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The Canadian Conservation Corps

The Pack

Group 6

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 January 4 – January 23 Program Stage 2: Conservation Field Learning January 31 – April 26 Program Stage 3: Knowledge-Sharing in their Communities May 1 – July 31

The Algonquin Adventure

Stage 1

Group 6 CCC members will be releasing their inner Canadians during a winter trip through Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park. The trip will build their experience over the 10 days. They will start with five days of traditional snowshoeing travel and warm camping. They will have the opportunity to camp in the cold as part of a mid-trip challenge so they are experiencing a winter expedition in a variety of ways. The final five days will feature a combination of dogsledding and snowshoeing where they will be separate for portions of the day, refining their skills in each area and coming together at the end of each day.

Have you experienced a wilderness adventure in Canada? Share your experiences: #CCCAdventure

Conservation Field Learning

Stage 2

Brock Gouweloos

Location: Pacific Rim National Park, BC

Hosting Organization: Pacific Rim National Park, BC

Description:
• Checking of animal cameras
• Field tech work
• Data storage from cameras
• Walking trails and updating wildlife signage
• Talking to public about wildlife/people relationship

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Julien Cossette

Location: Pacific Rim National Park, BC

Hosting Organization: Pacific Rim National Park, BC

Description:
• Checking of animal cameras
• Field tech work
• Data storage from cameras
• Walking trails and updating wildlife signage
• Talking to public about wildlife/people relationship

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

David Freeman

Location: Goderich, ON

Hosting Organization: Lake Huron Coastal Centre for Conservation, ON

Description:
• Organizing and attending community events
• Delivering presentations to all ages on coastal conservation issues
• Communicating with volunteers
• Working on restoration projects in Lake Huron’s coastal wetlands and sand dunes
• Data management
• Preparing educational and advertising materials
• Report writing
• Managing the Centre’s social media accounts
• Preparing our monthly e-newsletter
• Assisting with fundraising campaigns
• Responding to public enquiries

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Olivia Richardson

Location: Calgary, AB

Hosting Organization: Calgary Zoo

Description:
• Updating content for our corporate outreach education programming
• Creating new conservation-focused games that family groups could play
• Creating new activities to be included within several team builder activities for corporate clients
• Assisting with delivery of some programs so that they can fully understand the audiences and experience the range of programming that the zoo offers.

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Meaghan McDonald

Location: Chezzetcook, NS

Hosting Organization: Hope for Wildlife

Description:
• How to care for a variety of injured and orphaned wild animals
• Cleaning cages and equipment
• Administering first aid and medications as prescribed by veterinarians
• Providing basic therapies for wildlife
• Observing and keeping records of patients
• Recognizing and noting any onset of illness
• Repairing existing animal units to ensure cages are secure from outside and inside intrusion
• Keeping the grounds and units tidy to create a comfortable habitat for recovering wildlife

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Lesley Haney

Location: Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre, MB

Hosting Organization: Ducks Unlimited Manitoba

Description:
• Deliver wetland education programs to youth and public of all ages
• Specialty projects based on background and interests
• Set up and take down and clean-up of programs

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Melissa Peroff

Location: Chezzetcook, NS

Hosting Organization: Hope for Wildlife

Description:
• How to care for a variety of injured and orphaned wild animals
• Cleaning cages and equipment
• Administering first aid and medications as prescribed by veterinarians
• Providing basic therapies for wildlife
• Observing and keeping records of patients
• Recognizing and noting any onset of illness
• Repairing existing animal units to ensure cages are secure from outside and inside intrusion
• Keeping the grounds and units tidy to create a comfortable habitat for recovering wildlife.

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Giuliana Iasparro

Location: Calgary, AB

Hosting Organization: Calgary Zoo

Description:
• Updating content for our corporate outreach education programming
• Creating new conservation-focused games that family groups could play
• Creating new activities to be included within several team builder activities for corporate clients
• Assisting with delivery of some programs so that they can fully understand the audiences and experience the range of programming that the zoo offers.

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Ryan Martin

Location: Goderich, ON

Hosting Organization: Lake Huron Coastal Centre for Conservation, ON

Description:
• Organizing and attending community events
• Delivering presentations to all ages on coastal conservation issues
• Communicating with volunteers
• Working on restoration projects in Lake Huron’s coastal wetlands and sand dunes
• Data management
• Preparing educational and advertising materials
• Report writing
• Managing the Centre’s social media accounts
• Preparing our monthly e-newsletter
• Assisting with fundraising campaigns
• Responding to public enquiries

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

Clare Stone

Location: Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre, MB

Hosting Organization: Ducks Unlimited Manitoba

Description:
• Deliver wetland education programs to youth and public of all ages
• Specialty projects based on background and interests
• Set up and take down and clean-up of programs

Timeline: Jan 31 – Apr 26

You Can Volunteer, too!

Helping Canada’s wildlife has never been so important. Learn how you can get involved with CWF’s volunteer program.

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.”

JULIEN COSSETTE

Shawinigan-Sud, QC

Working in concert with the Great Divide Trail Association, chairing their trail stewardship committee and organizing 14 multi-day trail building trips with over 125 volunteers, completing a total of 60 days of trail work in the Canadian Rockies.

“I did not grow up as a naturalist. I remember admiring my coworkers’ knowledge of the flora and fauna of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. My writing about the experience concluded plainly but evocatively: “The more I notice, the more I want to learn. The more I want to learn, the more I notice.” I’m thankful for the CCC for sending me down this amazing journey of discovery.“

stage 3