Hundreds of thousands of students and educators are making a difference for wildlife and nature.
From coast to coast to coast, Canada is bursting with natural riches, diverse species and varied ecosystems that sustain us and provide benefits essential for a healthy life. To show our appreciation, let’s take care of nature so it can continue taking care of us. Every fall, WWF-Canada invites students, faculty, staff and educators to share their best ideas that will help nature thrive.
WWF-Canada’s Go Wild Grants program is in partnership with The Barrett Family Foundation.
Primary schools play an important role in connecting students with nature and empowering them to make a difference for wildlife in their communities through educational, hands-on projects. Since 2015, Canadian primary schools have been going wild with WWF-Canada, leading projects that help build a future where people and nature thrive.
Since 2015, Canadian secondary schools have been going wild with WWF-Canada, creating leadership opportunities and student experiences in building a sustainable future.
Since 2017, 99 Go Wild projects have launched on campuses across Canada. Faculty, staff and students are leading initiatives to help nature thrive locally while inspiring their peers to walk the talk at their college, university or CEGEP.
Go Wild Grants are designed to help students and educators protect and restore habitat on school and campus grounds, for the benefit of wildlife and people. Previous grantees have created native pollinator gardens and seed orchards, restored creeks and forests, monitored local wildlife, conducted biodiversity inventories, raised awareness about conservation issues, and more!
We prioritize ideas that help school communities:
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Beurling Academy – Montréal, Québec, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Calmar Elementary School – Calmar, Alberta, Gather, Grow, Guide
Cambridge-Narrows Community School – Cambridge-Narrows, New Brunswick, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Central Memorial High School – Calgary, Alberta, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Cloverdale Traditional – Surrey, British Columbia, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
College Churchill High School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Collège Sturgeon Heights Collegiate – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Restoring the Prairie
Cornwall Alternative School – Regina, Saskatchewan, Building a native plant garden with a focus on Indigenous medicine plants
Don Valley Middle School – North York, Ontario, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Downtown Alternative School – Toronto, Ontario, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
École alternative de la Tortue-des-Bois – Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, Québec, La Tortue Nourricière
École alternative des Saules-Rieurs – Montréal, Québec, Le sentier de la réconciliation
École élémentaire catholique Saint-Isidore – St-Isidore, Ontario, Les jardins vivants de Saint-Isidore : restaurer et protéger la biodiversité à l’école
École élémentaire catholique Saint-Rémi – Kanata, Ontario, Jardin Sensoriel
École Laura Secord School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Prairie Rising: Reviving the Tall Grass Prairie Landscape
École primaire Sainte-Marthe Cuillierrier – Sainte-Marthe, Québec, Un refuge pour les pollinisateurs à l’école
École Saint-Jean – Granby, Québec, Des plates-bandes pas plates!
École secondaire Paul-Arseneau – L’Assomption, Québec, Un petit pré fleuri
École St. Matthew’s School – St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Eden High School – St. Catharines, Ontario, From Lawn to Living Lab
Encompass 10-12 – Coquitlam, British Columbia, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Englefeld School – Englefeld, Saskatchewan, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Exshaw School – Exshaw, Alberta, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Florenceville Elementary School – Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Glenlyon Norfolk School – Victoria, British Columbia, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Glooscap Elementary School – Canning, Nova Scotia, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Huron Park Secondary School – Woodstock, Ontario, Huron Park Native Tree Planting
Jakeman All Grade – Trout River, Newfoundland and Labrador, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
John Caboto Academy – Montréal, Québec, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Kenollie Public School – Mississauga, Ontario, Living Tree Library and Sensory Flower Bed
Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute – Toronto, Ontario, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Macdonald School – Stockholm, Saskatchewan, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Maddaugh Elementary School – Surrey, British Columbia, Healing the creek, caring for the community
McKellar Park Public School – Thunder Bay, Ontario, Mashkiki (medicines) at McKellar
Mount Stewart Consolidated School – Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Oak Lake Community School – Oak Lake, Manitoba, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Oxford Regional Education Centre – Oxford, Nova Scotia, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
River East Collegiate – Winnipeg, Manitoba, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Riverbend Community School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Garden Revitalization
Rockwood Public School – Pembroke, Ontario, Rockwood Learning Garden Seed Orchard
St. Catherine’s Elementary – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Pollinator Garden & Indigenous Plant Expansion
Sussex Middle School – Sussex, New Brunswick, Pollinator Pals: A Student-Led Habitat for Butterflies & Hummingbirds
Wellington Secondary School – Nanaimo, British Columbia, Expanding Wellington’s Indigenous Garden
West Humber Collegiate Institute – Etobicoke, Ontario, WWF-Canada Seed Sharing Pilot Project
Xw’epiteng Elementary – Surrey, British Columbia, Indigenous Plants with Coast Salish Canoe Project
Brock University – St. Catharines, Ontario, Pollinator Planters: Building Connections Between Gardens and Grounds
Capilano University – North Vancouver, British Columbia, Communities of Co-Existence on Capilano University Campus: Bear-Responsive Knowledge Mobilization
Cégep de Saint-Laurent – Montréal, Québec, La biodiversité à St-Lô
Collège Ahuntsic – Montréal, Québec, La nature à la rescousse de la santé – Un projet d’herboristerie éducative et communautaire
Collège Boréal – Sudbury, Ontario, Réhabilitation de la zone humide du campus de Sudbury
Concordia University – Montréal, Québec, Enhancing Campus Biodiversity through Native Plant Restoration
Dalhousie University – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Native Pollinator Habitat on an Old Dalplex Volleyball Court
Institut national de la recherche scientifique – Laval, Québec, Une microforêt nourricière pour le bien-être de la communauté et de la biodiversité
McMaster University – Hamilton, Ontario, Clay Prairie Seed Garden
Royal Roads University – Victoria, British Columbia, RRU’s Healthy Planet Program
Simon Fraser University – Burnaby, British Columbia, SFU Archaeology Native Plant Garden: Growing Knowledge, Biodiversity, and Community
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology – Calgary, Alberta, SAIT Healing Forest
University of Guelph – Guelph, Ontario, Landscape Architecture Habitat Garden
University of New Brunswick – Fredericton, New Brunswick, Reviving the Slope: A Pollinator Garden for Biodiversity and Education at UNB Fredericton
University of Victoria – Victoria, British Columbia, Oak Meadow Restoration and Outreach
University of Windsor – Windsor, Ontario, Windsor Wildscape Initiative
York University – Toronto, Ontario, Edible Fences: A garden to honour Sheila Colla – Boosting Native Plant Diversity to Feed Humans and Pollinators at the Maloca Gardens at York University
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