Outreach, Service & Community Impact Development

By: Cora Filipetti, Windsor, ON
L8 Pirates, 2020

Cora's Stage 3 project included a National Seed Exchange and the Invasive Eats of Canada recipe blog which she has turning into a printed hardcopy recipe book. Cora also did presentations on her experience in the CCC program.

By: Lisa Chen, Mississauga, ON
Wintertide, 2019

A citizen science butt mapping project educating the public about why litter (especially cigarette butt litter) should be tackled. Data collected was brought to stakeholders, municipalities, private property landlords and interested individuals, to convince them to educate the public about cigarette butt litter, install butt collection canisters to tackle the litter problem and send them to be recycled.

By: Caitlin Brant;, Niagara Falls, ON
The Canoedlers, 2019

Caitlin developed and implemented Monarch Mayhem, a pollinator awareness program available for students in grades 1 to 12 on October 6th, 2020. It included a pollinator power lesson and activity sheets, pollinator-friendly planting, and a schoolyard 'bioblitz'. There was also the ‘Monarch March’, a run for pollinator awareness where the goal was for students to cumulatively run 4000 km, the same distance as the monarch migration. Educators who signed up before September 15th received a physical welcome package including native seeds, pollinator-inspired snacks and more! Caitlin also created the Pollinator Project Guide and did an interview on 610 CKTB

By: Abigail Christ-Rowling, Victoria, BC
Wolfpack, 2020

Abigail made and gave away beeswax wraps to community members in Sackville, NB. Having just moved from Victoria to Sackville, she noticed that there is less education and opportunity to minimize food waste than in other parts of Canada (e.g., no composting or recycling available to most apartment buildings as it is not legally required). To tackle this issue and help minimize food/plastic waste in the community in an easy and effective way, she made and gave away just over 50 beeswax wraps to community members for free at local community centres. Attached to each wrap was n information card with advice to reduce waste and facts to spread awareness, as well as acknowledgment of the CCC and a little blurb about what it is and where you can learn more about it.

By: Lisa Chen, Mississauga, ON
Wintertide, 2019

A citizen science butt mapping project educating the public about why litter (especially cigarette butt litter) should be tackled. Data collected was brought to stakeholders, municipalities, private property landlords and interested individuals, to convince them to educate the public about cigarette butt litter, install butt collection canisters to tackle the litter problem and send them to be recycled.

By: Brock Gouweloos, Toronto, ON
The Pack, 2018

Selling guitar picks made from reprocessed plastic and donating a portion of all proceeds to ocean conservation and cleanup. Combining a passion for guitar and environmentalism, Brock found and owns Tuffocean Upcycling Co., a social enterprise striving to make the music industry more environmentally responsible. Why use virgin plastic to make guitar picks when so much plastic is never recycled and ends up in the ocean? Our vision is a world where oceans are healthy and free of plastic, and guitar equipment is made from recycled materials wherever possible. Our donation partners so far include the Surfrider Foundation (Pacific Rim Chapter) and Plastic Oceans Canada. Tuffocean is also in the process of becoming a member of 1% For the Planet.

By: Nelson Forest Perks, Victoria, BC
Moun10eers, 2019

Nelson Forest wrote and produced 5 conservation songs for part of his Stage 3 project. To have a high-quality product, hours had to go into the song writing, recording, and producing component of this project. He then released the songs on online platforms, such as, iTunes, Spotify, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. All proceeds from the EP will be donated to the CWF's conservation initatives.

By: Caitlin Brant;, Niagara Falls, ON
The Canoedlers, 2019

Caitlin developed and implemented Monarch Mayhem, a pollinator awareness program available for students in grades 1 to 12 on October 6th, 2020. It included a pollinator power lesson and activity sheets, pollinator-friendly planting, and a schoolyard 'bioblitz'. There was also the ‘Monarch March’, a run for pollinator awareness where the goal was for students to cumulatively run 4000 km, the same distance as the monarch migration. Educators who signed up before September 15th received a physical welcome package including native seeds, pollinator-inspired snacks and more! Caitlin also created the Pollinator Project Guide and did an interview on 610 CKTB

By: Christina McGough, Okotoks, AB
Wolfpack, 2020

Christina created a website educating the public on the importance of using native plants and attracting pollinators to their communities. She was interviewed on Gobal News about pollinators and the CWF Ban with a Plan campaign.

