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Tag: Discovery Program

  • 5 things I love about being a Discovery Ranger

    Today’s post comes from Madeline McNabb, a 2017 Discovery Ranger at White Lake Provincial Park.  We all dream of turning our passion into a job. My chance came this past summer when I worked at White Lake Provincial Park as a Discovery Ranger. The Discovery program aims to inspire curiosity in park visitors and encourage exploration…

  • Students: join our Discovery team this summer

    Applications are for our 2024 season are now open! Read on to learn more about spending the summer with us. Discovery rangers are the storytellers of Ontario Parks. Roughly 300 Discovery staff work in over 60 parks across the province engaging visitors with stories of Ontario’s natural and cultural heritage. Discovery rangers help our visitors…

  • Join us for Science Literacy Week!

    Today’s post comes from Jessica Stillman, school outreach coordinator at Bronte Creek Provincial Park.  What do a Polar Bear, a Prickly Pear Cactus, a Five-lined Skink, and a Bobolink all have in common? Aside from their snazzy names, they’re plants and animals that require unique environments to survive. Some of these special spaces have been…

  • Beyond the beach: one naturalist's 35-year-career at Sandbanks

    Today’s post comes from Yvette Bree. Yvette has been the park naturalist at Sandbanks Provincial Park for 35 years and retires at the end of August this year. 1986. A year forever etched in my memory. The year I graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (B.E.S.) with a Resource…

  • An ode to Discovery

    In today’s post, Anna Winge-Breen shares her journey from childhood visitor to Algonquin Provincial Park Discovery Ranger.  We all have at least one childhood experience, so crisp and profound that it has become nearly inseparable from our identity. A memory that is so deep in your heart, thinking of it brings you right back to a feeling…

  • The annual birding battle for the golden binoculars

    In today’s post, Learning & Education Specialist Rachelle Law recounts Team Ontario’s push to find as many birds as possible.  Every year, a team of expert birders from Ontario Parks prepare — binoculars in hand — to compete in a heated competition. The goal: spot and record as many bird species as they can over…

  • Quetico’s wilderness voices

    Today’s post comes from Jill Legault, an information specialist at Quetico Provincial Park. Quetico’s oral histories have been locked away on archival cassettes at the John B. Ridley Research Library — until now. Courtesy of history enthusiasts from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, they have come out of the vault and into our ears.

  • Discovery and trails go together like peanut butter and jelly

    In our “Behind the Scenes” series, Discovery Program staff across the province share a “backstage” glimpse of their favourite programs and projects. Today’s post comes from David Bree, Discovery Program Lead at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Trails and parks go together like (fill in your favourite pairing here: “like peas and carrots,” as Forrest Gump would…

  • My journey to becoming a Discovery Guide at Rainbow Falls

    In our “Behind the Scenes” series, Discovery Program staff across the province share a “backstage” glimpse of their favourite programs and projects. Today’s post comes from Caroline Freitag, a Discovery Guide at Rainbow Falls Provincial Park. When I was a very young child, I was fascinated by leaves and rocks. On walks around my neighbourhood…

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