Lifelong Learning

Do you love nature and want to learn more about it? Do you want to enhance your skills and knowledge as a naturalist? If so, you might be interested in Lakehead University’s Ontario Master Naturalist Winter 2024 Certificate Program.

Learn how to identify various types of trees and how they survive during the winter months with the Winter Dendrology - Discovering Deciduous Trees in Wintertime workshop. Join Ontario Master Naturalist Program facilitator Bob Bowles to learn about the many different species of trees that call Ontario home. In an informative and interactive presentation, participants will learn how to identify different trees by their winter bud shape, size, colour, arrangement, leaf scars, and bark details.

Embrace the freshly fallen snow and get outside in nature to learn something new this winter with the Winter Mammal Tracking on Snowshoes workshop. Join Ontario Master Naturalist Program facilitator Bob Bowles at the Robert L. Bowles Nature Centre in Ramara, Ontario, to learn key techniques for tracking mammals and identifying species, such as observing the different gaits mammals use during winter, and measuring stride, straddle, and other components.