The leadership and support of our Champions of Conservation has helped us find creative solutions to ensure the conservation and long-term care of some of our country’s most precious natural treasures. Here are five individuals who have made a lasting impact on the Nature Conservancy of Canada's work.
We thank all of our supporters, from monthly donors to Leaders in Conservation: they are all our Champions of Conservation.
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Beryl Ivey
Beryl Ivey was a force for conservation in southwestern Ontario and throughout the province. Before her passing on December 25, 2007, Beryl had supported NCC’s work for more than 40 years, helping to protect places such as Skunk’s Misery and Clear Creek Forest.
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J. Bruce Falls
In 1962, J. Bruce Falls was a young zoology professor at the University of Toronto, and the new president of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists (now Ontario Nature). The early sixties were a time when the young science of conservation was still emerging, and environmentalism was budding.
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John Riley
From an early childhood spent exploring local wild places, NCC Chief Science Officer and National Director, Conservation Operations, John Riley has devoted much of his career to conservation.
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Mabel Fitz-Randolph
The Musquash Estuary in New Brunswick, where Mabel Fitz-Randolph grew up, married and raised three children with her husband, has always held a special place in her heart.
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The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation is a private Canadian family foundation, established in the 1950s by Willard Garfield Weston and his wife Reta. For three generations, The Foundation has maintained a family tradition of helping charitable organizations enhance the quality of life for Canadians.
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