EVENTS FOR TEACHERS
Earth Rangers: From Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Action
In this interactive workshop, you’ll explore tools and hands-on approaches to address challenging topics in the classroom and create student-approved eco-action projects. You’ll leave with fresh insights and practical strategies that will help students build confidence, empathy, and a sense of agency in caring for the natural world.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Duration: 1/2 day
Format: Online or in-person
Dates: Flexible
project Learning Tree Canada Training
Explore Project Learning Tree Canada’s key resources and expand your knowledge and confidence to embed environmental education in your classroom. All participants will leave with a copy of either Explore your Environment (Grades K-8) or Green Jobs (Ages 12-25) and a certificate of completion. Maximum 20 participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: In-person
Duration: Full day (9am-3pm)
Dates: Flexible
Canadian Wildlife Federation Workshop
Looking for practical ways to connect Nature Education to curriculum? Project WILD empowers teachers to help students learn how to think, not what to think, about wildlife and the environment. All participants receive an activity guide with 146 ready-to-use interdisciplinary lesson plans and a certificate of completion. Maximum 20 participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: In-person (Your school)
Duration: Full day (6 hours)
Dates: Flexible
Canadian Wildlife Federation Workshop
What keeps wood frogs from croaking in winter? Put on your long johns and join us on an amazing sub-zero safari into the world of winter wildlife through Below Zero! All participants receive an activity guide with 146 ready-to-use interdisciplinary lesson plans for winter learning, plus a certificate of completion. Maximum 20 participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: In-person (Your school)
Duration: ½ day (3 hours)
Dates: Flexible
Outward Bound Canada Training Academy
Crafted with the outdoor leader in mind, these three online micro credentials from the Outward Bound Canada Training Academy explore Risk Management, Judgment and Decision Making; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Environmental Leadership. These micro credentials are accredited by Nipissing University. No limit to participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: Virtual
Duration: 2 hours per course
Dates: Ongoing
EVENTS FOR STUDENTS
Earth Rangers Assembly
This year’s Earth Rangers assembly is styled like a fast-paced game show where students team up to answer questions, make eco-decisions, and tackle environmental challenges. Everyone will have a blast – while learning key biodiversity and conservation concepts.
Grade: Grades 1-6
Format: In-person
Duration: 45 minutes
Dates: Flexible
Explore Your Environment
A PLT Canada facilitator will lead students through age-appropriate activities to help them to discover why trees matter, explore nature in their schoolyard, and learn about different jobs in environmental education. A field trip to a local forest may be an option, please contact for additional details.
Grade: K-12
Duration: Full day
Format: In-person
Dates: Flexible
Wetland Field Trip
Explore the wonders of wetlands on a guided field trip with the Weaselhead Glenmore Park Preservation Society at your school, local wetland or at the Weaselhead Flats. Busing subsidies are available for underserved communities. Programs are available indoors and outdoors and include content developed with Ducks Unlimited Canada.
Grade: Grades 5-9
Format: In-person
Duration: 1 – 5 hours (depending on the program)
Dates: Flexible
WILD Spaces
The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s WILD Spaces program connects students to nearby nature in your schoolyard through the lens of pollinators! Teachers gain access to an online classroom filled with lesson plans and resources, as well as guidance for engaging students in stewardship action through school gardening and citizen science projects! Classes that take part are also eligible to receive free pollinator-friendly plants in Spring 2026.
Grade: Grades 2-6
Format: Virtual or In-person
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Dates: Flexible
GET INVOLVED
The NEC is looking for school board partners in Winnipeg, Ontario, and New Brunswick who would like support implementing more nature-based education in their schools. Interested in receiving free school programs, field trips, teacher training, and a regional event? Contact Jessy at j_stjean@ducks.ca.