Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator

Events

Guardians of the Coast: The next generation of stewards

April 21, 2021August 29, 2022

In this last session of Coastal Insights, we will be joined by some of the inspiring young leaders who are taking action in their communities to sustain and protect the coast.

Events

Join us for a webinar on conservation in action

April 6, 2021August 29, 2022

Join us Wednesday April 7 at 1pm Pacific for Coastal Insights as we look at key conservation issues facing wildlife and their habitat along BC’s coast. The lesson will also discuss how we can take action to protect and sustain the Salish Sea.

Events

Join us for a webinar on Indigenous Harvesting techniques and technologies

March 23, 2021August 29, 2022

Join us for our 4th webinar in our Coastal Insights series where we will explore Indigenous harvesting techniques and technologies from the past, present and into the future.

Raincoast Updates

Coastal Insights education series – Season 2 launch

February 3, 2021August 29, 2022

It is with great excitement that we launch our newest season of our Coastal Insights, aptly named ‘Eyes on the Coast’. Taking off where season 1 ended, we will be diving deeper into coastal British Columbia’s rich history, ecosystems and conservation issues using a two-eyed approach…

Raincoast Updates

Three youth undergo Raincoast’s first year-long training program

October 8, 2020June 7, 2021

The new year-long training program in the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program provides leadership skills and provides the Junior Leaders the opportunity to connect with local scientists, educators and Indigenous knowledge keepers…

Raincoast Updates

How do we learn during a pandemic?

October 2, 2020June 7, 2021

Raincoast has also had to adjust how we educate students, shifting from our transformative experiential and place-based learning to predominantly virtual, online engagement…

Raincoast Updates

Coastal Insights online education series about nature, people, and place is now complete and available

July 29, 2020September 29, 2021

The pandemic has impacted our lives in many ways, particularly with regard to learning in schools and experiential programming. Teachers have had to fast-track their technological skills and shift from their regular face to face connections with students to engaging through online learning. Raincoast knows this first hand as we were literally one week away…

Investigate & Inform

Collaborating with the next generation

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

As I walk onto campus at the University of Victoria, I am surrounded by the hustle and bustle of students scurrying off to their classes. For the students, their familiarity with the area makes their travel effortless as they weave and bob through the buildings and walkways. As a visitor, the school is a giant…

Investigate & Inform

Salish Sea Emerging Stewards celebration

July 12, 2019June 3, 2021

We recently closed our third season of Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program with a new addition to the program – an event to connect, reflect and celebrate our precious coastline. People of all ages and backgrounds joined in the festivities as graduates of the 2018 season had the opportunity to take the stage and share their experiences and perspectives from the program…

Notes From the Field

Creating transformative experiences for students on the Salish Sea

March 29, 2019

These experiences are transformative and what we strive to create for young people with the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program. The program brings students on multi-day journeys aboard Achiever to learn about coastal environments and conservation challenges…

Events

Coastal carnivore conservation in the Pacific Northwest – The Collective, Seattle

October 30, 2018November 2, 2018

Proceeds from the event will help secure a fourth commercial trophy hunting tenure, the Nadeaa tenure, that will add protection in the Great Bear Rainforest…

Raincoast Updates

The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards kick off

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018

We’re very excited to be kicking off the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards Program this week with youth from the Indigenous Leadership program and other youth from the Cowichan School District. We’re in the first phase of our new three part Salish Sea Stewards program. This is the land-based preliminary learning phase where we’ll be introducing…

Upgrades & bug reports

Tracking Raincoast into 2022