145 posts
Conservation Confession
I’ve got a confession to make – I don’t know what conservation issue means the most to me! What I think is important changes every day. This is something I…
Goose Break
Hi, my name is Traci Blacksmith. I come from a small Cree First Nation community called Waswanipi in Northern Quebec. Having grown up by the forest and right next to…
Wild About Birds
After a tumultuous second year in university I felt lost as to what I would be doing during the upcoming summer. With friends moving away for jobs or simply moving…
How “Great” Are the Great Lakes?
Water quality and conservation is a topic of concern that means the most to me because growing up in Southern Ontario I was blessed like every Ontarian, to be surrounded…
Experiencing the Snake Life – CCC Participant Field Learning Update
Canadian Conservation Corps Group 1 participant Nicole Webster gives us a tour at her field learning placement at SCALES Nature Park in Ontario. When I first arrived at my field…
Winter Camping Beneath the Stars in Algonquin Provincial Park
When I discovered I’d be one of nine youth setting out on a snowshoeing and dog sledding expedition to Ontario’s Algonquin Park (Canada’s oldest provincial park), I was overjoyed by…
