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  • Be Cool... Stay Cool

    Be Cool... Stay Cool

    A role-playing activity about the effect of the changing environment on people and wildlife in Canada's North.

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  • Seas of Change

    2026-07-24

    You must have noticed the signs. Longer, hotter summers. Shorter, milder winters. Birds arriving on their breeding grounds weeks before they once did. So, why not just enjoy the weather? Because what seems like a change for the better is really a cause for grave concern.

  • Set an Example

    2026-07-24

    Guess what? Your schoolyard is an ecosystem, too. It's a great place for play at recess, but it can be much more than that. It's a perfect spot to practise sustainable development. Why not use it to create an ecology study centre for wildlife?

  • Set the Restoration Cycle in Motion

    2026-07-24

    Students develop and take steps to implement a strategic plan to prevent the introduction and spread of alien species, control their populations, monitor their presence, and restore native wildlife and habitat.

  • Shoreline Habitat Report Card

    2026-07-24

    Use this report card to keep track of signs of good or ill health along a shoreline.

  • Stand on Guard for Aquatic Habitats

    2026-07-24

    We have only just started to give the marine heritage under our care the attention and protection it deserves.

  • Stand on Guard for Northern Wildlife

    2026-07-24

    If you live in the North, you can "stand on guard" for wildlife.

  • Strangers in a Strange Land

    2026-07-24

    Students use interview techniques to explore the traditional wisdom of fishers, farmers, First Nations, and other peoples whose close relationship with nature gives them a deeper understanding of, and sensitivity toward, climatic cycles and events.

  • Student Action for Birds

    2026-07-24

    A sampling of bird-related projects from schools.

  • Summary

    2026-07-24

    Keep Ocean Life on the Move

  • Support Soggy Spaces

    2026-07-24

    Help make way for migrants that rely on watery spots by tackling any of the following habitat projects.