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The climate mobilization in Canada, as I’ve written in previous columns, has yet to feel like a grand societal undertaking. Among the bold initiatives that would send such a signal a Youth Climate Corps.
As young people come to the end of a school year unlike any before, and those in their teens and early 20s wrestle with the prospects of a dismal job market, post-secondary institutions still reeling with post-pandemic realities and, looming over it all, the escalating climate crisis, now would be a very good time to offer an ambitious new opportunity for those looking for something hopeful and meaningful.
Immersing ourselves in the great outdoors and connecting with nature has never felt more important after a year of spending most of our time at home.
For many Canadians, this period of uncertainty has presented space for reflection time to reassess passions and career paths. If this has been the case for you, and you’re eager to connect with the next generation of difference-makers in the name of ocean conservation and awareness, stay with us.
Ocean Wise is currently recruiting 160 youth and young professionals (aged 18 to 30) across Canada for the next wave of its Ocean Bridge ocean service program, made possible by the Government of Canada through the Canada Service Corps.
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Recruitment Begins for Ocean Wise’s ‘Life-Changing’ Youth Leadership and Service-Learning Program
March 1, 2021 GMT
Applications now open for Ocean Bridge 2021-22
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 1, 2021 / Calling all youth ages 18 to 30! Ocean Wise has launched its Canada-wide search for the next wave of 160 youth and young professionals to join the Ocean Bridge leadership and ocean service program. Applications are now open at bridge.ocean.org.
Photo Credit: Ocean Wise
Ocean Bridge is an 11-month program bringing together Canadian youth and permanent residents from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Participants connect virtually to form a national team engaged in co-creating and delivering ocean and waterway service projects in their home communities. Youth get year-long ocean literacy distance learning, individualized coaching from Ocean Wise mentors, and funding to deliver local servic
Posted: Feb 08, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: February 9
Dr. Madhu Jawanda volunteers with the South Asian COVID Task Force, one of the B.C. groups credited with helping reduce transmission in the community.(CBC)
Community organizers in British Columbia are being credited with helping to bring down the spread of COVID-19 within the South Asian community. There s been a huge amount of commitment from our partners ranging from Gurdwaras, schools, community agencies, businesses [and] media outlets to really support and come together to ensure there s culturally appropriate messaging and culturally appropriate advice, said Fraser Health CEO Dr. Victoria Lee.
B.C. doesn t track race-based COVID-19 data, but the Fraser Health Authority is home to the three municipalities with the highest concentrations of South Asians in the province Surrey, Abbotsford and Delta. All three have seen a drop in COVID-19 transmission, with Surrey going from 6,486 cases in November to 2,911 in