Annual Final Report for Campus Partners

As a WWF-Canada Campus Partner, you must submit your Annual Final Report via this online form by June 28, 2024. This is your opportunity to celebrate the goals you’ve accomplished via the activities you submitted through your Annual Action Plan, and demonstrate how you have met the MOU requirements for the year, including:

Promotion of WWF-Canada’s Living Planet @ Campus program and the support of student success in the program by offering campus-related opportunities and community-related opportunities
At least one WWF engagement activity completed
At least one conservation activity completed
Contribution to the network of WWF-Canada Campus Partners

Through this Annual Final Report online form, Campus Partners who have completed all four requirements can request campus certification and become recognized as a WWF Living Campus. If approved, your campus will be celebrated as a certified WWF Living Campus for the 2024-2025 school year.

Note: The online form does not have “save and resume later” functionality. An MS Word version has been provided for you to work offline with. Your final responses must be submitted via this online form.

CAMPUS INFORMATION

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* Name of Post-secondary Institution

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* Campus (if applicable)

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* Campus Address

Street Address

City

Province

Postal Code

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* Type of Post-secondary

College

CÉGEP

University

Other (please specify)

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* Primary language(s) of Institution

English

French

English and French

Other (please specify)

CONTACT INFORMATION

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* Primary Contact:

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* Title:

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* Office/Department:

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* Email Address:

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* Secondary Email Address:

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* Phone Number:

REPORTING YEAR

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* I am reporting on activities from the following school year (select only one):

PROMOTION OF LIVING PLANET @ CAMPUS & SUPPORT OF STUDENT SUCCESS

In your Annual Action Plan, you identified at least three ways you would promote the Living Planet @ Campus program to campus audiences (students, staff and/or faculty). This may have included highlighting the program through promotional channels such as campus tabling opportunities, events, campus web platforms and social channels, poster boards or screens, newsletters and emails, outreach to students, student groups, associations, departments/faculty, etc. For each of the three promotions you delivered this year, please outline: The promotional channel, the audience, and the reach.*

Examples of reach for social media can include # of impressions, # of shares, # of clicks; examples of reach for emails/newsletters can include # of emails sent out and # of email recipients; examples of reach for events/workshops/tabling activities can include # of people who attended the activity.

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* Promotion 1: Please include the promotional channel, audience(s) and the reach

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* Promotion 2: Please include the promotional channel, audience(s) and the reach

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* Promotion 3: Please include the promotional channel, audience(s) and the reach

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* Other examples: Please include the promotional channel, audience(s) and the reach

In your Annual Action Plan, you identified at least three campus opportunities your institution would promote counting towards WWF’s Living Planet Leader student certification requirements (Volunteerism, Academics, Leadership & Teamwork and/or Personal Application of Sustainability). For each of the three campus opportunities, please outline: What the opportunity was, how you promoted it, and what the results were (Note: If you had to use alternative opportunities from the ones submitted in your Annual Action Plan, please outline them here for a total of at least three promoted opportunities). *

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* Opportunity 1: Include a description of the campus opportunity and the related Living Planet Leader certification category, how it was promoted to students, and the result:

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* Opportunity 2: Include a description of the campus opportunity and the related Living Planet Leader certification category, how it was promoted to students, and the result:

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* Opportunity 3: Include a description of the campus opportunity and the related Living Planet Leader certification category, how it was promoted to students, and the result:

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* Other opportunity
Include a description of the campus opportunity and the related Living Planet Leader certification category, when the opportunity is available, and how it will be promoted to students:

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* Other opportunity
Include a description of the campus opportunity and the related Living Planet Leader certification category, when the opportunity is available, and how it will be promoted to students:

In your Annual Action Plan, you identified at least one community opportunity your institution would promote counting towards WWF-Canada’s Living Planet Leader student certification requirements (Volunteerism, Academics, Leadership & Teamwork and/or Personal Application of Sustainability). Please outline the opportunity, how you promoted it, and the results? (Note: If you had to use an alternative opportunity from the one submitted in your Annual Action Plan, please include it here for a total of at least one promoted opportunity). *

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* Opportunity 1: Include a description of the community opportunity and the related Living Planet Leader certification category, how it was promoted to students, and the result:

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* Other opportunities: Include a description of the community opportunity and the related Living Planet Leader certification category, how it was promoted to students, and the result:

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* If your campus has a co-curricular record (CCR), what connections did you create between the CCR and the Living Planet @ Campus program and Living Planet Leader student certification?:

YOUR ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
WWF Campus Partners must host at least one WWF engagement activity each year (Earth Hour, BioBlitz/biodiversity inventory, or Living Planet Leader informational session).

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* Which WWF Engagement activity did you host?

Earth Hour

BioBlitz / a biodiversity assessment

A WWF Living Planet Leader informational session/workshop for students

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* Tell us about the engagement activity you organized this year. Please include the goal(s) and results of your engagement activity.

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* Please include any special events included as part of your project, and the number of participants.

