Youth

The 2022 cohort of the Youth Water Leaders Program has been launched! These incredible youth will be spending the next 8 months learning about the watershed, creating projects to help protect the river, and building the skills to be lifelong water protectors.

Every year, participants in our Youth Water Leaders Program create and implement service projects to spread awareness or take action to protect the river and the watershed. This year was no different, with these young leaders getting extra creative in the face of new challenges. Explore some of their projects with us!

On Saturday, August 28, Ottawa Riverkeeper’s Youth Water Leaders could be found at Lac Leamy Beach and Park sharing watershed facts with the public.

Each day for a whole weekend, our Youth Water Leaders met on the river to learn from amazing guides about the adventure that lies right in our backyard.

The Youth Water Leaders volunteered as paddlers for a performance of Deluge, a rock concert on rising seas, an amazing intersection between climate activism, powerful music, and a story that our world needs to hear.