Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-2023 WWF-Canada Go Wild Grants!
Here are a few inspiring examples:
Whitehorse, YU: Students at Jack Hulland Elementary School will create outdoor education areas in partnership with members of the First Nation community to promote land-based learning and respect for wildlife.
Maple Ridge, BC: Kindergarten and grade one students at c̓əsqənelə Elementary School will create a pollinator garden with raised garden beds and local pollinator-friendly plants.
Windsor, ON: James L. Dunn Public School students will create a habitat demonstration and learning garden for birds and pollinators to teach students about urban wildlife and their habitat requirements.
Oromocto, NB: Oromocto High School will create a wildlife meadow by converting a large portion of their school grounds into a “no mow” protected wild zone where plants and wildlife can live and thrive.
Thunder Bay, ON: Lakehead University will create an educational and functional native planting space adjacent to the campus firepit to extend its use for ceremonial and culinary purposes, including smudging and tea-making, allow Indigenous people accessible and free use of these plants, and educate people who already use this space on the importance of native plantings to culture and biodiversity.
Find all 2022 – 2023 recipients below:
Primary and Secondary Schools
Académie Catholique Notre-Dame, Kemptville, Ontario – Des fleurs pour nos abeilles
Bert Fox Community High School, Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan – Bert Fox Food Forest
Bertrun E. Glavin Elementary School, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Bringing Back Wildlife and Nature
Calgary Changemaker School, Calgary, Alberta – Changemaker Sensory and Pollinator Garden
Central Middle School, Victoria, British Columbia – Native plants teaching garden
Central Park Public School, Unionville, Ontario – Grow Zone
c̓əsqənelə Elementary, Maple Ridge, British Columbia – Pollination Garden
Churchill Public School, Sudbury, Ontario – Indigenous Teaching Garden
Coronation Park Community School, Regina, Saskatchewan – Cor Park Reconciliation Learning Gardens
Davisville Jr. Public School & Spectrum Alternative School, Toronto, Ontario – The Davisville Garden
Dunning Foubert, Ottawa, Ontario – Truth and Reconciliation Garden
École Antonine-Maillet, Dieppe, Nouveau-Brunswick – Émergence d’un parc
École Arbour Vista, Guelph, Ontario – Going Back to Our Roots
École Le Marais, Dieppe, Nouveau-Brunswick – Parc à oiseaux
École secondaire Chanoine-Beaudet, Saint-Pascal, Québec – Les nichoirs du Kamouraska
École St-Augustin, Garson, Ontario – Jardin de pollinisateurs : Fleurs et plantes indigènes
École St-Paul, Lively, Ontario – Pro-bio-écolo-recyclo
École Victor Brodeur, Victoria, British Columbia – Les plantes médicinales indigènes: Planter et restaurer des habitats dans la cour d’école
Florenceville Middle School, Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick – Buttermilk Creek Wildflower Garden
Jack Hulland Elementary School, Whitehorse, Yukon – Land- and cultural-based centre for excellence
James L. Dunn Public School, Windsor, Ontario – Attracting Northern Cardinals to “The Nest”: Habitat demonstration and learning gardens for birds and pollinators
Killarney Elementary, Calgary, Alberta – Killarney Legacy Outdoor Learning Commons
Lach Klan School, Kitkatla, British Columbia – Rediscovering and replanting indigenous plants
Manitoulin Secondary School, M’Chigeeng, Ontario – Greenhouse Project & Healing Forest
Maple Ridge Secondary School, Barrie, Ontario – Pollinator Garden
Nakoda Elementary School, Morley, Alberta – NES Children’s Garden
Oromocto High School, Oromocto, New Brunswick – OHS Wildlife Meadow
Osprey Woods, Mississauga, Ontario – Pollinator Project
Paul-Arseneau, L’Assomption, Québec – Le jardin des butineurs de Paul
Richer School, Richer, Manitoba – Worms and Butterflies
Roots Elementary Program Inc, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan – Indigenous Medicine Wheel Garden
St. John Catholic School, Guelph, Ontario – Project New Life: Our Sustainability Initiative
Windsong Heights, Airdrie, Alberta – Pollinators at Play
Wishart Elementary, Victoria, British Columbia – Wishart School Pollinator and Native Plant Garden
Wood Elementary, Port Alberni, British Columbia – Greening our Space
Post-Secondary Institutions
Algoma University – Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Corn Circle Seed Nest
Champlain College CEGEP – Saint-Lambert, Québec, Plan d’aménagement et de plantation
Concordia University, Loyola Campus – Notre Dame-de-Grace, Québec, CultivAction – Loyola Farm
Dalhousie University – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Pollinator Wall
Lakehead University – Thunder Bay, Ontario, Flora and Fire: Indigenous Ceremonial and Culinary Plants
University of Guelph – Guelph, Ontario, University of Guelph Biodiversity Inventory
University of Victoria – Victoria, British Columbia, UVic Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration
University of Windsor – Windsor, Ontario, University of Windsor Seed Orchard
York University, Glendon – North York, Ontario, The Campus Forestry Student Planting Initiative
York University, Keele Campus – Toronto, Ontario, Increasing Pollinator Habitat and Awareness around the Native Plant Garden at York University
