) project. Recently, I was an author on UNESCO's Greening Education Guidance, a policy framework for countries to follow when integrating climate change education into curricula.
I am an experienced grant holder and served as principal investigator on the following grants:
- ECCC (2023 - 2025) entitled, Accelerating Climate Change Education in Teacher Education
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2020 - 2022) entitled, Educational Policy and Practice in an Age of Climate Uncertainty,
- SSHRC Connections grant (2021- 2022) entitled Responsive Education: youth-adult allyship and pedagogies for transformation,
- SSHRC postdoc fellowship (2018-2020) which resulted in a comprehensive and unprecedented dataset on climate change education in Canada
I am currently serving as a co-investigator or collaborator on the following research projects:
- SSHRC IDG (2025 - 2027), entitled, Climate Change Education for Climate Justice: Including Teachers in the Just Transition
- SSHRC Insight (2024 - 2029), entitled, Climate Anxiety and Coping Among Youth and Young Adults in Canada: Synthesizing and Advancing Knowledge and Practice
- NSERC Promoscience (2024 - 2027), entitled, LU FarmLab
- SSHRC Partnership Grant (joined 2023 - 2026), entitled Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication & Education (MECCE) Partnership
If you are interested in graduate research at the Masters or PhD level, send me an email with your area of research interest and a sample of your writing.