Salish Sea Emerging Stewards | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

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

Published on 2020 10 08 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Raincoast updates

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…

How do we learn during a pandemic?

Published on 2020 10 02 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Raincoast updates

Maureen Vo shares a laugh with a student of the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards Program.

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

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

Published on 2020 07 29 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Raincoast updates

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 […]

Protecting the evergreen giants at the edge of the sea

Published on 2020 02 19 | by Shauna Doll, Gulf Islands Forest Project Coordinator | in Conservation update

Roe Lake on North Pender, on a blue sky day.

The rainshadow region, extending across the southeastern coast of Vancouver Island from Metchosin to Deep Bay; covering the Gulf Islands, and reaching the Sunshine Coast, has been subject to rampant land conversion—by some estimates up to 50%…

Collaborating with the next generation

Published on 2019 11 12 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Inform

Tyler Jessen helps some young Salish Sea Emerging Stewards on campus to examine a remote sensing device.

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 […]

The best summer camp on earth?

Published on 2019 08 19 | by Nathaniel Glickman, Education and Outreach Associate | in Notes from the Field

Our research and outreach vessel, Achiever, just returned from one of the most inspiring trips of the year. Let me explain why…

Salish Sea Emerging Stewards celebration

Published on 2019 07 12 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in For the coast

Kloey and her mom, Vernadean, from Cowichan Secondary, SD79, in Duncan.

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…

Creating transformative experiences for students on the Salish Sea

Published on 2019 03 29 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Notes from the Field

Students aboard Achiever, cluster around the bow on the Salish Sea.

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…

The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards kick off

Published on 2018 10 16 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in Raincoast updates

The light of the sun streams in between the trees on UVic campus.

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 […]

Inspiring the next generation of Salish Sea stewards

Published on 2018 08 13 | by Maureen Vo, Education and Development Coordinator | in For the coast

A youth participant of the Salish Sea Emerging Stewardship program has a solo sit at Monarch head for reflection and mindfulness.

In 2016, Raincoast launched the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program, taking youth on a journey through marine and terrestrial environments. The impacts and importance of this program for youth is quickly gaining…

Getting the next generation of Salish Sea stewards back to school

Published on 2017 09 20 | by Ross Dixon, Communications & Development Director | in Notes from the Field

As scientists we learn from each other, our Indigenous partners, the wildlife we study and the youth we engage. For over 15 years, as guests of the Heiltsuk Nation, Raincoast staff scientists have supported the development of local youth as future stewards…