In The News: Education & Leadership

2025-12-05

Nominations are now being accepted for the Canadian Conservation Achievement Awards, a national recognition program which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2018. There are nine award categories to highlight the contributions of volunteers, professionals and projects dedicated to environmental stewardship

2025-12-05

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2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the expansion of the Canadian Conservation Corps (CCC) with six new cohorts to be announced in 2019.<p></p><p> “We’re thrilled with the achievements of the five groups we trained in 2018 and can’t wait to bring six more groups of young adults on board in the new year,” said Rick Bates, CEO of CWF.</p><p> As part of the Canada Service Corps, the nine-month CCC program begins with a wilderness journey which is followed by several months of conservation field experience. As part of the graduation requirement, the youth design their own initiatives to build a better Canada. No experience is necessary to apply to the program and a diversity of applicants are selected. More than 20 national partners have helped to make the program a success.</p><p> “Over the last nine months I have had the opportunity to visit nine out of 10 Canadian provinces,” said Shannon Anderson, a participant from New Brunswick. “I have dogsledded and snowshoed throughout Algonquin Park. I have climbed my first real mountain. I have touched the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. I have handed out plants to teachers in Calgary. I have participated in youth service and leadership talks in Toronto. I have chaperoned a youth trip to Northern British Colombia. I have been able to see 25 km across prairie and the largest skies in the world. I have helped create over 11 million walleye and 100,000 splake trout. I have tracked northern pike with a hydrophone. I have taken density of oxygen readings. I have helped film educational videos to raise awareness of aquatic invasive species. I have visited a sharp-tailed grouse lek. I have watched bison roam on some of the last remaining native prairie in the world. I have met people and created invaluable friendships from all over Canada. I have had a lot of fun.</p>

2025-12-05

Youth will soon be travelling by dog sled, helping species like turtles and eels and having a whale of a time with the Canadian Conservation Corps, a new service program funded by the Government of Canada as part of the Canada Service Corps.

2025-12-05

Today, a group of conservationists published an open letter to Canadian municipalities urging municipal bylaw reforms to support development of habitat gardens: places where pollinator-supporting native plants replace traditional, non-native turfgrass. The group consists of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Canadian Wildlife Federation, David Suzuki Foundation, Ecological Design Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University and author and environmental advocate Lorraine Johnson.

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the prestigious Canadian Conservation Achievement Awards.

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to congratulate the students selected to join an international delegation going to the COP28 United Nations Climate Conference this December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

2025-12-05

Empowering youth ages 15 to 18 to engage in impactful service in the name of conservation is at the core of Canadian Wildlife Federation’s (CWF) multi-award-winning program, WILD Outside, which is now registering new participants in 17 cities across Canada.

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) and partners in conservation are thrilled to launch the Canadian Centre for Nature-based Education (CCNbE). This new collective aims to enhance hands-on, nature-based learning experiences in schoolyards, communities and public green spaces across the country.

2025-12-05

Back in November of 2015, the nations of the world gathered at the COP21 global climate summit in Paris to create the Paris Agreement. This was a ground-breaking moment for international environmental cooperation in the fight against climate change. Now 3 years later, governments, businesses, organizations and the world over have come to COP24 in Katowice, Poland in the hopes of taking the Paris agreement to the next step.