Leadership Camp
The PBI Leadership Camp gave top science students from around the world the chance to work with polar bear scientists. Click image to enlarge.
Watch our Leadership Camp promotional video in the gallery.
PBI's Polar Bear Leadership Camp attracted worldwide attention when it was launched in the fall of 2004, and it has continued to grow every year since. This year two dozen high school students and eight teachers from around the world will travel to Churchill during the fall polar bear migration to work with scientists in the field, collecting data and reporting back to their classmates via daily Web journals. One week of intense field work will expose the students to all sides of the issues facing polar bears and humans in the Churchill region. After the camp, each student will create a forward action plan to help educate their peers and create a new mind-set on conservation issues.
The leadership exhibited by the students who participated in 2004-2007 can be viewed on the Adventure Learning Program page of the PBI Web site. Ultimately these Ambassadors of the Arctic gave presentations to thousands of their fellow classmates. In addition their Web journals were read by over hundreds of thousands of people. Millions more were reached through television interviews and newspaper articles. The worldwide exposure and publicity received has helped drive additional students to our Web site to explore and understand the world of the polar bears. Our Newsletter also featured the adventures and enthusiasm of these leaders, again creating a strong interest in conservation. Institutions participating in student selection include Parks Canada, Manitoba Conservation, Winnipeg School District, Oregon Zoo, Alaska Zoo, The Maryland Zoo, San Diego Zoo, Sea World Australia, and Cologne Zoo in Germany.
PBI's Polar Bear Leadership Camp attracted worldwide attention when it was launched in the fall of 2004, and it has continued to grow every year since. This year two dozen high school students and eight teachers from around the world will travel to Churchill during the fall polar bear migration to work with scientists in the field, collecting data and reporting back to their classmates via daily Web journals. One week of intense field work will expose the students to all sides of the issues facing polar bears and humans in the Churchill region. After the camp, each student will create a forward action plan to help educate their peers and create a new mind-set on conservation issues.
The leadership exhibited by the students who participated in 2004-2007 can be viewed on the Adventure Learning Program page of the PBI Web site. Ultimately these Ambassadors of the Arctic gave presentations to thousands of their fellow classmates. In addition their Web journals were read by over hundreds of thousands of people. Millions more were reached through television interviews and newspaper articles. The worldwide exposure and publicity received has helped drive additional students to our Web site to explore and understand the world of the polar bears. Our Newsletter also featured the adventures and enthusiasm of these leaders, again creating a strong interest in conservation. Institutions participating in student selection include Parks Canada, Manitoba Conservation, Winnipeg School District, Oregon Zoo, Alaska Zoo, The Maryland Zoo, San Diego Zoo, Sea World Australia, and Cologne Zoo in Germany.