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Youth Leadership in Sustainability

Develop skills and knowledge to join this critical conversation

Youth · Leadership · Sustainability

The Planet is waiting for you. Are you ready?

  • You want to learn the skills and knowledge that will allow you to play a leadership role in protecting our planet.

  • You want to develop a strong background within one of the most promising new job fields of clean and green technology.

  • You want to learn from environmental leaders in unique, hand-on, inspired and often outdoor settings

  • You want to understand sustainability from Indigenous perspectives

  • You will be in Grade 11 or 12 next year.

  • You can get to and from Trent University and PACE at PCVS on school days.  Students from both public school Boards (KPR and PVNC) are welcome.

The one (fall) semester 4-credit Youth Leadership in Sustainability program could be the program for you!

YLS at a Glance Watch "YLS 2018 in Action" Video

Registration for Fall 2023 is now open!

Click on the Program, Setting, then Get Involved tabs for more info.

YLS is a Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB Program in partnership with

We gratefully acknowledge past funding support from Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), an agency of the Government of Ontario.

Virtual Open House April 12 5:30PM

Still a few spots open for Fall 2023 class. Come learn more about the program at our virtual Open House Wednesday April 12 5:30-6:00PM. It’s not too late to make changes to Fall 2023 course selection sheets. https://kprdsb.webex.com/meet/cameron_douglas

There are still a few spaces open for fall 2023 class

Click on the Program, Setting, then Get Involved tabs for info, read through the FAQs, then click on the link for the application form.

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Her film brings to light such a crucial issue. See Her film brings to light such a crucial issue. See you there !
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Environmental Education is a cornerstone of enviro Environmental Education is a cornerstone of environmental leadership. We spent this January day with the Camp Kawartha Environment Center – as guest teachers (of the Friday Forest school) and as participants (thank you Jacob for the traditional skills demo – we loved our lunch fire!)
YLS video launch! YLS is thrilled to launch its br YLS video launch!
YLS is thrilled to launch its brand new short doc “Rewilding the Classroom” at the ReFrame Film Festival today. The 15 minute film directed and filmed by Peterborough local Rodney Fuentes tells our story, and in so doing invites viewers to reimagine classrooms that connect their learners to nature and to their local community, and to understand and take action on the climate and biodiversity crises.
Rewilding the Classroom can be watched as part of the shorts program "Confronting the Climate Crisis" in the ReFrame Virtual Theatre (reframefilmfestival.ca)
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Our YLS 2022 T-shirts have arrived!! Lots of brain Our YLS 2022 T-shirts have arrived!!
Lots of brainstorming and artistic playing around … and class/semester themes emerged: veg gardening (carrots and worms!), paddling, water, and snapping turtles (we watched an entire clutch of day old snapping turtles make their way to water’s edge in our Haliburton camp).  And so Alex and Millie and Geneva went to creative work … James at @nishtees (GREAT job and fair pricing) did the screening and voila!  
Couldn’t resist the shout-out to Sam and his stoplight obsession in the 3rd pic 😉
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Video: “YLS 2018 in Action!”

About YLS

Youth Leadership in Sustainability is an innovative 1-semester program that will prepare grade 11 and 12 students for leadership roles in sustainability initiatives at the local and global levels.

YLS is Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB program in partnership with Trent University and the Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC)..

Our classroom is on Trent University campus and at PCVS, and the program will take us into the community, the forests and the region!

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