Conservation Areas Workshop - Registration coming soon!

Theme: Conservation in Ontario - Our nature, our adventure, our home
Workshop Dates: October 27-29, 2025
Site Tour #1: Late September - TBD
Site Tour #2: October 27 - Ken Reid Conservation Area [Kawartha Conservation] & Eramosa Karst Conservation Area [Hamilton Conservation Authority]

Land managers from Ontario’s Conservation Areas will come together to participate in the Conservation Areas Workshop from October 27-29, 2025 at Fern Resort in Orillia.

Visit the new Conservation Areas Workshop website for more details: https://www.conservationareasworkshop.ca/

If you have any questions, please email caw@conservationareasworkshop.ca

View recordings of past CA Workshop Webinars here.
Questions or comments about the webinars can be directed to caw@conservationareasworkshop.ca.

WHAT IS THE CONSERVATION AREAS WORKSHOP (CAW)?

For 16 years, conservation professionals working in parks and open spaces, from the 36 member organizations within Conservation Ontario, have been gathering at the Conservation Areas Workshop (CAW). The workshop provides an opportunity and platform for engagement, sharing experiences and best practices, training, and collaboration. The CAW continues to provide an excellent source of knowledge to our participants through virtual opportunities. Workshop attendees come from the fields of conservation and land management, including planners, educators, foresters, park operations and enforcement officers and so many others that help to protect parks and open spaces. We discuss and share the challenges, collaborative efforts, lessons learned, and potential solutions for multi-dimensional issues that affect us all.

Conservation Areas Workshop Steering Committee

Co-chairs: Tori Fisher (CVC) & David Orr (CVC)
Committee members: Dan Andrews (LSRCA), Michael Armstrong (GRCA), Brenna Bartley (CH), Zachary Cox (City of Guelph), Liam Fletcher (HCA), Brandon Good (LPRCA), Ryan Mackett (LRCA), and John Mesman (SNCA), Nekeisha Mohammed (CO), Alicia Powell (NPCA), and Brandon Williamson (UTRCA)