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, over 65 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 to:
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Anne Hathaway Public School – Stratford, Ontario, Monarch Hathaway Pollinator Garden
Cambridge Street Community Public School – Ottawa, Ontario, Phoenix Sensory Garden
Charles P. Allen High School – Bedford, Nova Scotia, CPA’s Better With Bees
Chief Sunrise Education Centre – Hay River, Northwest Territories, Gardening renewal
Cobourg Collegiate Institute – Cobourg, Ontario, Environment Club Wildlife Garden
Collège Sainte-Anne secondaire Lachine – Montréal, Québec, Jardin nourricier du partage
Connaught Public School – St. Catharines, Ontario, Eco Homes
Departure Bay Elementary – Nanaimo, British Columbia, Learning from the Land
Donwood School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Native Tree and Plant Garden
École de Montarville – Saint-Bruno, Québec, Jardin collectif
École élémentaire publique Mamawi – Nepean, Ontario, Jardin de fleurs natives et herbes hautes pour les papillons et les animaux
École la Mosaïque du Nord – Balmoral, Nouveau-Brunswick, L’apprentissage en nature!
École Mgr-Matthieu-Mazerolle – Rivière-Verte, Nouveau-Brunswick, Jardin d’Habitat Indigène MMM
École secondaire Chanoine-Beaudet – Saint-Pascal, Québec, Le jardin de la persévérance et de la résilience
École secondaire Paul-Germain-Ostiguy – Saint-Césaire, Québec, L’espace nourricier
École Whitehorse Elementary School – Whitehorse, Yukon, Grow some snacks for humans and animals!
Geary Elementary Community School – Geary, New Brunswick, Bring Back the Butterflies
Glencoe District High School – Glencoe, Ontario, Graduate Forest
Harold Hatcher School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Our Welcoming Pollinator Garden
Harrow School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Growing Food for Thought
Henry Anderson Elementary – Richmond, British Columbia, Seed Garden
Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Elementary School – Hamilton, Ontario, Community Garden
Horace Allen – Coleman, Alberta, Mountain Meeting Outdoor Amphitheatre Forest
Jakeman All Grade School – Trout River, Newfoundland, Wild for Bees
Jessie Wowk Elementary – Richmond, British Columbia, Sensory garden path
John Caboto Academy – Montréal, Québec, Community Garden Connections
La Salle School – La Salle, Manitoba, La Salle Green Patch
Lawfield Elementary – Hamilton, Ontario, Building our Tree Canopy
Manitoulin Secondary School – Mchigeeng, Ontario, Medicine Garden and Shoreline Project
Marion School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Indigenous plant garden
Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Plight of the Pollinators
Mountview Alternative School – Toronto, Ontario, Pollinator and edible garden grown by kids
Nelson Elementary – Burnaby, British Columbia, Healing the Land, Healing the People
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School – Toronto, Ontario, Pollinator Garden
Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux – Caraquet, Nouveau-Brunswick, Sauvons notre biodiversité, ne tondant plus
Richmond Secondary School – Richmond, British Columbia, Rewilding our school lawns with “Bee Turf”
River Valley Middle School – Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick, Multigenerational Sensory and Pollinator Garden
Royal Bay Secondary School – Victoria, British Columbia, PEXSISEṈ Native Plant and Pollinator Garden
Salt Spring Elementary – Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Huy ch q’u Figure Native Plant Garden
Sir Allan MacNab Secondary – Hamilton, Ontario, Wildflower Garden
South Huron District High School – Exeter, Ontario, Indigenous Micro-Demonstration Forest
St. Monica School – Nepean, Ontario, Creating a Native Sensory Garden
Strathcona School – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Community Healing Garden
Tatanka Najin School – Fort Qu’appelle, Saskatchewan, River walk pathway and fishing area
Vansittart Woods Environmental Education Centre – Woodstock, Ontario, Pollinator Protection Zone
Waldheim School – Elie, Manitoba, Restoring Edible Habitats
Wellington Secondary – Nanaimo, British Columbia, Wellington Indigenous Food Forest
Wilclay Public School – Markham, Ontario, Open Your Wings and Fly Garden
Champlain College – St-Lambert, Québec, Community Garden Extension
Dalhousie University – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sustaining Native Pollinator Habitats and Expanding Biodiversity
John Abbott College – Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, First People’s Garden: A Land Based Learning Project
Royal Roads University – Victoria, British Columbia, RRU’s Healthy Planet Club
University of Guelph – Guelph, Ontario, Blackwood Hall Greenspace Activation
University of Guelph – Guelph, Ontario, Pull & Plant Event Series
University of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario, Welcoming the Three Sisters
Vanier College – Montréal, Québec, Out with Invasive Plants on Campus!
York University – Toronto, Ontario, Gekinoomaadijig
York University – Toronto, Ontario, Maintaining the Native Plant Garden and Increasing Pollinator Habitat and Awareness in the Maloca Community Gardens
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