Canadian Wildlife Federation: In The News: Education & Leadership

Education & Leadership

Planting the Seed for Future Growers

2023-02-01

Food sustainability has become an essential part of education, with food scarcity in cities and an alarming trend of youth being disconnected from their food source. Organizations like EcoSource, a hands-on, not-for-profit organization, are actively working with schools and community members to promote sustainability education, waste reduction, urban agriculture and a connection to nature.
Climate Action – Linking Learning to the Global Sustainable Development Goals

2023-01-18

Large-scale environmental challenges require us to work together to affect change.
Wild Outside gets young people into nature, wherever it’s found

2022-08-12

Just below the Old Mill subway station in Toronto’s west end, the teenage participants of Wild Outside gather around an instructor to learn about different methods of paddling.
FSMA youth group revitalizes community with pollinator gardens

2022-08-04

Around the world today pollinator populations are in decline due to various environmental factors. The decrease in populations of bees, wasps, butterflies and other pollinators has significant ramifications for the health and diversity of the ecosystem.
CWF BAT CAPTURE AND TRACKING PROJECT LAUNCHES IN CUMBERLAND

2022-08-02

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is planning a live and safe bat capture, tagging and tracking project within a 425 acre outdoor classroom east of Ottawa.
WILD Outside helps maintain PEI Trails

2022-06-01

We have also been lucky enough to partner with the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s WILD Outside Youth Leadership Program. They have committed to helping us with our maintenance program and our first day working together was on the Selkirk Forest Walking Trail where we cleared quite a few fallen trees including a monster of a beech tree which took quite a while to cut up and move off the trail.
The moths are coming back to Peterborough and area

2022-03-26

Area residents had a chance Saturday to learn about the coming season’s infestation of spongy moths. Hannah Brown, a member of the Canadian Conservation Corps, held the session at Mark S. Burnham Park on Highway 7 east of the city.
Key to Protecting Canada’s Wildlife and Biodiversity

2022-03-01

Of all the threats affecting the future of Canada’s wildlife and wild spaces, perhaps the greatest is apathy. Those who feel powerless in the face of mounting issues related to conservation, climate change, and the environment often wind up taking little to no action in supporting the cause. Fortunately, a wave of young Canadians across the country are taking up the fight to ensure a brighter future for our natural environments and wildlife populations.
From poison in cigarette butts to fair futures

2022-01-11

Lisa Chen founded Let’s Talk Butts to provide social justice while cleaning up cigarette butt litter. She is also a dive master involved in marine conservation and research, environmental education, habitat protection and waste reduction and is the founder and CEO of Marine Way, an app-based solution for ghost fishing gear. Chen is a master’s of marine management candidate at Dalhousie University.
Celebrating Canada's nature leaders: Canadian Museum of Nature announces winners of the 2021 Nature Inspiration Awards

2021-11-24

The Canadian Museum is proud to announce the winners of its national Nature Inspiration Awards for 2021, which were presented during a virtual ceremony this evening.