Educational Programs

Our Story

From the Forest to the Sea Watershed Education Project was created as a collaborative effort of SeaChange Marine Conservation Society and the Galiano Conservancy Association. The project has experienced great success since its inception in September 2000. Programs have been incorporated into the Galiano Community School's curriculum and continue to be enjoyed by a variety of participants from youth groups, community centres and schools from the Mainland, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands.

Our Goals

This program involves students from the Galiano Community and also brings in young people from urban areas who traditionally don't have access to nature parks and wild areas like those that still exist on Galiano Island. Since the inception of our education program, a primary goal has been to extend the opportunity to come visit Galiano to disadvantaged and low income youth through offering bursaries to individuals, classes and groups who would not otherwise be able to participate. With our latest project to acquire land to create the Galiano Restorative Learning Centre, we will be able to offer more multi-day programs as well, tailored for diverse groups of youth and adults from across our region.

It is our intent to equip people with knowledge, nature literacy and hands-on experiences, inspiring and empowering them to become environmental stewards and to take positive action to help themselves, their communities and the environment. We will take students on a journey of discovery with the goal of creating ecological awareness and encouraging a deep caring for the places we all inhabit by:

	1.	Instilling a sense of wonder and appreciation of the natural world, while fostering nature literacy.
	2.	Encouraging first-hand observation and understanding of nature by taking students out of the classroom and into the outdoors.
	3.	Providing an opportunity for youth to realize the connections between humans and the natural world by observing real examples of the effect of human activities on the environment.