The Canadian Ecology Centre (CEC) is an

outdoor education Outdoor education is organized learning that takes place in the outdoors. Outdoor education programs sometimes involve residential or journey wilderness-based experiences in which students participate in a variety of adventurous challenges and out ...

complex located within

Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park is a provincial park in Ontario, Canada. The park spans both sides of the Mattawa River. It has an area of and is about west of Mattawa, Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Parks, which classifies ...

, near the town of

Mattawa, Ontario Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada on Algonquin Nation land at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in the Algonquin language. The first Europeans to pass th ...

Overview

The Canadian Ecology Centre site consists of a main building and several smaller cabins on a tract of land within Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. The CEC is a non-profit organization and was initially supported by proponents within the

logging Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...

and

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industries, such as

Tembec Tembec Industries Inc., known as Tembec, was a paper company in Canada, founded by Frank Dottori. In 2011, Tembec had approximately 3000 employees,NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

s, and public donors. The CEC facilities, while contemporary in both age and design, are constructed almost entirely out of wood. The CEC is primarily an educational and research centre, where courses ranging from local culture and history to biology and science to forestry management and mining are offered to the public. The site is also equipped with high-speed internet access, and can be rented out as a wedding venue, conference or meeting centre. Cabins can also be rented for a nightly rate as an alternative to "tenting it" in the park. The centre, like much of the surrounding communities, is almost fully

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and offers most programs in

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and French. The CEC is also the headquarters for the Canadian Institute of Forestry.

Eco-Camp

The CEC hosts the Eco-Camp summer program offering academic credit to high school students. Formal two-week courses in subjects such as science, biology, environmental science and geography are available. The program is residential, and students live on-site for the duration.

Professional development

The CEC offers professional development opportunities. Single or multi-day programs are designed and developed to provide hands-on learning opportunities as well as networking opportunities. Professional training and certifications are also available.

External links

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Knowledge transfer and extension in the Canadian Ecology Centre – Forestry Research Partnership: From awareness to uptake.
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