Woodlands Secondary School, Nanaimo BC Grant term 2022-2024 In 2022, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools, embarked on the journey of starting a school farm! With a vision to create a hands-on garden classroom and support food nutrition at schools across the district, we transformed part of a grass field at Woodlands Secondary School into a market...Read More
John J Sark Memorial Elementary School, Lennox Island First Nation, PEI Grant term, 2023-2024 We had two main goals with this grant money. Our first was to give students an opportunity to experience a variety of food sources that our local lands and waters provide. The second was to teach a variety of ways of...Read More
Cobequid Consolidated Elementary School, Old Barns, NS Grant term 2022-2024 Our Farm to School Experience Cobequid Consolidated Elementary School is located in the community of Old Barns, Nova Scotia, a picturesque rural farming community that borders along the Bay of Fundy. Our school serves approximately 165 students ranging from Pre-Primary to Grade 5, from the...Read More
Inglewood School, Grand Bay-Westfield, NB Grant term 2022-2024 Inglewood School is a small suburban school servicing 115 grades 3-5 students. It is situated in picturesque Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick along the magnificent Saint John River. This tightly-knit school values families and prioritizes students’ well-being. Families commute to nearby Saint John for work and activities. Students...Read More
Arden Elementary, Courtenay, BC Grant term 2022-2024 Arden Elementary’s video shows the power of partnerships and of using a Community School as a Hub for helping feeder/other schools. Community and family volunteers have come together to make this amazing project possible, facilitating everything from healthy eating and opportunities for students to try new foods to...Read More
Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering spirit school, Toronto, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering Spirit School is an Indigenous cultural survival school in the heart of Toronto’s east end. KWSS serves just over 120 students that range from k-12. Their land-based learning program was started in September 2022 and centres itself on Indigenous food sovereignty, traditional...Read More
Learn about: The value of meaningful youth engagement and participation; Strategies for youth engagement in program design and implementation; A framework to support student engagement; and Ideas, challenges, and opportunities for engaging students in schools This webinar and its resources ar part of a series hosted in spring 2024 by the Public Health Assocation onf...Read More
The Seeds of Inspiration Educational Program was created by our friends at Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation who are dedicated to creating opportunities for children to explore the outdoors and be inspired by the breathtaking wonders of the natural world around them. Free through the program, schools can request storybooks and workbooks, developed...Read More
