Our Team
The freedom to explore through play is the foundation for learning and development at Seedlings Forest School. Our staff come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, and are committed to ongoing reflection and development of their practice to best support our participants. All of our facilitators are required to have a current clear Vulnerable Sector Check and Standard First Aid CPR-C.
Steph Klein (she/her)
CEO and Lead Facilitator
Steph is a certified Forest and Nature School Practitioner through the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada. With a long history of teaching, learning and playing outside, Steph knows that the natural world can provide a rich environment for personal growth and connection. Watching students, participants and her own children develop curiosity, resilience, confidence, problem solving skills, and social skills in outdoor settings, Steph was motivated to offer an opportunity in Sudbury for children to have similar experiences.
A former certified Canadian Ski Patrol, wilderness first responder, and lifeguard, Steph has experience managing risk and responding to emergencies in outdoor settings. Steph has spent eleven years as an outdoor educator, camp counsellor, and camp director across Canada. She was a college instructor for seven years and holds a B.Sc. Wildlife Biology, a masters in Recreation and Leisure Studies, and a diploma in Adult Education.
Lindsay (she/her)- Facilitator
Lindsay joined us in September 2022 as an assistant facilitator to the Forest Kids program. She loved forest school so much she became a certified Forest and Nature School Practitioner in 2025! She is an avid outdoorsperson: from gardening to hunting, snowmobiling to skiing, Lindsay has a wide range of outdoor skills. As a Red Seal Carpenter, Lindsay is also our resident tool expert. Lindsay has a keen interest in child development and play, and has no shortage of songs or activities to share with the group. With her enthusiasm for all things outdoors and her gentle leadership style, Lindsay is an asset to Seedlings and we are fortunate to have her!
Heather (she/her) - Facilitator
Heather is passionate about giving children an opportunity to connect with nature just like she did as a child growing up in Sudbury. Through her own children’s love of forest school, she saw how the natural environment provides so many opportunities for learning that a classroom couldn’t match. Heather has a Bachelor of Education and experience working as a French Immersion Elementary School Teacher, and as an Education Coordinator at The Manitoba Children’s Museum. She is a certified Forest and Nature School Practitioner.
Christine (she/her) - Assistant Facilitator
Christine is an outdoors enthusiast. Despite the curmudgeonliness of her two adolescent children, she continues to believe that everyone should spend more time outdoors—preferably somewhere with trees and plant life—to balance the pressures of our increasingly digital, screen-based lives. She believes regular time outdoors gives children agency and independence, allowing them to explore, take measured risks, solve problems, and create their own understanding of the world around them.
Christine joins Seedlings while on hiatus from teaching in French Immersion public schools, where she spent nine of her 16 years in Kindergarten classrooms. She brings a wealth of experience working with young children, including, conveniently, those belonging to Seedlings’ own CEO. Christine has a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa and is an Ontario Certified Teacher, with additional qualifications in French, Kindergarten, and Special Education.
When not in the forest at Kivi Park, Christine enjoys sewing clothes, playing and coaching soccer, and camping and sailing with family and friends. She is a dark-coffee drinker, mess-maker, storyteller, traveller, and family-chaos coordinator—often several of these at once. She looks forward to bringing all of the above to the Seedlings family.
