Working on the unceded territory of the K’ómoks First Nation .

Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.

Education Program

KEEPING IT LIVING WITH STUDENTS IN THE COMOX VALLEY

This Program provides students with meaningful, place-based learning experiences that connect classroom studies to real-world environmental action. Many students feel overwhelmed by large-scale challenges such as climate change; participating in hands-on field studies helps transform those feelings into empowerment by showing them how local stewardship contributes to broader solutions.

The program also supports long-term learning goals by deepening students’ understanding of local ecosystems, Indigenous knowledge, and community-based restoration. Through direct engagement with environmental professionals and community partners, students are introduced to career pathways connected to the growing green economy, expanding their awareness of future opportunities.

Program Details

Educators are invited to book our program, which includes a comprehensive three-part education and engagement experience. Bookings can be made with Caila.Holbrook@projectwatershed.ca. If our program doesn’t fit with your needs, we may be able to modify it so that it does.

Educators may also download any of the materials for use in their classrooms.

Program components:

  • Interactive in-class Powerpoint presentation (40 mins)
  • Field Trip ~ including stewardship, knowledge and gamedbased activities (average 2 hours)
  • In-class art and writting reflection activity (30 mins)

We prefer to do each component on a seperate day in the order listed. Classes are required to orgaize their own transportation to the field trip location.

Curriculum Connections:

This program supports all BC Curriculum Core Competencies, including communication, creative and critical thinking, personal and cultural identity, and social responsibility. Students develop key science skills such as questioning, investigating, analyzing data, and communicating findings. It also strengthens social studies competencies by exploring local significance, continuity and change, cause and consequence, and ethical decision-making. Through the arts, students connect with ideas presented to them and creatively express their reflections and learning.

Resources

Latest News & Events

2025 Seasonal Wrap Up

2025 Seasonal Wrap Up

As we look back at last year, we’re pleased to share an update on our local projects and their impact on ecological restoration, research, and youth education in the Comox Valley and other areas of coastal Vancouver Island.

Funders

New Horizons for Seniors Program

The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society’s Seniors Keeping it Living with Students in the Comox Valley project is being funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.