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January 18, 2022–Noah Cole
Youth Circle for Mother Earth leadership retreat, February 2020 © Christine Ambre
The Youth Circle for Mother Earth (YCME) project aims to create and support a cross-cultural network of young Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders to become lifelong ambassadors for Mother Earth. The focus is on land, air and waters, which includes the natural world and its conservation, protection and restoration. Join YCME project partners to learn about ...
Cedar, 2021 Youth Summit © Arlo W
The 2021 Youth Summit for Mother Earth connected over 100 youth across Ontario through a weekend-long event held online, providing a meaningful platform to engage youth across cultures to protect nature in the spirit and practice of reconciliation. As part of the Youth Summit, challenges planned by youth, for youth gave participants the chance to spend time ...
November 25, 2021–Justin Peter from Quest Nature Tours
Giving Tuesday•Nature Guardians Youth Program•Ontario Nature
Justin at age 10 about to feed a chickadee, with sister and mentor © Pavel Peter
When I think about what led me to do the work I do in the environmental field, I can’t help but think of the importance of fostering a love for nature in youth. This Giving Tuesday, Ontario Nature is raising funds to grow its Nature Guardians Youth Program to support youth-led conservation action. This is ...
Freshwater life workshop, 2019 Youth Summit © Natalie Rae
This week’s blog was submitted by Ontario Nature Youth Council alumna, Jackie Ho. Jackie recounts her experience at this year’s 10th annual Youth Summit for Biodiversity and Environmental Leadership. On the afternoon of Friday, September 20, I was greeted by several familiar faces and many more unfamiliar ones. I was back at the Ontario Nature ...
The Youth Circle for Mother Earth (YCME) is a new project designed to support a cross-cultural network of young Indigenous and other environmental leaders to become lifelong ambassadors for nature and conservation. The YCME was made possible thanks to the partnership of four organizations: The Indigenous Environmental Institute at Trent University, Ontario Nature, Plenty Canada, ...