The Community Sector Council NL 
is hosting an information session

About Imagine Canada’s Standards Program for Charities and Nonprofits

with Don McCreesh

Don is the former Chair of Imagine Canada and one of the architects of the Standards and Accreditation Program

Thursday, May 5, 1 – 2:30 pm

RSVP by return email or call CSC NL at 753 9860

The Standards Program is designed to enhance board governance and effectiveness, financial accountability and transparency, fundraising, staff management and volunteer involvement. The program is a capacity-building initiative offering tools and resources to help organizations strengthen their capacity. 

For more information about the Standards Program 
please see attached.

Canada’s wild rivers threatened by US Energy Interests:

Grand Riverkeeper Labrador, Inc. board member and NunatuKavut Elder,

Jim Learning embarks on 10 day outreach and information tour of New England.  For more information, please see attached:

Press Release, GRK April 2016

Go Wild Community Grants, presented by TELUS, awards grants ranging from $1,000 – $7,000 to support creative ideas from Canadians on how to protect, restore, monitor, educate and celebrate nature.

http://www.wwf.ca/takeaction/gowild/

Deadline is April 25 for bike locker applications

Five bike lockers, located between the Biotechnology and Chemistry buildings, are available to rent for the spring/summer 2016 semester. Current full-time students, staff and faculty are eligible to apply. The deadline for applications is Monday, Apr. 25, 2016.  For more information and to apply, go to http://www.mun.ca/sustain/bikelockers.php.

The Fluvarium is offering Summer Nature camps designed to capture the interest and the imagination of young campers ages 6-12. Fish on Long Pond, swim at the Aquarena, relax in the forest, and explore nature through engaging and thought provoking programs.

Group size is a maximum of 12 campers to one Lead Counsellor. Assisting the Lead Counsellor will be two Junior Counsellors (ages 13-19).

Camp cost will be $186.45 per week (includes HST) Campers will be provided with a T-shirt (personalized size selection available until May 27)

Discovery Camps are for campers just finishing grades 1, 2, or 3. Adventure Camps are for campers just finishing grades 3, 4, or 5. Individual camp schedules repeat weekly, be sure to call for availability.

Register today at The Suncor Energy Fluvarium 709-754-3474

Forms can be found on our website at www.fluvarium.ca

Please join us for Alvan Buckley‘s presentation on “Birding with eBird” on Thursday April 21, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Building, Room SN2067, on the MUN campus.

As a keen bird-watcher and “eBirder”, Alvan is excited to share his passion about eBird with others. He has been an avid birder for 6 years, and has traveled across the country volunteering with the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Long Point Bird Observatory; he has also worked as a birding guide at the renowned Point Pelee National Park. If not studying medical books, or roaming hospital floors, he can be found biking around town eagerly checking the local hotspots for migrating birds and learning about our flora and fauna. For the past 3 years, Alvan has volunteered as one of the Newfoundland reviewers for eBird and helped promote the program with the local community.

eBird is an online checklist program where anyone is free to join and submit their observations. Everything that is submitted is added to a permanent database and archived for use now and in the future. eBird provides a great tool for individuals, organizations, researchers, conservation groups, and land managers to access a huge amount of information about the distribution and abundance of the world’s birds. Over 1000 people have already contributed sightings to Newfoundland’s database, totaling close to 50,000 lists. Come learn how you can explore all this data to learn about our birds, and see how easy it is to record your sightings.

April 2016 – Alvan Buckley draft poster

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CompostAwarenessWeek

Youth Club