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 Projects Funded Within Ontario
London TD Friends of the Environment is pleased to support the re-development of Sir Frederick Banting Square in London. This national historic site will be transformed from a passive area featuring the Flame of Hope and the statue of Sir Frederick Banting to a more appropriate ceremonial space with the introduction of a native Carolinian species garden. Visitors to Banting House can relax and reflect in this global garden which reintroduces Carolinian plant species. The garden is designed to attract butterflys and birds in a neighbourhood that is dramatically lacking in environmental features. Kitchener A Friends of the Environment grant is being used by the St. Bernadette Catholic School in Kitchener-Waterloo to create a "Green Team" as well as begin a ground renewal project. Much of the St. Bernadette's playground is typical of so many schools with very few trees or grass. After seeking input from students, parents and staff, the school came up with long term goals promoting environmental awareness and TD Friends of the Environment is there to help give them a head start. Georgian Bay The South Georgian Bay Chapter of TD Friends of the Environment was one of many chapters that provided support to the Canadian Peregrine Foundation. Every year the foundation travels around the province to schools displaying endangered falcons. Project school visit provides presentations for elementary school children informing them about the problems faced by endangered species. The display also gives the students a "bird's eye view" of a rare live bird of prey. Schools are also provided with copies of "A Students Guide to Ontario's Endangered Wildlife". TD Friends of the Environment Foundation is supporting the Avon River enhancement project which includes the planting of 10,000 aquatic plants in the Avon River. The aquatic vegetation will act as a filter thereby improving the water quality downstream. The plants are native to the area tolerant to winter and summer conditions. Windsor Students from across the Essex Region attended the Essex Region Children's Water Festival, thanks in part to the Windsor Chapter of TD Friends of the Environment. The festival featured hands on activity centres to help children learn more about water science, and water conservation. Grade 3, 4 and 5 students leave the festival with an enhanced understanding about our precious water resources. Hamilton FEF funding will help the Hamilton based applicant deliver written material by which to provide an effective means of implementing public awareness strategies in their community and sustaining the momentum behind local environmental projects. Toronto FEF continued to fund a portion of the cost associated with the planting of trees within the Rouge Valley. Part of the initiative is to provide ongoing maintenance to ensure the survival of the trees planted. Earthkeepers Program in partnership with the YM/YWCA and George White Outdoor Centre Earth Keepers is a 3 day environmental and outdoor education program that helps foster an understanding and appreciation for the natural world in which we live and the impact that we have upon it. Geared to students in grades four to six, participants partake in a variety of experiential activities. Earth Keepers is curriculum-based and founded on the principles of hands-on experience and interactive learning. The program helps students look at how they gain new knowledge, experience the wonders of nature, lessen their impact on the earth, and share their new appreciation and understanding with friends and family. Using the trails, woods and streams of the George White Outdoor Centre, Earth Keepers is an eye-opening experience that provides values and lessons that can be brought back to the school, the home, and the community at large. Waterloo Regional Children's Museum Museum's Water Garden exhibit educates children (and adults too) about the importance of our most precious resource, water. The hands-on nature of the Water Garden will challenge students to consider the importance of water to themselves as individuals and to society at large. Complementary programming offered to school groups and on weekends and school holidays will be based on themes including conservation, protection, science, technology and changing attitudes. We depend on water for our very lives, yet at the present time, the daily actions and processes of individuals and industry threaten many water sources. Educating young people about personal conservation practices is the key to sustaining water supplies and livable environments for future generations. The Grand River Conservation Authority The "Living Classroom - Campaign for Outdoor Education" is a partnership with the six watershed school boards, with a purpose of sustaining vital outdoor education programming. With a total fund-raising goal of $2.2 million, it will provide funding of $6 per student in three grade levels for up to 30,000 elementary school children for formal outdoor education programming for each of the next 5 years (more than 150,000 students in total). In addition, the fund raising objective will provide needed funds for capital improvements to nature centre facilities and lands, the purchase of specialized outdoor education equipment, plus encourage expansion of the school boards' current programs. The Bruce Trail Association Phase I of a I 5-year, $40 million project to secure the available remaining conservation corridor lands on the Niagara Escarpment, to preserve natural habitats, trees and watersheds. The Bruce Trail Association is the only charitable organization working to preserve public access to the Niagara Escarpment while restoring its natural habitat. Development pressure on the Escarpment has never been so intense. Roads, housing developments, strip malls and parking lots are carving up the Escarpment. Unchecked development of our natural landscape has far reaching and long lasting ramifications. The health of the land on the Escarpment is linked to our health in Southern Ontario. By keeping Escarpment forests standing and its waterways functioning as nature intended, we all benefit from improved air and water quality - today and tomorrow. The Bruce Trail Association is working to secure land for the Bruce Trail and to secure conservation buffers to support the Escarpments ecosystems' integrity. To date, the BTA has successfully secured 1650 hectares of Escarpment land. This land is managed and cared for by Bruce Trail volunteers. Today 47% of the Bruce Trail is secure and safe from development. However, 53% of the Bruce Trail is vulnerable. Hawk Cliff Raptor Banding Station Mist nets are used to capture migrating raptors. These nets are suspended between poles against a background of thickets or trees, which makes them almost invisible. In behind these nets are placed a lure that acts like an injured bird. Hungry, migrating hawks come in after this lure, and will be captured in the net. We remove the hawk from the net then identify it, weight it, measure the wing, band it and release the bird. On average, this process takes about 10 minutes. We record all this data then send it to