Youth in Action at the Humber River!

The Youth in Action program made their way to the Humber River to watch the salmon migrate upstream before winter comes! 

Patiently waiting to spot a salmon!

Spotted the salmon! 

For more information about the Youth in Action program at CultureLink please contact Leah at lmacdonald@culturelink.ca or 416-766-6288 ext.238

Global Roots - Senior & Youth Orientation

Global Roots Garden kicked off the start of spring with Senior and Youth orientation. The sessions were held to talk about the upcoming gardening season and what to expect. The session was also used to exchange ideas between participants and staff on how to make this year better than before. 

Mingling

Sharing their ideas

Youth planting sunflower seeds 

Planting the tree of life

For more information on how you can join contact Youth Worker Zarina at email:zbutt@culturelink.or or call:416-766-6288 x 240

Global Roots Youth Orientation

In partnership with The Stop Community Food Centre, this inter-generational urban farming program brings newcomer youth and seniors together to learn and practice gardening, growing food, environmental stewardship and healthy cooking. 

Youth registration will be done on orientation day. Please come to Artscape Wychwood Barns on Monday April 30th from 3:30-5:30pm. 

RSVP for orientation with Zarina at zbutt@culturelink.ca or call 416-766-6288 x 240.

Youth in Action @ the BioBlitz Festival!

Youth in Action spent an amazing Saturday at the BioBlitz Festival at Rouge Urban National Park. The purpose of this festival is to bring together taxonomic experts, citizen scientists and the general public to inventory all species (plants, animals, fungi and more) in a particular area over a  24 hour period. Participants record all the organisms they find, then experts verify their identity. This means that we get a better understanding of the native species in our Canadian wild and are better equipped to protect our local wildlife. 

 Opening ceremonies and tattoos!

Then, we headed over to do some rock-climbing!

 

 It was a long day and our phones were dying, but no worries, there was a bike-powered charging station!

 We visited all the educational booths and learned about local wildlife and how to protect our native species.

 We learned about birds of prey and even got to play with snakes and other reptiles!

Last, but not least, we went on a beautiful nature hike lead by Jacqueline, our Parks Canada guide. Who knew there was such a beautiful National park hidden in our urban home. 

Thanks #ParksCanada and #CanadianWildlifeFederation for making this event possible. And thanks to #ParkBus and #NatureLink for including the #YOUTHinACTION team. We had such a great time and learned so much about Canadian and Torontonian wildlife!