Organizations

This Month's Featured Organization

The Outdoor Learning Store is a new online hub that offers outdoor learning equipment & resources for both educators & learners. The purpose of the store is to provide easy access to excellent outdoor learning equipment and resources to schools and organizations across Canada. This initiative is run as a social enterprise which allows provide a return for outdoor learning non-profit organizations from across the country.

Inside Education support teachers & inspire students.
Simply put, this is our raison d’être! We give incredible teachers the means to venture far beyond their teaching objectives. We empower them to inspire and engage young stewards by incorporating environmental and natural resource education into their classrooms.

Alberta Tomorrow
The Alberta Tomorrow simulator is an educational tool that helps you to understand the process of sustainable planning to balance land-uses such as agriculture, oil and gas and forestry with ecological integrity. By looking at past and present landscape imagery, you will be able to see changes that have taken place in the past. You can also collect, geotag and save water sampling data, images, video and other observations.

ESRI CANADA EDUCATION
ArcGIS is available for you and your students. Any school, anywhere, anytime. All Canadian K-12 schools have free access to ArcGIS for classroom use.

Nature Alive Adventures
Nature Alive is a multifaceted family-run business offering numerous levels of Survival Courses, Bushcraft Courses, and Outdoor Education workshops, as well as Guided Canoe Trips, Guided Winter Camping Trips, National and Provincial Canoe Certifications, Recreational Drum Circle Facilitation and Djembe Instruction, all managed by our certified and experienced staff and partners.

Wild North
Delivers services to people of Northern Alberta with wildlife-related concerns by providing compassionate care to injured and orphaned wildlife and by educating our communities about humanely coexisting with wildlife. They offer junior Wildlife Ambassador Programs.

Beaverhill Bird Observatory
Presentation topics are chosen at the discretion of the group or by the grade level, linking to the Alberta school curriculum. All grade PreK-6 presentations include a colouring or crossword activity sheet and interaction with our education bird. Grade levels 7-12 and adults, include presentation, interaction with the education bird and may include a worksheet.

Raven Rescue
Programs compliment technical rescue training, equipment and services by creating opportunities to network, develop professional qualifications and better serve communities.

Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
The Education program serves to inform the public about our services emphasizing the value of wildlife rehabilitation, address conservation issues, provide information (physiology/adaptations/migration) about native wildlife and create conversation around the implications of human activities on the health and safety of wild animals. Many of these programs also include an owl pellet dissection, which is a fun, unique, and highly rated hands on educational experience for students of all ages. Owl pellets are formed from the regurgitated bones and fur that owls cannot digest. Our programs create long lasting positive associations with wildlife; it is our goal to provide relevant, engaging information and experiences for students and the community with regards to wildlife and wildlife issues.

CPAWS -Outdoor Education & Outreach
Across the country, CPAWS’ regional chapters organize public outreach in their communities and provide cutting-edge education and experiential programs for children and adults. From classroom lectures to guided interpretive hikes, CPAWS uses outreach and education to increase public awareness and knowledge of conservation and biodiversity issues.

Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area
Our Conservation Education Programs for Youth cover fun and educational programs both at the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area (ASCCA) and in your own school yard. Join the fun and sign your students/youth up for one of our Conservation Discovery programs: day long school programs at the ASCCA, outreach programs at your school and organized group programs at the ASCCA.

Full Circle Adventures
These wild plant workshops build on our connection to nature. Whether through cooking and nutrition, experiencing a deeper calm in nature, the wild places and plants provide us with many teachings. These workshops offer a deep connection to t

Canadian Rockies Outdoor Learning Centre
The Canadian Rockies Outdoor Learning Centre is intended to be a landmark project envisioned to be a beacon of excellence in targeted engagement of youths and an exemplar of a mandate to “engage, educate, and train youth and/or adult leaders of environmental or transformational education, inclusion and outdoor recreation programs that meet the vision of Alberta Parks.”

Company of Adventurers
Specializes in creating active programs that are tailored to the objectives of the group involved. Their professional staff draws on years of teaching and guiding in the outdoors to make each program a great learning experience with memories that will last a lifetime.
Company of Adventurers provides instruction in many outdoor wilderness activities with a strong focus on environmental education and stewardship. A low guide to participant ratio promotes safety and enhances the quality of the experience. Program length varies from day- to multi-day or even multi-week adventures.

WinSport
A not-for-profit organization, WinSport owns and operates Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, the Bill Warren Training Centre at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore Alberta, and the Beckie Scott High Performance Training Centre on Haig Glacier Alberta. WinSport also funds two-thirds of the operating budget for the Olympic Oval at the University of Calgary. Money spent at WinSport facilities supports not only Canadian high-performance athletes, but introduces thousands of Calgarians to mountain-based sports each year.

Take Me Outside
Take Me Outside works collaboratively with other organizations, school boards and individuals to encourage children and youth to spend more time outside through various projects and initiatives. TMO is a registered non-profit that has been operating across Canada since 2010.

Canadian Wildlife Federation (Project Wild and Below Zero)
Project WILD is based on educational standards, developed by scientists, and reviewed and field-tested by educators. The interdisciplinary Canadian Project WILD guide features 121 complete lesson plans about wildlife and the environment that can each be adapted for any age, grade level or subject.

School programs in Alberta Parks
Serve multiple purposes and meet objectives for Alberta Parks and schools alike. Formal education programs assist teachers meet the demands of curriculum in engaging and dynamic ways. Through resources and services developed by formal education staff, teachers are given the opportunity to: discover how to utilize Alberta Park’s as authentic learning landscapes; develop strategies and pedagogies to better engage students in their curriculum; and partner with Alberta Parks formal education staff to support them in teaching curriculum and in learning how to teach in a natural setting.

Weaselhead / Glenmore Park
Their knowledgeable Naturalists can deliver a custom field-trip to meet the needs of your classroom. Provide them with your expectations and they can compliment your in-school activities while exploring the Weaselhead and Glenmore Parks.

Green Calgary
Green Kids program is offered to schools, community and homeschool groups year round; and is an opportunity for children Kindergarten to Grade 6 to experience hands on environmental education. Designed to align directly with Alberta Education’s cross-curricular competencies, educators can easily incorporate the program into their learning plans. Their specially trained instructors provide all the resources and materials to deliver a collaborative and inquiry based learning experience.

Butterfly Wings n' Wishes Ltd has a variety of critter kits for your classroom. Larvae Kits can be pre-ordered for the Spring anytime throughout the year, and preordering is recommended. Kits do not include a habitat for the adult butterflies and must be ordered separately.

Through the URBAN FARM SCHOOL workshops, we aim to inform, inspire, empower, share skills & knowledge, and, at the same time, build meaningful and collaborative relationships. Our goal is to promote the practice of sustainable local food production and permaculture in our beautiful city and beyond, and help contribute to creating vibrant, resilient and regenerative communities. With the application of sustainable principles and ethics as foundational guidelines at home and in our communities, and by acquiring skills which build resilience and collaboration, we are able to gradually transition from being dependent consumers to becoming mindful and responsible producers.

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