the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Maryland. Colour band captured peregrine falcons. This will make it easier to identify from a distance, with aid of scope or binoculars, without having to capture the bird. Greater Essex County District School Board That Chickadee Feeling was written by Frank Glew, a retired Canadian educator and recipient of eight environmental awards. This best selling Canadian children's picture book that fits well into any primary science or early literacy program was provided to all schools in the Greater Essex County School Board. This story brings out the happy, exciting feeling that is captured on the face of a child when feeding a Chickadee out of their hand for the first time. Westdale Secondary School A compilation of 5 separate student-created projects that will study water in Hamilton, to construct educational tools (videos, booklets) to understand all issues pertaining to the crisis of water related issues such as pollution, commodification, conservation and revitalization.The projects will be compiled into one booklet that includes all pictures, text and a CD-ROM of the documentary along with learning resources to be distributed to schools (without compensation) for their learning needs. Westdale was the only school in Canada participating in this global initiative. The projects were included in an international water symposium in New York City that was TV covered reaching 11 million homes. Kawartha Region Conservation Authority The Shoreline Naturalization Program is a multifaceted program designed to improve water quality within the Kawartha Region Conservation Authority watershed through addressing the issues of urbanized shorelines. The program is designed to provide education through a series of shoreline workshops. These workshops are open to landowner contacts, personalized consultations, shoreline property owners and local are students. The Corporation of the Township of North Himsworth Funds were used to purchase blue boxes for the entire township of North Himsworth (known as Callandar Bay). The blue boxes will encourage residents to recycle, reuse, and reduce. The project will assist to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills. The entire community will benefit from the blue boxes as it will increase their awareness of the importance of recycling. North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation supported a small boardwalk on a 350 foot escarpment overlooking North Bay. The boardwalk was built to ensure the safety of school children during their studies and to reduce the destruction of shoreline by repeated human use. Also, the construction of bird and bad houses will encourage more specie diversity. Interpretive signage will be installed in order to encourage use by those not participating in an organized program. The signs will highlight aquatic diversity, animal life cycles and about what residents can do in their lives to protect these important resources. Raisin Region Conservation Authority The foundation provided funded to replace eight interpretive signs at Cooper Marsh. The information and illustrations on the signs need to be updated with new and interesting facts for the visitors. The interpretive signs will educate the public on a variety of issues that include: biodiversity, identify wildlife from tracks, aquatic insects, and shoreline naturalization. The signs will increase the public awareness about the importance of sustaining and improving our natural environment. Funds will be used to mount the interpretive sign including sign frames, panels, design, layout and artwork costs. Centre de Santé Communautaire de l'Estrie The foundation supported the purchase of 3 composters and host workshops which will be open to the general public on the benefits of recycling, composting techniques and the reduction of using pesticides. Cornwall Community Gardens Committee installed the compsters and host the workshops at the Eco Park and Brookdale Gardens. The gardens are predominantly for low income senior and apartment dwellers in the city of Cornwall and the surrounding area. Funds will be used to cover the composters and printed brochures. Roots and Shoots Environmental Conference The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation supported the 4th annual Roots and Shoots environmental conference. The conference creates a forum where students, teachers and parents can share their ideas on environmental and community projects with each other. Participants were inspired and motivated to start or continue projects that make their community a better place to live in. Funds were used to cover the cost of the conference resourced kits. Nickel District Conservation Authority Funding was requested and granted to carry out public awareness activities as part of the Adopt-a-creek program. The project addresses two issues: Degraded water quality in Junction creek and a lack of public awareness of the problems facing the creek and ways individuals can aid its recovery. Funds were used to cover the printing costs of the quarterly newsletter that was distributed to all residents in the city of Greater Sudbury where Junction Creek runs through. The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation provided funding for the printing of 10,000 "Urban wildlife garden" brochures. This educational self-guiding brochure will provide visiting schools, community groups and residents the information they need to create their own native planting project and make a difference in their own spaces. The brochure will also contain a map of the urban wildlife garden, pictures of the various areas and habitats, educational information as well as how these gardens benefit the local wildlife. The foundation supported a community tree planting project that took place at the Toronto Transit Commission streetcar yard at Queen and Greenwood area. Community residents, nearby schools and environmental groups helped with the planting. The project raised the communities and surrounding community awareness, appreciation and understanding of the importance of the natural environment to wildlife, earth's ecology and humans. Funds were used to cover the costs of the native trees. The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation supported the Humber Watershed Stream Watch river guardian program. The program will reach out to community members, local schools, business for volunteer support which would organize garbage clean-ups along selected sites and develop educational signage and pamphlets. The program is designed to encourage the community to take ownership in addressing the issue of illegal dumping and littering along the Humber Watershed. Funds will cover garbage bags, signage, recycling bins and gloves. The foundation supported a green roof project at Toronto Islands Shaw House. The green roof will reduce heating and cooling costs for the building, protect the roof from deterioration, demonstrate potential for improved air quality through its role as a carbon sink and reduce water run-off. Local residence and group members will help plant the native wild flowers. Funds covered the cost of the native wild flowers. |
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