By: Brock Gouweloos, Toronto, ON
The Pack, 2018

Selling guitar picks made from reprocessed plastic and donating a portion of all proceeds to ocean conservation and cleanup. Combining a passion for guitar and environmentalism, Brock found and owns Tuffocean Upcycling Co., a social enterprise striving to make the music industry more environmentally responsible. Why use virgin plastic to make guitar picks when so much plastic is never recycled and ends up in the ocean? Our vision is a world where oceans are healthy and free of plastic, and guitar equipment is made from recycled materials wherever possible. Our donation partners so far include the Surfrider Foundation (Pacific Rim Chapter) and Plastic Oceans Canada. Tuffocean is also in the process of becoming a member of 1% For the Planet.

By: Nelson Forest Perks, Victoria, BC
Moun10eers, 2019

Nelson Forest wrote and produced 5 conservation songs for part of his Stage 3 project. To have a high-quality product, hours had to go into the song writing, recording, and producing component of this project. He then released the songs on online platforms, such as, iTunes, Spotify, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. All proceeds from the EP will be donated to the CWF's conservation initatives.

By: Lisa Chen, Mississauga, ON
Wintertide, 2019

A citizen science butt mapping project educating the public about why litter (especially cigarette butt litter) should be tackled. Data collected was brought to stakeholders, municipalities, private property landlords and interested individuals, to convince them to educate the public about cigarette butt litter, install butt collection canisters to tackle the litter problem and send them to be recycled.

By: Lisa Chen, Mississauga, ON
Wintertide, 2019

A citizen science butt mapping project educating the public about why litter (especially cigarette butt litter) should be tackled. Data collected was brought to stakeholders, municipalities, private property landlords and interested individuals, to convince them to educate the public about cigarette butt litter, install butt collection canisters to tackle the litter problem and send them to be recycled.

By: Heather Blanchette, Ciky Choi, Megan Davies
Rockin' in the Rockies, 2020

CCC participants have created a podcast to fill a gap that they’ve identified between young Canadians and conservation. They talk about hot topics in the conservation field, they have experts join them as guests on their show and they also talk about the CCC program and their own experiences in the program. They have released their first 4 episodes on iTunes and Spotify – there were 90 downloads in the first week after the initial release. The podcast crew will be releasing a total of 6 episodes for the completion of their stage 3 podcast project. A second season of their podcast is under the banner of the Canadian Conservation Corps, with a connection to the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

By: Samantha Jeffery, Edmonton, AB
The Fellowship, 2020

"Sam created a storytelling nature podcast called Would You Wander with the goal of engaging listeners in their local environment through storytelling. Would You Wander is a pick-your-own-path podcast which integrates knowledge-sharing, story-telling, and natural discovery. With 8 initial episodes of between 5-25 minutes each, the project shares stories based in nature while engaging the audience in the often overlooked urban wilderness that surrounds us. Short episodes [are] themed with topics like “mushrooms”, “songbirds”, “water” and include connection with open source data & materials like species identification and scientific research. Sam’s podcast was featured at Nextfest, an arts festival in Edmonton, Alberta, and won the My Rode Cast “runner-up” award in their annual podcast competition.

By: Benoit Hudon, Gatineau, QC
L8 Pirates, 2020

Benoit Hudon has completed his Stage 3 project, Capitale Plein Air, a French podcast show dedicated to the outdoor world. 7 podcast episodes related to the outdoors and nature: the line-up of guests Benoit has had on his podcast include the Mayor of the City of Gatineau, a PHD psychologist, and the Outdoor Council of Canada’s Program Director, who respectively shared their thoughts on canoe-camping and the scientific benefits of being outside. Benoit plans to continue creating content and recording episodes for the podcast.

By: Lisa Chen, Mississauga, ON
Wintertide, 2019

A citizen science butt mapping project educating the public about why litter (especially cigarette butt litter) should be tackled. Data collected was brought to stakeholders, municipalities, private property landlords and interested individuals, to convince them to educate the public about cigarette butt litter, install butt collection canisters to tackle the litter problem and send them to be recycled.

By: Joseph Langlois, Hemmingford, QC
8 Mile, 2019

Joseph created a series of activities and presentations for children to allow them to discover and become aware of the natural world. His Halloween activity "Creature of the Night" involved learning a lot about the local nocturnal animals by looking through and identifying which animals were showing up on his trail cam which is setup just outside of the village. They then talked about the many species of owls found around the area and listened to their unique calls before diving into some owl pellet dissections.

