Career Opportunity for an Outdoor Educator/Coordinator

Position Task: Coordinate the delivery of outdoor, environmental and experiential education programs at Haliburton Forest.

Responsibilities:

• development and planning of programs for client groups;
• promoting and marketing of programs and activities;
• administration of group bookings;
• scheduling of delivery staff and groups;
• coordination of special events;
• ensure a safe environment for clients;
• facilitate, teach and lead group activities and programs as needed;

Selection Criteria:

• creative, energetic and able to participate fully in active programs;
• well developed communication, presentation and administrative skills to effectively market and support Haliburton Forest's programs and services;
• a broad base of experience teaching and leading outdoor and group focused activities;
• demonstrated supervisory experience;
• ability to provide quality customer service working with groups, general public and Haliburton Forest staff;
• ability to work independently in a dynamic environment;

Qualifications:

• completed an undergraduate University Degree or College diploma with related field experience;
• current first aid and CPR certificates;
• computer literacy-Microsoft office
• Second language is an asset.

Please send letter and resume to:

Human Resources

Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

1095 Redkenn Road, Haliburton, Ontario, K0M 1S0

Email: hr@haliburtonforest.com

www.haliburtonforest.com

Closing Date: September 25, 2009

Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. The "Forest" or "Wildlife" as it is known locally, represents the largest private land holding in Central Ontario. Over 60,000 acres of forests, lakes, streams and wildlife form the back drop for this world renowned property. Operating as a multi-use facility, the Forest has gained international recognition for its resource management policies and practices. With the natural beauty of the forests and lakes set to last in perpetuity, Haliburton Forest has created a wide range of attractions and activities permitting visitors to enjoy this unique wilderness. Entwined throughout the operation is an extensive and very unique outdoor, environmental and experiential education program.

Haliburton Forest is dedicated to provide quality education programs to both youth and adults in a variety of settings.

Dining with the Stars

The Nolalu Eco Centre's last workshop for this year is coming up soon: on september 26th they will be offering the opportunity to be "Dining with the Stars". As one of their more popular workshops sells out fast, and no wonder: it includes a brief house tour of North Ontario's Eco-friendliest house, after which astronomer Randy McAllister will take us through deep space, using high-definition slides and videos projected on a big screen. Drinks and refreshments will be provided.

This is followed by an informal dinner & dessert, and an opportunity to chat with Randy and fellow workshop participants.

After dinner participants visit the Thunder Bay observatory, North America's second-largest privately owned observatory. Participants will see and experience first hand the housing and equipment involved with astronomy and photographing deep space objects. Depending on the sky conditions they'll also have the opportunity to do some serious star gazing.

For more information please visit http://www.nolaluecocentre.org or email info@nolaluecocentre.org

nolaluecocentre.blogspot.com

TIES Travel Green Guide 2009

The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) has just released their Travel Green Guide 2009. It can be viewed online and is also available for download. This guide is now available for free. Ecotourism operators can now join TIES as a professional level member and be listed in the guide as a prefered Travel Green choice. You can also learn more about the guide and spread the word...with an option to embed the Guide in your blog, send to your facebook friends,or share through your website.

For more information on the Travel Green Guide 2009 go to www.ecotourism.org/TravelGreenGuide

Northern Ontario Eco-Heroes Announced!

The Nolalu Eco Centre was pleased to announce the winners for North Ontario's first Eco Hero Contest. The contest received nominations from all across Northern Ontario for a large variety of environmental initiatives. The contest, in its first year of running, receiving a wide range of media impressions and many nominations were sent in. Three winners have been selected. You can find out more about the Eco Hero Contest and about this years winners by visiting http://www.nolaluecocentre.org or checking out the Nolalu Eco Centre blog at http://nolaluecocentre.blogspot.com

9th Annual Lakeland Conference

The 9th Annual Lakeland Conference will be taking place Saturday, September 19th. The conference will be held this year at the Fleming College Haliburton Campus from 8:30-3:30 pm. Fees for the conference are $20.00 per individual and $35.00 per couple. This fee includes coffee and lunch.

The conference is an opportunity for shoreline property owners to come together to learn about the common environmental issues facing their lakes with local experts and exhibitors specializing in relevant services and information. This year will take a closer look at:

-stewardship efforts of lake communities

-lake algal blooms

-pruning shoreline trees for optimum views

-the successes of community-based fish hatcheries

-forensic meteorology

and more...

Pre-registration for the conference is required. For more information about the conference or to register please visit: http://www.lakeland.greenup.on.ca/events.html

Hunt for Travel Industry's Best Social-Media-As-Marketing Efforts

The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) is looking for your help in finding some of the examples of social media used to market Canadian tourism experiences. This includes blogs, video, ebsites, twitter, facebook, bebo...and more. They aim to highlight great examples of using social media for marketing in the travel industry, and how it can brilliantly capture the essence of Canada's tourism brand, "Canada. Keep exploring".

You can check our some examples by visiting http://mediacentre.canada.travel/content/ctc_news/real-banff-social-media or you can send your suggestions to the CTC by emailing ctnews@ctc-cct.ca