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2019 Annual Report highlights successful year for PLT Canada

March 02, 2020
Type: News

We are thrilled to release our 2019 Annual Report, which highlights many of our successes over the past 12 months. Among our many accomplishments, we have placed over 2,000 youth into Green Jobs since 2018, thanks in part to funding by the Government of Canada and employers across the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Canadian Parks Council (CPC) networks. We have also achieved great diversity in our Green Jobs placements, including year-over-year gender balance, jobs for Indigenous youth (12% of…

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Celebrating International Youth Day as the Green Ride for Green Jobs Reaches Ottawa

August 14, 2019
Type: News

“This is a dream job. I get to play with kids outdoors all day long and I get to teach them how important it is to care for the world we share,” says Gulled Abdo Saleban, a 23-year-old youth leader whose Green Job has him working with Ottawa kids living in community housing who drop by local parks to learn about themselves and the world around them. The program is part of the Ottawa Forest & Nature School, which was…

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Government of Canada connects over 3,700 students to green jobs

July 19, 2018
Type: News

On July 18, 2018 Project Learning Tree Canada hosted a celebratory event in Thunder Bay to help announce the Green Jobs funding from the Government of Canada. The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, highlighted funding of over $26 million through the Green Jobs in Green Spacesprogram, helping create 3,725 green student job opportunities across Canada – of which PLT Canada is supporting over 1,700 jobs across Canada. The event was joined by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Canadian Parks and…

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PLT Canada Annual Reports

May 10, 2024
Type: Page

Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) is committed to advancing environmental education, forest literacy, and career pathways, using trees and forests as windows on the world. Our award-winning resources offer a lifetime of learning from early childhood through adulthood. Our wide and diverse network provides professional development for educators and opportunities for young people to explore nature and the diversity of green careers in the forest and conservation sector. Together, we are growing future forest and conservation leaders. Thank you…

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Project Learning Tree Canada Releases Environmental Education Resource – Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children

April 15, 2024
Type: News

Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) is thrilled to release a new environmental education resource today for families and teachers to connect young children ages 1–6 to nature, with a focus on trees. Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children offers hundreds of ideas for fun, indoor and outdoor, learning experiences perfect to celebrate Earth Day and beyond! Take toddlers and preschoolers on a nature journey, exploring the environment through their senses, experiencing trees throughout the seasons,…

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