The EPCOR Wildlife Interaction & My Community presentation is back for the 2024-2025 school year!
To schedule a presentation, please head to our booking site
EPCOR Wildlife Interaction & My Community is a free 45 minute presentation for Grade 7 classes exploring wildlife issues in our community followed by a 30 minute tour of a stormwater facility. This program fosters an appreciation for urban biodiversity and responsible wildlife viewing, educates students about safety around storm water facilities, and empowers students to be responsible in their communities.
Presentations are available in person (Edmonton only) or virtually – synchronous.
For many people in urban centres, storm water facilities are the first and potentially only place that people have available to them where they can go out and enjoy nature and wildlife. Though it is important to promote these as places where people can appreciate wildlife from afar, it is crucial that this is paired with information about safety in these areas. This is the goal of this joint initiative between WILDNorth and EPCOR. Classes will receive a 45 minute presentation exploring wildlife issues in our community, take a 30 minute tour of one of Edmonton’s biodiverse storm water facilities, and access a PDF Field Guide that the students can use to help identify birds at their local stormwater facility.
Deliverables/Student Takeaways
- Students will be able to describe examples of relationships between humans and their environment, and understand the impacts of human activity on wildlife and their environment
- Students will be able to identify intended and unintended consequences of human activities within their local environment
- Students will have the tools and knowledge necessary to act responsibly at storm water ponds and share this knowledge with friends and family
- Students will come away knowing that storm water ponds are places that can be enjoyed through observation but not recreation
- Students will be prepared, capable and active in taking proper steps when dealing with human-wildlife interactions
Presentations are available:
In person for schools in Edmonton (in person presentation, in person or video tour of a storm water facility)
Virtually – synchronous (presentation via Google Meets/ Teams, etc. and video tour of a storm water facility)
For inquiries, please e-mail [email protected]
