FTCCIS
"The Cortes Children's Forest Trust"
What we're doing
Discover The Children's Forest Learn the History About FTCCIS
Why it matters
Outreach through Youth Initiatives The Ecological Significance Opportunities for Research
How you can help
Donate to the Trust Contact our Directors Buy the Forest Alphabet book
LatestNews
Donate

New website is live!

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 … read more »

Posted by Admin on July 30th, 2025.

2025 AGM – A Power Point Overview of 15 Years

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 … read more »

Posted by robin saxifrage on April 1st, 2025.

RESET Labs - Simon Fraser University Visit

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 … read more »

Posted by robin saxifrage on May 3rd, 2024. Tagged Youth Outreach

Cortes Island Elementary/Junior Secondary School Field Trips

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, … read more »

Posted by robin saxifrage on May 2nd, 2024. Tagged Youth Outreach

Klahoose/Ayajuthem Language Session

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 … read more »

Posted by robin saxifrage on May 1st, 2024. Tagged Youth Outreach

2024 AGM with Merlin Sheldrake

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 … read more »

Posted by robin saxifrage on April 1st, 2024. Tagged AGM

Deer Trails Program

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 … read more »

Posted by robin saxifrage on May 2nd, 2023. Tagged Youth Outreach

2023 AGM

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 … read more »

Posted by Admin on February 16th, 2023. Tagged Uncategorized, Videos, AGM, education, event

Giving Tuesday 2022 Update

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. … read more »

Posted by Admin on December 1st, 2022. Tagged Fundraising, event, givingtuesday

FTCCIS Virtual AGM 2022 - Forest Alphabet

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 … read more »

Posted by Admin on February 6th, 2022. Tagged Uncategorized

Spring Nest Box Project

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 … read more »

Posted by robin saxifrage on December 1st, 2021. Tagged Youth Outreach
Virtual AGM Presentation by Paul Stamets

Virtual AGM Presentation by Paul Stamets

A great big thank you to Paul Stamets and his amazing, fascinating presentation that helped to make our virtual AGM such a great success! … read more »

Posted by Admin on February 18th, 2021. Tagged BioBlitz, Ecological research, Training, Videos

Giving Tuesday Update

We were overjoyed with the generosity and response from the Cortes community, near and far. … read more »

Posted by Admin on January 22nd, 2021. Tagged Uncategorized

2021 Virtual AGM

Please join us for an entertaining and informative afternoon!! … read more »

Posted by Admin on January 15th, 2021. Tagged Uncategorized
MYCOBlitz 2020 Article in the National Observer

MYCOBlitz 2020 Article in the National Observer

This article by Rochelle Baker with the National Observer beautifully outlines The Children's Forest mission and the fantastic fall MycoBlitz! … read more »

Posted by Admin on December 14th, 2020. Tagged Uncategorized
Page 1 of 5 Older Posts →

Help us preserve the Children's Forest!
Donate
Have a donation inquiry, or other questions?
Contact Us
FTCCIS
"The Cortes Children's Forest Trust"