YRE for Teachers
Do you want to inspire your students to take action to protect the environment even after the bell rings?
YRE Canada gives your students the opportunity to develop their communication, presentation, team work, critical thinking and leadership skills, while giving them a deeper understanding about environmental issues and social responsibility. Your students can enter their work into an annual national competition for a chance to win great prizes.
The program is an excellent fit for a number of classroom subjects, including English and Writer’s Craft, Science, Art of Media Studies, Geography, Social Studies, and Communications Technology.
Have questions? Contact us at youngreporters@ecoschools.ca.
YRE and the SDGs
YRE is working closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to promote them and present case stories of initiatives that are developed by local communities and emphasize a holistic approach to achieving sustainable development for all. Therefore, we encourage participants to reflect on the link between their entry and one or more SDGs when choosing a topic to report on. Remember that an environmental lens is always required, also when a social or economic SDG is chosen as a topic of investigation.
Following alarming news about the need to take urgent action to save humans and the Earth, YRE suggests three priority topics for this year:
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Climate change
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Loss of biodiversity
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Pollution
that have to be linked to the chosen SDG(s).
Downloadable lessons plans for YRE and the SDGs
YRE Resources
This activity will help students identify a topic for their YRE submission.
This CRAAP Test is a great guideline for helping students identify sources.
Use the forms below to help students with their topics and what they want to report on.
Article Category Form
Photograph Category Form
Video Category Form
Develop media literacy skills necessary to use filmmaking as a teaching tool. Register for the Eco-Film Lab Workshops and submit your film to be considered to screen at the Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival in Toronto on October 12-22, 2023.
Remarque : Veuillez prendre note que tous les documents du concours Jeunes reporters pour l’environnement (YRE) sont pour l’instant uniquement disponibles en anglais et que les soumissions doivent également être en anglais.
Nous explorons des opportunités de financement afin de rendre ce programme accessible à la communauté francophone. Restez à l’écoute !