Ryan E. Barfoot - PrincipAL
Ryan Barfoot is a Principal at Integra Learning and currently serves as Sustainability Coordinator for the qathet School District. In 2025, Ryan received EECOM's Award of Excellence for Outstanding Educator, recognizing over two decades of leadership in environmental and outdoor education across Canada.
He has built and delivered outdoor and ecological education programs at the grassroots and government level, including work with Parks Canada, BC Parks, the US Forest Service, and the US National Park Service. He holds a Bachelor of Education in Outdoor and Experiential Education from Queen's University and a Master of Education in Curriculum Development and Implementation from Simon Fraser University. Ryan is the Chir of the Outdoor Council of Canada and co-founded the Classrooms to Communities Society of BC.
Karin Westland
Karin Westland is a Principal at Integra Learning and the Outdoor Learning Coordinator for the qathet School District, a role she has held for 18 years. She brings over two decades of experience designing and delivering outdoor and ecological learning programs, including taking qathet's Sustainability Toolbox program to school districts across the Lower Mainland in partnership with Metro Vancouver's Youth 4 Action initiative.
Karin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and English from the University of Victoria, a Bachelor of Education in Outdoor and Experiential Education from Queen's University, and a Master of Education in Outdoor and Ecological Learning, Curriculum Design and Implementation from Simon Fraser University. She is a certified Outdoor Council of Canada Instructor, a Paddle Canada Certified Instructor, and a Wilderness First Responder — credentials that allow Integra Learning to deliver recognized staff and organizational certification directly to clients.