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Carolinian Canada Team for 2018-2019

Photo of Carolinian Canada staff holding native plant tags in front of trees
Photo by Owen Williams
Carolinian Canada
Our Team. Growing a Green Future Together

Strategic Plan 2018-2023

In summer of 2018, Carolinian Canada released our new strategic plan

Mission

Collaborating for healthy ecosystems in the Carolinian Zone

Vision

Growing a Green Future, Together

Communities thrive because of healthy, resilient landscapes.

Strategic Directions

  • Collaborate to reverse the trend of habitat loss. Make history in Canada’s biodiversity hotspot.
  • Enable leaders for thriving green communities
  • Grow connections to scale up healthy habitat action
  • Track impact for a healthy zone, together.

Read our New Strategic Plan
Learn about how we are Growing a Green Future, Together

Carolinian Canada Strategic Plan 2018-2023: Growing a Green Future Together

Strategic Plan Cover Page summarizing Carolinian Canada's strategic direction. Like a tree, the leaves of the plan take action through our mission and vision and by:

Growing Connections To Scale up Healthy Habitat action.

Enabling Leaders for thriving green communities,

tracking impact for a healthy zone, together.

the trunk of our strategy is collaboration to reverse the trend of habitat loss. make history in canada's biodiversity hotspot.

the roots of our strategy are in diversity and financial stability

Board Groups

Nature Conservancy of Canada
Ontario Parks
Forests Ontario
Conservation Ontario
Ontario Invasive Plant Council
Long Point World Biosphere Reserve

Board of Directors

Don Pearson
Chair

Dawn Bazely
Vice Chair

Owen Williams
Secretary - Ontario Invasive Plant Council

Chris Turner
Treasurer

Kristen Bernard
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Paul General

Alistair MacKenzie
Ontario Parks

Mari Veliz
Conservation Ontario

Maria Ramirez Giraldo
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA)

Kristyn Richardson
Long Point Basin Land Trust (LPBLT )

Heather Dawn Gingerich
Water School for Decision Makers

Thank You For Your Service!

Jessica Kaknevicius
Forests Ontario

Suzanne Perry
Forests Ontario

The Carolinian Canada Team

Michelle Kanter
Executive Director

Koral Wysocki
Program Coordinator

Kathryn McLeod
Marketing & Communications Strategy Specialist

Ben Porchuk
Carolinian Zone Ecologist

Karolyne Pickett
Landowner Leader Coordinator

Tristan Bentley
IT Systems Coordinator

Jessica Kirschner
Exhibitor Support

Lisa Boyce
Administrative Assistant

Thank You for your Service!

Jarmo Jalava
Director of Ecosystem Recovery

Lauren Selby
Education Specialist/Event Manager