By: Colton Bates, Regina, SK
The Canoedlers, 2019

Colton taught a group of youth in his community about the basics of backcountry camping through a series of workshops in collaboration with Wild Outside. Starting with a discussion of essentials, including food, water, & shelter, this program included educational experiences related to raising tents, preparing food, knot tying, navigation, and map reading. The program had 3 sessions, and participants in the program left with a greater understanding of how to gear-up for wilderness adventures.

By: Caitlin Brant;, Niagara Falls, ON
The Canoedlers, 2019

Caitlin developed and implemented Monarch Mayhem, a pollinator awareness program available for students in grades 1 to 12 on October 6th, 2020. It included a pollinator power lesson and activity sheets, pollinator-friendly planting, and a schoolyard 'bioblitz'. There was also the ‘Monarch March’, a run for pollinator awareness where the goal was for students to cumulatively run 4000 km, the same distance as the monarch migration. Educators who signed up before September 15th received a physical welcome package including native seeds, pollinator-inspired snacks and more! Caitlin also created the Pollinator Project Guide and did an interview on 610 CKTB

By: Colin Starkevich, Edmonton, AB
Wolfpack, 2020

Created a “nest box project” to educate the local public about some of the areas cavity nesting birds while providing nest boxes to give away to the public for free. The goal with these nest boxes was intended to engage families and friends in a safe outdoor activity while enhancing habitat for local cavity nesting birds by installing a nest box on their own on their own free time. The nest boxes would provide a possible nesting site for some animal species or at least act as a safe refuge from the elements and predators.

By: Jessie Lozanski, Ottawa, ON
Pontiac Bandits, 2020

Jessie created the guide “Wild Stittsville: A Guide To Our Ecosystems and How We Can Re-Wild Our Community” with the goal of educating her hometown of Stittsville, ON about their local ecosystems and how to garden for wildlife. She collaborated with many local conservation organizations to source information for the guide, which she wrote, designed, and printed. She distributed physical copies of guide at local coffee shops and recreation centres, and contacted the local news sources, who wrote great articles about the guide. As a result, the guide has been well received all across Stittsville and Ottawa. As this participant writes, “This project has actually led to an overwhelming amount of opportunities which I am so thankful for. The Councilor of Stittsville contacted me after my guide went out into the public and asked me to start an environmental volunteer organization in Stittsville, which I have called Stittsville Land Keepers, and we are having our first event on October 30th. I was also asked to write a monthly column for Stittsville Central News about what is happening in Stittsville’s ecosystems each month.

By: Sarah Kolas, Winnipeg, MB
The Fellowship, 2020

Sarah partnered with Wild Outside Winnipeg to mitigate windows at the East Elmwood Community Centre to make it bird friendly. She created an educational pamphlet on bird window collisions and what people can do to help save the birds in their communities. Sarah printed them out to be left at the community centre for the public. As well as leaving pamphlets with Wild Outside Winnipeg, and libraries. She did presentation to the group at the centre on the project before making the windows bird friendly.

By: Verena Brysch, Hope, BC
Sea C-Pod, 2021

Verena built insect hotels with a local classroom using recycled wood. Verena created a scavenger hunt for the public to find and learn about the importance of native pollinators and their habitat.

By: Darcy Harnadek, Victoria, BC
Sea C-Pod, 2021

Darcy started with “what is my impact” to get people thinking about how the tiny things we do in our daily lives have bigger consequences, and if everyone made a tiny change, the world would have so many a day it would have huge impacts. She connected with Habitat Acquisition Trust and got involved with their bat program, web design and authoring for the newsletter, preparation of native plant seeds, and working in partner organizations including Parks Canada and groups doing invasive plant removal.

By: Matthew Syvenky, Victoria, BC
Sea C-Pod, 2021

Matthew did an ecosystem restoration and remediation project in the Cariboo Heights Forest in Burnaby, B.C. He hosted a series of events to remove invasive species (mostly Himalayan blackberry) from Ancient Grove Creek and replanted with native species. Matthew also gave presentations about his project.

By: Veronica Price-Jones, Caledon, ON
L8 Landers, 2021

Veronica did a year-long weekly series of “Spotlight Species” posts leading up to a community wildflower seed harvest and planting event, to bring attention to the potential private property holds as wildlife habitat. Veronica advertised her project and also wrote a series of articles in the Rusty Jade Ranch and Trinity’s Well newsletter, the Caledon Enterprise (where the event was advertised on the free online calendar), the open-access journal Neobiota, Kawartha Land Trust newsletter/social media. We will need to reach out to Veronica to get the links to the articles and social media posts.

