Mission & Values

EPIC Learning Society is a community that encompasses the intersection between Land Based Learning, Home Learning and Public Schooling. We strive to transform learning within a thriving community.

CORE VALUES

HEART CENTERED

Every member of our community deserves to feel loved, safe and supported. We show authentic care and concern for each other. This looks like meeting community members where they are at, developmentally appropriate expectations, and assuming everyone is doing their best. We strive for attachment based relationships amongst all members of the community.

RELATIONALITY

We believe in the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things. We strive to build caring, reciprocal relationships with self, others and nature that lead to well-being and deeper understanding. We believe in restorative repair in all of our relationships.

SOCIAL JUSTICE

EPIC believes that all individuals are deserving of fair and equitable rights, opportunities and treatment. We work to address inequalities and discrimination, including systems of oppression, and strive to create a community where everyone has a chance to thrive.

These are the principles with which we aim to teach the next generation how to take care of themselves, others and the earth.

Children are valued and seen. Each individual child follows their own path with the respectful loving guidance of the community.
Attachment-based principles are seen as integral to the teaching and nurturing of the whole child.
Children develop an integrated connection to self.
Children are active members of the community with agency and power.
Children’s creative play is essential to learning and development.
Children see beauty surrounding them. We affirm that this beauty is inherent to us all and is a source of our interconnectedness.
Children fall deeply in love with the Earth, leading to a commitment to protect the natural world.
Children are supported in communicating with one another respectfully. Conscious communication is seen as fundamental to the learning experience.
The bonds between children and community are mutual and supportive.
Self-awareness is cultivated and diversity is celebrated.
Systems of privilege and oppression are actively challenged.
We honour indigenous lands, cultures, relationships, and ways of knowing. We seek to consciously incorporate this knowledge into our words, teachings, and actions.
We are all committed to our continual learning.
Children are co-teachers.