Canadian Wildlife Federation: Group 10

The Mount10eers

Group 10

The Canadian Conservation Corps is an ongoing series of three-part programs designed for Canadian youth that focus on service, adventure and reflection. Over the course of this nine-month experience, individual groups of Corps members will have the opportunity to learn about conservation while being deeply engaged in our natural and cultural heritage.

Learn more about the Canadian Conservation Corps

Program Stage 1: Wilderness Adventure August 24 – September 16 Program Stage 2: Conservation Field Learning September 23 – December 13 Program Stage 3: Knowledge-Sharing in their Communities Jan 1 – March 30

Stage 1

For their Stage One adventure, “The Mount10eers” will experience a 14-day hiking/backpacking trip through the Alberta Rocky Mountains. Heading deep into the Rockies, being surrounded by rugged peaks, glacier-carved valleys, mountain lakes and alpine meadows will provide great opportunity for reflection. The experience will teach safe and effective mountain travel, backpacking techniques, minimal-impact camping, navigation and compass work, route-finding skills and how to move across scree and snow-slopes. The journey will also provide a solo experience that can be entirely transformative.

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Conservation Field Learning

Stage 2

Samraj Sharma

Location: BC Pacific Rim

Hosting Organization: Parks Canada

Description:
Invasive Species removal, research and data entry, GPS/GIS. Inside working on maps & on computers. Checking of animal cameras, some field tech work, talking to public.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Isabelle Bujold

Location: BC Gulf Islands

Hosting Organization: Parks Canada

Description:
A variety of activities possible include Eelgrass monitoring, Bivalve monitoring, Songbird monitoring, Black Oystercatcher surveys. In addition, participants will work on restoration projects like Garry Oak Islet, clam garden restoration, salmon stream restoration, and coastal sand ecosystem restoration.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Dylan Everson

Location: Montreal

Hosting Organization: McGill Gault Nature Reserve

Description:
Participants will help some graduate students on their projects. Equipment maintenance and data download from field sensors (weather station), trail maintenance and survey. Gault Nature Reserve user survey, landscaping, vegetation survey, scientific outreach activities, public hikes, nature walks and invasive species removal.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Jenna White

Location: Montreal

Hosting Organization: McGill Gault Nature Reserve

Description:
Participants will help some graduate students on their projects. Equipment maintenance and data download from field sensors (weather station), trail maintenance and survey. Gault Nature Reserve user survey, landscaping, vegetation survey, scientific outreach activities, public hikes, nature walks and invasive species removal.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Kendall Flanagan

Location: BC Gulf Islands

Hosting Organization: Parks Canada

Description:
A variety of activities possible include Eelgrass monitoring, Bivalve monitoring, Songbird monitoring, Black Oystercatcher surveys. In addition, participants will work on restoration projects like Garry Oak Islet, clam garden restoration, salmon stream restoration, and coastal sand ecosystem restoration.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Mikaela Capeling

Location: Calgary

Hosting Organization: Calgary Zoo

Description:
Through this placement they hope to create resources for the education team. They will work with Visitor Experience team to develop conservation activity for day visitors to the Calgary Zoo. This term will have a combination of research and analysis as well as opportunities for public interaction and program delivery. Their placement will likely involve supporting other teams as well (i.e. volunteer resources).

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Samantha Featherstone

Location: Calgary

Hosting Organization: Calgary Zoo

Description:
Through this placement they hope to create resources for the education team. They will work with Visitor Experience team to develop conservation activity for day visitors to the Calgary Zoo. This term will have a combination of research and analysis as well as opportunities for public interaction and program delivery. Their placement will likely involve supporting other teams as well (i.e. volunteer resources).

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Sophia Brosnan

Location: PEI

Hosting Organization: PEI Wildlife Federation

Description:
Field learning will include Stream Enhancement, Atlantic salmon Population Baseline Watershed Survey, assisting marine botanist with the monitoring and renewal of Irish moss beds, Eelgrass Monitoring and water monitoring in Basin Head Marine Protected Area.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Shannie Boudreault

Location: Montreal

Hosting Organization: McGill Gault Nature Reserve

Description:
Participants will help some graduate students on their projects. Equipment maintenance and data download from field sensors (weather station), trail maintenance and survey. Gault Nature Reserve user survey, landscaping, vegetation survey, scientific outreach activities, public hikes, nature walks and invasive species removal.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Kelsi MacMillan

Location: Calgary

Hosting Organization: Calgary Zoo

Description:
Through this placement they hope to create resources for the education team. They will work with Visitor Experience team to develop conservation activity for day visitors to the Calgary Zoo. This term will have a combination of research and analysis as well as opportunities for public interaction and program delivery. Their placement will likely involve supporting other teams as well (i.e. volunteer resources).

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Nelson Perks

Location: PEI

Hosting Organization: PEI Wildlife Federation

Description:
Field learning will include Stream Enhancement, Atlantic salmon Population Baseline Watershed Survey, assisting marine botanist with the monitoring and renewal of Irish moss beds, Eelgrass Monitoring and water monitoring in Basin Head Marine Protected Area.

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

Logan Faubert

Location: Calgary

Hosting Organization: Calgary Zoo

Description:
Through this placement they hope to create resources for the education team. They will work with Visitor Experience team to develop conservation activity for day visitors to the Calgary Zoo. This term will have a combination of research and analysis as well as opportunities for public interaction and program delivery. Their placement will likely involve supporting other teams as well (i.e. volunteer resources).

Timeline: Sept 23 – Dec 13

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Knowledge-Sharing in their Communities

Stage 3

This is where participants put their ideas in motion in the hope of making Canada a better place. In their home communities, they deliver a service project designed to inspire other youth ages 15 to 30 to get involved. It’s time to “pay it forward.”

NELSON FOREST PERKS

Victoria, BC

Souris & Area Branch of the PEI Wildlife Federation ̵ Salt marsh restoration in Souris river, removed invasive European Green Crabs and planted Irish moss- Blue mussel clumps in the Basin Head Marine Protected Area, electrofishing surveys and habitat restoration in North Easter river systems, and took water quality measurements in tile drained fields. Contributed around 400 volunteer hours.

“The Canadian Conservation Corps allowed me to gain conservation experience, go on amazing adventures, and give back to my community in a variety of ways. I learned that conservation can be organizing events, doing in depth objective research, doing manual labour, educating the public, and getting everyone excited about the amazing world we live in. I was expecting my stage three to be more invasive species removal or restoration projects, but due to the pandemic, my stage three project took a different turn but I am really happy with how it turned out.“

stage 3

SAMANTHA FEATHERSTONE

Collingwood, ON

Developing a beautification project at a local nursing home that included building a native pollinator garden. The objective for the garden was to improve pollinator habitat, educating residents and staff at the nursing home and improving the aesthetic for residents and essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“From my CCC experience, I learned more about the conservation efforts being made by different organizations in our community, and that I want to pursue conservation and environmental roles in my career. I loved exploring different parts of the country and being outdoors for almost all of my stage 1 and 2 placements.“

stage 3