By: Elizabeth Wile & Eveline Hipson
Atlantic Superstorm, 2021

Art-meets-action initiative with a life-size replica of the famous North Atlantic right whale Snow Cone visiting cleanup events across the Maritimes, educating and empowering future action on solutions to main issues facing local right whale populations.

By: Nikki Modesto, Scarborough, ON
Temagami Ten, 2021

Nikki's Stage 3 project, the Wildflowers Project, was a service project for a women’s shelter that aims to help women heal, as well as create food accessibility for pollinators and people living at the shelter.

By: Allery Safruk,
The Gandering Fun-gi's, 2021

Each year in Canada 16-42 million birds die from window collisions. That number climbs to 1 billion across the continent of North America. The goal of Allery's project (Bird Window Kits) is to provide families with information, solutions, and tools to prevent bird-window collisions and make their homes and spaces bird-friendly; to inspire stewardship and aid in avian conservation; to showcase that small actions can make a big difference.

By: Max Muehlen, Toronto, ON
Mountain Goats, 2018

Max made several Instagram & Facebook stories and later made a final Instagram & Facebook post about the impact that litter can have on wildlife and encouraging people to pick up trash when they go for walks in their local parks and to properly dispose of litter in the first place.

By: Isabelle Bujold, Sherbrooke, QC
Moun10eenrs, 2019

Isabelle created a social media platform named “Les Natur’elles” on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, to educate individuals about Canadian wildlife, raise awareness about environmental challenges in Canada, and encourage Canadians to participate in conservation efforts. The YouTube Channel includes a series of short videos, designed to teach people proper use of iNaturalist Canada, an online platform that encourages people across the country to help track biodiversity through the free iNaturalist app.

By: Veronica Price-Jones, Caledon, ON
L8 Landers, 2021

Veronica did a year-long weekly series of “Spotlight Species” posts leading up to a community wildflower seed harvest and planting event, to bring attention to the potential private property holds as wildlife habitat. Veronica advertised her project and also wrote a series of articles in the Rusty Jade Ranch and Trinity’s Well newsletter, the Caledon Enterprise (where the event was advertised on the free online calendar), the open-access journal Neobiota, Kawartha Land Trust newsletter/social media. We will need to reach out to Veronica to get the links to the articles and social media posts.

By: Nikki Modesto, Scarborough, ON
Temagami Ten, 2021

Nikki's Stage 3 project, the Wildflowers Project, was a service project for a women’s shelter that aims to help women heal, as well as create food accessibility for pollinators and people living at the shelter.

By: Lauren Bosch, Smithers, BC
Sea C-Pod, 2021

Lauren Bosch has completed her Stage 3 project. Lauren partnered with Camp Potlatch, Howe Sound, British Columbia (Boys and Girls Club of South Coast BC) on an invasive plant remediation/restoration project using plant frequencies to survey the effects of invasive plants on native plants. She used a plant music device to survey the effects and the difference in music tone indicated the overall vitality of the native plants after invasive remediation, which you can check out on Instagram @plant.tones.

By: Tyler Neplyk, Winnipeg, MB
Trail Mix, 2021

Tyler created a Tiktok account to get people moving and interested in the free and wild nature of not just the city of Winnipeg, but also its parks and green spaces anywhere people have watched his videos. He posted a new challenge based around a daily walk every day for 100 days on the app. Challenges included picking up garbage, checking out new parks nearby, reading plaques of something historical. He also hosted in person events that promoted CCC while going for nature walks with the INaturalist app.

By: Sophia Brosnan, Falkland, BC
Moun10eers, 2019

Sophia's project was to build a pollinator garden in her own backyard and on the Falkland Elementary School grounds, then film the process and share it with the students, discussing the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem and changing climate. In addition to this, she made kits to give out the students with supplies they can use to start their own gardens. She made about 50 kits filled with bird seed, a wildflower seed mix, sunflower seeds, and an info sheet about components of a pollinator friendly space. Almost all of the kits went directly to the students and some teachers as well, anything left over was given to her neighbours. Her project was focused on the education and inspiration of youth to learn their role in shaping the habitat of pollinators.

