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Education is a primary goal of BC Nature and we offer a number of educational opportunities. These include:
- Local nature clubs provide programs in environmental education
and nature interpretation in their communities. Several of the
clubs also offer scholarships to students in their local areas.
Check out the club in
your area for more details.
- Two BC Nature conferences
are held each year and a quarterly BCNature
magazine is published for members.
- Members are offered a variety of field camps in interesting natural environments.
- A very comprehensive report
on the complete BC Parks Interpretative Program.
- We are actively involved in the Regional Science Fairs and sponsor
regional prizes. For more on BC’s Science Fair program,
you can download
a booklet with all the details (2.1 MB, pdf) or check out
the BC Science
Fairs website.
- BC Nature provides a $1,000 Rene Savenye Scholarship to a post-secondary student enrolled in a program that contributes to awareness, appreciation and understanding of our natural environment. For 2012 details, click here (170 KB, pdf). To download an application form, click here. Form must be submitted electronically, separate items such as required by the form can be sent to manager@bcnature.ca (Scholarship Application in Subject line)
- BC Nature has published several papers, conference proceedings
and briefs. Click here
to read titles
- Link to Robert Bateman’s Get to Know your wild neighbours www.gettoknow.ca/en/index.php
This website includes information on the Contest for youth with
categories in nature art, writing and photography; as well as
information on the Robert Bateman interactive CD, the Speakers’
Bureau and Lesson Plans on nature.
- Canadian Nature Network Consultation: BC Provincial Report,
2007. Describes consultations with natural history clubs (761
KB)
- Celebration of Life of Dr. V.C. (Bert) Brink, 1912–2007.
Read a compilation
of tributes to the late great Dr. Brink.
- SAR (Species at Risk) – British Columbia’s Vertebrates at risk by Trevor Jones – Report
Read profiles on People Behind the Parks in BC. Profiles
on Park Builders and Pioneers were created as a BC150 project
by BC Nature with assistance from the Elder’s Council for Parks
in British Columbia. See the profiles,
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