Events

Each year, CWF explores new opportunities and avenues to reach Canadians.  From trade shows to cultural events, CWF is dedicated to being a part of your community. 

In the last year, CWF was involved in two exciting cultural gatherings. On April 20, in Toronto, CWF and OPERAencore! Presented Wild About Music, an afternoon of music celebrating Earth Day and Canadian wildlife. Richard Valdez, artistic director of OPERAencore! and his company delighted the audience with songs of nature with all proceeds from the event going to CWF.

In May, CWF joined the Institute for Canadian Citizenship in a citizenship ceremony in Toronto where 59 new Canadian citizens were sworn in and all received a welcome gift from CWF. Canadians care deeply about wildlife and the environment. CWF shares this vision and works with Canadians from coast to coast to maintain something very important — a brighter future for Canada’s wildlife.

CWF was also a popular presence at many tradeshows across the country. These events afforded us the opportunity to connect with a number of Canadians at varied events focused on outdoor activities, conservation, buying local, gardening and living green. For a full list of the events we attended in 2008 and upcoming events in 2009, visit our event listings.  

National Wildlife Week

CWF and its program partners chose pollinators and the crucial process of pollination as the 2008 National Wildlife Week theme.

NWW is celebrated each year during the week surrounding April 10, the birth date of Jack Miner – one of the founders of the conservation movement. This CWF program is developed in co-operation with provincial and territorial wildlife agencies:

• Parks Canada
• The Canadian Museum of Nature
• Environment Canada
• Natural Resources Canada
• Scouts Canada

An educational kit, consisting of a teacher’s guide reinforcing to students the importance of pollinators, a promotional poster and information about the WILD School program were sent to all schools across Canada. Numerous wildlife festivals and events also occurred during NWW.

Rivers to Oceans Week

In 2008, thousands of Canadians joined CWF during Rivers to Oceans Week for an amazing learning adventure about the mysterious world of water ecosystems and the wildlife that inhabits them. ROW is celebrated every year from June 8 to 14, the week in which both Oceans Day and Canadian Rivers Day occur. This CWF program is developed in co-operation with:

• Canadian Association of Principals
• Canadian Heritage Rivers Systems
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• Canadian Network for Environmental Education
• Environment Canada (Biodiversity Convention Office, The Biosphere: Environment Museum and the Conservation Priorities Division)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Le Comité de valorisation de la rivière Beauport
• Government of Canada’s RésEau initiative
• Parks Canada
• Scouts Canada
• TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.

All schools across Canada welcomed the 2008 ROW educational kit.