Canadian Wilderness Stewardship Program

Past Projects

2020 Projects

Learn more about the projects developed by the 2020-2021 group, and how you can support their work.
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Plant’s Eye View: The Story of Climate Change and Bluets

Christopher Lopez
Engaging the community in hands-on learning and citizen science projects by caring for and creating empathy towards the long-leaved-bluets, a flower vulnerable to climate change. We will follow the journey of the bluets from seeds to their new home.
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Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Reducing the Amount of Litter in Parks by Encouraging New Canadians to Take Pride In The Environment

Abraham Richkarday
Education about Canadian Parks, their benefits, and the importance of their protection through an online presentation delivered by CPAWS, and a subsequent in-person group hike with a focus on raising awareness about littering.
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Stories of Ecology: Treaty 7 Ecology Guide

Audrey Lane Cockett

This project will platform stories about connection to place and give information about the unique ecological elements that feature in the stories. This project was started by a collective of people with a desire to deepen relationships amongst people and place and create an accessible educational resource that celebrates the multifaceted voices of Treaty 7 today.

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Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge 2021: Lethbridge

Dorothy Graham

This spring Lethbridge is participating in the City Nature Challenge for the first time ever. Using the app iNaturalist, this four-day bioblitz encourages people to get outside and get curious about the natural phenomena that surround our city.

READ MORE
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Fish Creek Provincial Park Mapping

Ian Mahon
This project will involve adding information to the Friends of Fish Creek story map that will look at topics surrounding recreation ethics and impacts. This has included camp fires, travel on durable surfaces and leaving what is found. Check out the map and keep an eye out for these updates to the map!
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

The Fascinating World of Fungi

Lacey Roberts

This podcast series will take you through time and space to talk about the often forgotten about decomposers that help sustain our cycle of life on Earth.

READ MORE
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Coffeetime Conversation

Rayaan Farooqi
Coffeetime conservation was created with the goal in mind of spreading awareness and sparking the interest of different environmental issues to people who may have not heard about them yet. Shorter in length than an average podcast, they are made for people on their commute to work or on their coffee break with a few minutes to kill. 
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Alberta Watershed Ed

Kelsey Serviss

Alberta Watershed Ed. aims to educate participants on the nature of local river and watershed processes in Southern Alberta using accessible language to communicate the complex scientific concepts so that they may better understand the processes that deliver drinking and irrigation water, sustain ecosystems from the Rockies to Hudson Bay, and shape the landscape.

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2021 Projects

Learn more about the projects developed by the 2020-2021 group, and how you can support their work.
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Plant’s Eye View: The Story of Climate Change and Bluets

Christopher Lopez
Engaging the community in hands-on learning and citizen science projects by caring for and creating empathy towards the long-leaved-bluets, a flower vulnerable to climate change. We will follow the journey of the bluets from seeds to their new home.
READ MORE
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Reducing the Amount of Litter in Parks by Encouraging New Canadians to Take Pride In The Environment

Abraham Richkarday
Education about Canadian Parks, their benefits, and the importance of their protection through an online presentation delivered by CPAWS, and a subsequent in-person group hike with a focus on raising awareness about littering.
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Stories of Ecology: Treaty 7 Ecology Guide

Audrey Lane Cockett

This project will platform stories about connection to place and give information about the unique ecological elements that feature in the stories. This project was started by a collective of people with a desire to deepen relationships amongst people and place and create an accessible educational resource that celebrates the multifaceted voices of Treaty 7 today.

READ MORE
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge 2021: Lethbridge

Dorothy Graham

This spring Lethbridge is participating in the City Nature Challenge for the first time ever. Using the app iNaturalist, this four-day bioblitz encourages people to get outside and get curious about the natural phenomena that surround our city.

READ MORE
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Fish Creek Provincial Park Mapping

Ian Mahon
This project will involve adding information to the Friends of Fish Creek story map that will look at topics surrounding recreation ethics and impacts. This has included camp fires, travel on durable surfaces and leaving what is found. Check out the map and keep an eye out for these updates to the map!
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

The Fascinating World of Fungi

Lacey Roberts

This podcast series will take you through time and space to talk about the often forgotten about decomposers that help sustain our cycle of life on Earth.

READ MORE
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Coffeetime Conversation

Rayaan Farooqi
Coffeetime conservation was created with the goal in mind of spreading awareness and sparking the interest of different environmental issues to people who may have not heard about them yet. Shorter in length than an average podcast, they are made for people on their commute to work or on their coffee break with a few minutes to kill. 
Cpaws - Plant's Eye View

Alberta Watershed Ed

Kelsey Serviss

Alberta Watershed Ed. aims to educate participants on the nature of local river and watershed processes in Southern Alberta using accessible language to communicate the complex scientific concepts so that they may better understand the processes that deliver drinking and irrigation water, sustain ecosystems from the Rockies to Hudson Bay, and shape the landscape.

READ MORE
 

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