“We are providing field-based learning experiences in Nova Scotia’s unique ecosystems, including updates on species at risk such as Blanding’s Turtles, Ribbonsnakes and Piping Plovers,” said Wade Luzny, Executive Vice President of the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
The public is invited to watch video clips on cwf-fcf.org.
Dr. Leo Elshof of Acadia’s School of Education along with leading scientists from Acadia University facilitated the new Summer Institute. They were joined by professors from the University of Lethbridge, the University of Quebec in Montreal and Memorial University as well as an instructor from Lethbridge College and a secondary school science teacher from Horton High School in delivering the personalized learning program. The 10 participants enrolled in the Summer Institute are from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and the North West Territories.
The participants went to Mersey Tobeatic Research Insitute, a non-profit co-operative working with researchers at Acadia University to survey deep lakes in the Mersey and Medway watersheds, Kejimkujik National Park to investigate Blanding’s Turtles, Ribbonsnakes and forest ecology, and Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct where brackish ponds, salt marshes and tidal mud flats are ideal habitat for migratory waterfowl and shorebirds including guillemots, cormorants and piping plovers. Dr. Steve Mockford and graduate research assistant José Lefevbre of Acadia University led this investigation. Dr. Mockford is involved in the population genetics of several species of reptiles.
They also traveled to Berwick to explore riparian and agricultural issues with Dr. Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, an author and Acadia University professor of Ecology and Conservation Biology, the Bay of Fundy mud flats to investigate estuarine life with Dr. Graham Daborn, Professor Emeritus at Acadia University, and Acadia University’s Irving Centre to explore conservation and sustainability through the creative arts with environmental education specialist Dr. Alan Warner.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation is a national non-profit organization dedicated to fostering awareness and appreciation of the natural world. Visit cwf-fcf.org.
The Learning Institute, a new component of CWF’s well established education program, is conducting strategic and scholarly research, creating, piloting and studying educational innovation and technology-based learning; improving and advancing professional practice and promoting innovative learning about wildlife issues.
Canadian Wildlife Federation launches Summer Institute in Queens
Canadian Wildlife Federation launches Summer Institute in Queens
The Canadian Wildlife Federation Learning Institute presented a new wildlife and biodiversity course through Acadia University July 4-11 that featured field trips to key conservation areas led by prominent science and education experts.
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- NIMROD WILSON
- - November 29, 2011 at 02:56:22
Dear friends, I went thru your website here comes my comment;It will be a good idea if you could send students out of canada for research ,eg.Africa because of diferent nature and landscapes; My Tour company has been taking students around for a very cheap cost from University of London who comes every year to TANZANIA, Serengeti national park,Ngorongoro conservation for research before they sit for their degree paper.For more information p/se visit www.faunaexpeditions.com. Thanks in advance, Regards, Nimrod Wilson. +255754724135 +255787016116