By: Jossilyn Dahl, Bleichen, AB
Rockin' in the Rockies, 2020

Jossilyn did an education outreach project centered around the wild horses of Alberta.

By: Amanda Gove, Cape Breton, NS
L8 PIrates, 2020

Amanda's project was to clean the oceans in Cape Breton from ghost gear. Ghost gear refers to any fishing gear that has been abandoned, lost or discarded, this could be from various factors such as: bad weather conditions, snagged beneath the surface, conflict with other gear or vessels, or entanglement. Her goal was to clean as much as the coast of Cape Breton as she could with an outcome of having cleaner oceans in her community. Amanda also created a YouTube presentation about her experience in the Canadian Conservation Corps.

By: Alexia Jeangrand, Vancouver, BC
Sea C-Pod, 2021

To understand the wellbeing economic model and its connection to conservation efforts, and then connect other youth across the country to ideas found in the wellbeing economic model to advocate for. Alexia went on a far reaching YouTube channel called “Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants”. In doing this presentation, she also spread awareness about the Canadian Conservation Corps to young Canadians, and additionally spoke specifically about the linkages between conservation, climate change and how the wellbeing economic model and way of thinking would be a great way to help our society value conservation efforts and our environment.

By: Tatum Freigang, Halifax, NS
Atlantic Superstorm, 2021

Tatum did a bat box building project with Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation. She engaged 19 participants from Big Brothers Big Sisters and built 9 bat boxes that were donated to The Annapolis Valley Bat Box Project. She also created a fantastic Bat Box How-to Video Tutorial.

By: Rosa Ximena Tejada de la Cruz
The Gandering Fun-gi's, 2021

Rosa increased public awareness of freshwater turtle conservation issues by hosting a virtual webinar and three in-person educational events that involved releasing hatchlings and building turtle nest protectors to help connect the public to this issue.

By: Lucy Dabbs, Denman Island, BC
Rik's Rangers, 2020

Lucy Dabbs raised awareness about how we, as individuals, can make small changes that positively impact the environment. This was done through a series of stop-motion animations and videos with the overarching message: “small things make a difference”. The videos focused on Fast Fashion, plastic waste, and the beaver's role in mitigating climate change.

By: Lindsey Greidanus, Kitchener, ON
Pontiac Bandits, 2020

Lindsey wrote three webpages for HWWs, on the Northern Leopard Frog, and Mixed Woods Ecosystem.

By: Lindsay Wood, Halifax, NS
Mountain Goats, 2018

This is an inclusive, community-based project that aims to connect people to wildlife through the sharing of scientific and cultural knowledge. This project brings together people from all walks of life, encouraging them to share their experiences using different forms of creative expression. The mission is to foster connections and demonstrate that conservation is not the burden of a single group, but rather a collaborative effort to protect wild animals and the spaces we share with them.

By: Lisa Chen, Mississauga, ON
Wintertide, 2019

A citizen science butt mapping project educating the public about why litter (especially cigarette butt litter) should be tackled. Data collected was brought to stakeholders, municipalities, private property landlords and interested individuals, to convince them to educate the public about cigarette butt litter, install butt collection canisters to tackle the litter problem and send them to be recycled.

By: Christina McGough, Okotoks, AB
Wolfpack, 2020

Christina created a website educating the public on the importance of using native plants and attracting pollinators to their communities. She was interviewed on Gobal News about pollinators and the CWF Ban with a Plan campaign.

By: Verena Brysch, Hope, BC
Sea C-Pod, 2021

Verena built insect hotels with a local classroom using recycled wood. Verena created a scavenger hunt for the public to find and learn about the importance of native pollinators and their habitat.

By: Darcy Harnadek, Victoria, BC
Sea C-Pod, 2021

Darcy started with “what is my impact” to get people thinking about how the tiny things we do in our daily lives have bigger consequences, and if everyone made a tiny change, the world would have so many a day it would have huge impacts. She connected with Habitat Acquisition Trust and got involved with their bat program, web design and authoring for the newsletter, preparation of native plant seeds, and working in partner organizations including Parks Canada and groups doing invasive plant removal.

By: Cora Filipetti, Windsor, ON
L8 Pirates, 2020

Cora's Stage 3 project included a National Seed Exchange and the Invasive Eats of Canada recipe blog which she has turning into a printed hardcopy recipe book. Cora also did presentations on her experience in the CCC program.