Education Programs

CWF’s leadership in education encourages teachers and youth to learn about wildlife conservation. Our WILD Education programs, BLUE School, Project WILD, Below Zero, Learning About Wildlife and Watersheds, WILD School and the Hinterland’s Who’s Who Education Section remain popular with over 110,000 educators nationwide.

In 2008, 1,300 new educators joined WILD Education’s network by participating in workshops that feature Project WILD and Below Zero. These events help educators infuse wildlife topics into existing curricula. CWF also held its first facilitator training workshop in Quebec at The Biosphere, continued its participation in Envirothon (ON) and joined the Comité de valorisation de la rivière Beauport’s Adopt a River program. It also created the CWF Learning Institute, which focuses on educational innovation.

The WILD and Blue School programs encourage students to learn about wildlife and habitat through projects. Over 75 schools initiated projects involving 168 teachers and more than 11,000 students. Each year, CWF honours outstanding projects through its annual National Wildlife Week Senator Rheal Belisle Award program. Click here for a list of 2008 award recipients.  

The “Learning About …” educator unit series, which is associated with National Wildlife Week and Rivers to Oceans Week and is distributed to all schools, featured pollination and aquatic wildlife in 2008.  With its educational partners, CWF continues to pave the way for a brighter future for wildlife and people.