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Earth Day activities: Connect kids to nature
April 21, 2021
For Earth Day, take advantage of Canada’s beautiful outdoors with these fun (and free) activities for kids! Whether in your backyard, around the neighbourhood, or indoors, get your kids interested and excited about nature. Here are some steps from PLT Canada for you to get started.
PLT Canada receives funding to help 1,700 youth aged 15-30 find jobs in the forest and conservation sector
April 16, 2021
On April 16, the government of Canada announced that $12.8 million has been awarded to Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) through a partnership with Parks Canada to support hiring youth into Green Jobs. Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the funding, provided under the Youth Employment and Skill Strategy (YESS), during a Facebook Live event with Minister Carla Qualtrough and PLT Canada’s President and CEO, Kathy Abusow. “Canada’s future depends significantly on the health of our country’s forests and ecosystems and…
“Green Jobs are for Everyone” Workshop Series and Career Connections Fair hosts over 500 attendees
April 15, 2021
By making the green sector accessible to everyone, we can build a diverse and resilient Green Jobs workforce of the future. It’s important that we help recruit and inspire the next generation of forest and conservation leaders. About 47,500 forestry workers are predicted to retire between 2020–2028. That’s almost a quarter of the current workforce! And in 2018, the International Labour Organization reported that the green economy could create around 24 million jobs by 2030. PLT Canada’s “Green Jobs are…
National Indigenous Languages Day: Free Anishinaabemowen and Plains Cree resource
March 30, 2021
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 offer resources in diverse languages, including Indigenous languages. The more that young people see themselves reflected and represented, the more we can engage with and inspire them to pursue green…
PLT Canada green leader organizes virtual family ice fishing derby
March 17, 2021
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 win over $3,000 in prizes in categories like biggest fish, ugliest fish and keeping the tradition alive (teaching your child how to fillet a fish)! And there’s already an early…
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