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March 31, National Indigenous Languages Day, is a time to celebrate and recognize enduring Indigenous languages. Project Learning Tree Canada’s (PLT Canada) A Guide to Green Jobs in Canada: Voices of Indigenous Professionals has been translated into Anishinaabemowen, and the Plains Cree translation is coming out soon. “It’s important to…

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Blaze Head, a high school student and member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), organized a virtual family ice fishing derby on Saskatchewan River from Umpherville to BigEddy. OCN Community members can fish on their own time between March 15–21 and send in a recorded video for the chance to…

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Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) recently launched its Green Mentor Program – 2021 National Cohort in celebration of National Mentoring Month.  In the next decade, one-third of the forest sector’s workforce is set to retire. Mentorship can help inspire and recruit the next generation of forest and conservation leaders.…

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Screen grab from Laura Trout’s “A Day in the Life” video for PLT Canada. The West Fraser senior biologist has been a part of major fish habitat restoration programs and collaborations in Alberta since 2014. West Fraser, an SFI-certified organization and Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) Green Jobs employer,…

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As a young woman just starting on her career path, Sky Jarvis wasn’t sure if she and her Green Mentor Ken Price, who has 25 years of experience, were a good match. But talking about their mutual love of fly fishing broke the ice and helped establish their mentorship relationship.…

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