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* How did students, staff, faculty and your team benefit from the activity?

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* Did you experience any challenges? If so, how did you overcome them?

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* Please indicate the impact your activity had across the following indicators

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Total number of wildlife/plant observations (for example through biodiversity assessment or BioBlitz)

Total number of outreach events/workshops conducted

Total number of species at risk targeted by project activities

Name of wildlife species targeted

Total number of people directly involved in your engagement activity (activities)

Total number of people participating in your engagement activity (activities)

Total number of people reached by your engagement activity (activities)

YOUR CONSERVATION ACTIVITY
WWF Campus Partners must take action for nature by creating, restoring or protecting habitat on campus and host at least one conservation activity each year.

This can include, but is not limited to, improving, stewarding or creating new habitat through native planting on your campus, seed gardens/orchards, no-mow zones, installation of habitat features, etc.

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* Tell us about the conservation activity you organized this year. Please include the goal(s) and results of your conservation activity.

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* Your conservation activity was:

a new project

an expansion of an existing project

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* The duration of your conservation activity was:

one-time (a day, few days or weeks)

year-round (with steps throughout the school year)

multi-year

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* Where your activity took place on campus:

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* The location of the activity was:

terrestrial

riparian (including areas where land meets water, such as areas along river margins or banks)

freshwater/marine habitats

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* Please include any special events included as part of your project, and the number of participants.

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* What opportunities did students, staff and/or faculty have to participate in your conservation activity?

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* How and to what extent did the project contribute to improving habitat for the benefit wildlife?

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* How did students, staff, faculty and your team benefit from the activity?

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* Did you experience any challenges? If so, how did you overcome them?

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* Summarize your conservation activity by selecting all of the project elements below that applied this year:*

planting native plants

planting native trees

sowing native plant or tree seeds

garden bed

container gardens

rooftop gardens

reconciliation garden

seed garden/orchard

harvesting and sharing seeds

micro-forest

invasive species pull

no-mow zone

installation of habitat features (e.g. bird nest boxes, bat boxes, brush piles, etc.)

removing barriers for wildlife to access important habitat (e.g. spawning grounds)

biodiversity assessment or monitoring

Indigenous connections (e.g. consultation/collaboration with local Indigenous communities/experts or integration of Indigenous knowledge)

an event or workshop

opportunities for student involvement

opportunities for staff/faculty involvement

training for students, staff and/or faculty in any of the activities above

Other (please specify)

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* Please indicate the impact your activity had across the following indicators

Some fields might not be applicable

Total number of outreach events/workshops conducted

Total area (m2) restored/planted by project activities

Total area (m2) under stewardship by project activities

Total number of species at risk targeted by project activities

Name of wildlife species targeted

Number of different species of native plants planted

Total number of native plants planted across all species

Total number of non-native plants planted across all species

Number of different species of native trees planted

Total number of native trees planted across all species (hardwood trees)

Total number of native trees planted across all species (softwood trees)

Total number of non-native trees planted across all species (hardwood trees)

Total number of non-native trees planted across all species (softwood trees)

Total number of native plant seeds sown across all species

Total number of non-native plant seeds sown across all species

Total number of people directly involved in your conservation activity (activities)

Total number of people participating in your conservation activity (activities)

Total number of people reached by your conservation activity (activities)

Total number of people trained on a specific conservation activity (activities)

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* If applicable, please indicate any additional data or impact information your project collected.

CREATING TOGETHER: WWF & CAMPUS PARTNERS

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* Our campus engaged with and supported the network of campus partners and/or collaborated with WWF to improve the Living Planet @ Campus program this year by:

Participating in the annual strategic planning meeting with campuses and WWF

Offering content or expertise

Participating in Lunch and Learns

Participating in group work/group meetings to build facets of the program

Providing a case study to help inspire action

Providing support to other campuses as opportunities came up (for example, mentorship)

Completing surveys from the Living Planet @ Campus team

REFLECTION

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* If you were able to include meaningful connections, perspectives or consultations with Indigenous peoples as part of your partnership activities this year, please describe.

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* Please share your greatest learnings experienced this year.

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* Please share any successes you felt your campus has achieved through this partnership work this year.

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* How did the partnership support your team in succeeding in organizational goals (as outlined in your Request to Partner with WWF submission)?

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* Did anything significant change from your original proposal? Please outline significant challenges you encountered (if any), how you resolved these challenges, and your recommendations on how other WWF Campus Partners could overcome these challenges.

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* What did you and your team enjoy most this year?

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* Please provide at least one approved quote from team members or participants (with their first name and role attributed, ex. student/professor/volunteer). WWF may use these quotes in future communications for the program to celebrate your institution.

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* Upload 3+ quality photos of your activities. WWF may use these quotes in future communications for the program to celebrate your institution.

If the files are too large to upload here, please send the photos via We Transfer (www.wetransfer.com) with campus@wwfcanada.org as the We Transfer recipient.