We're pleased to announce the release of our new website! Join us at corteschildrensforesttrust.org to explore the significance of the Children's Forest, and see what we're
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A retrospective of the accomplishments of fifteen amazing years for the Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society! A nearly impossible task to capture the many hours of joyful discoveries, wild
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FTCCIS hosted SFU Faculty of Health Science students & instructors in the RESET Lab’s 2024 field school. The lab was interested in the Children's Forest Trust initiative as a case
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School District #72 students & teachers were invited to walk the Children’s Forest for a place-based, experiential exploration of Spring in their ‘backyard’. The teachers were as equally excited as the students,
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FTCCIS hosted Klahoose First Nation Elder, Jesse Louie, and high school students in the Children’s Forest for story-telling and teaching the cultural uses of forest plants for food & medicine. The students
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Merlin Sheldrake, biologist, is a long-time, summer resident of Cortes and author of ‘Entangled Life – How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds & Shape our Futures (2020) and presenter/narrator of the
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The Land Conservancy of BC partnered with the FTCCIS to offer a pilot programme aimed at young adults who are seriously contemplating a naturalist profession. Participants in the Deer Trails Naturalist Program explored
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We were exceptionally fortunate to have a stellar cast as keynote presenters – Dr Suzanne Simard, author (‘Finding the Mother Tree – Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest’) & UBC Professor of Forest Ecology; Tzeporah
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This year's Giving Tuesday Campaign was an enormous success and we raised 13,905$! We want to thank everyone who worked hard on the campaign and donated their time and money.
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This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we made the decision to keep our AGM virtual for the second time. Despite the challenges of this platform our AGM was a resounding success and
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The spring nest box project was a collaboration between the FTCCIS and Friends of Cortes Island Society. Thirty-eight nest boxes were built by families for violet-green & tree swallows and hairy woodpeckers. One
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A great big thank you to Paul Stamets and his amazing, fascinating presentation that helped to make our virtual AGM such a great success!
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This article by Rochelle Baker with the National Observer beautifully outlines The Children's Forest mission and the fantastic fall MycoBlitz!
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