ClimAction is a citizen science educational project that assesses the impacts of climate change on small watercourses using the Adopt a River program’s tools. Students and their communities will develop climate change adaptation solutions using the pedagogical strategy of design thinking.
Through several workshops, from observation to prototyping, high school students from eight Canadian communities will determine an action to implement to help their watercourse adapt to the current and future climate context.
Green actions, Blue future course series
The G3E invites secondary school teachers and their students to take part in its new series of free training courses Green Actions, Blue Future for the 2025-2026 school year.
This series aims to provide your students with the knowledge and skills they need to take action on their own environmental projects.
Practical Details:
- Offered online* (no recordings available).
- Duration: 45 minutes per training session.
- Monthly scheduling: Each training is available for one month or on demand after the targeted month.
- Flexibility: Participate in one or more sessions. For a comprehensive experience, we recommend completing the full series of three trainings.
- No preparation required.
- Option to book for multiple groups at once.
*For Quebec City-based schools, a presenter can travel to the school to deliver the training in person
Interested? Contact us now to reserve your spot!
From October 2025
COURSE 1 - Why should we care about water in the context of climate change?
This first course immerses students in the impacts of climate change on our waterways! Discover the crucial role these ecosystems play in our daily lives and the importance of protecting them.
Email us to sign up for course 1: stremblaybourgeois@g3e-ewag.ca
From November 2025
COURSE 2 - How to carry out an environmental project from A to Z?
Are your students interested in taking steps to help the environment, but don’t know where to start? This course will provide them with the tools they need to take action, step by step!
Email us to sign up for course 2: stremblaybourgeois@g3e-ewag.ca
From February 2026
COURSE 3 - Exploring best practices in scientific communication!
An important part of taking action is effectively communicating these efforts. This course explores how to make ideas accessible to the general public, how to target audiences of all ages and how to convey scientific information effectively.
Email us to sign up for course 3: stremblaybourgeois@g3e-ewag.ca
Don't miss a thing about the project
What is design thinking?
It is an approach centered on people, including their behaviors and needs, which makes it possible to solve a multitude of problems, including environmental ones. This approach is a key element in ClimAction.
Here is an outline of the steps in this approach:
- Observation and inspiration: Scientific field trip (Adopt a River tools) and ethnographic survey (individual interviews with citizens).
- Synthesis and definition: Synthesis of data and definition of the challenge.
- Ideation: Formulation of numerous adaptation actions.
- Prototyping: Rapid construction of prototypes illustrating the solutions.
- Action: Planning, carrying out and communicating the action.
Why use design thinking?
Climate change is a complex issue that affects and will continue to negatively affect watercourses. This approach will allow participating students to take this complex problem and divide it into sub-problems on which they can act concretely.
G3E’s network of participants and collaborators
Regional coordinators
Each participating educational institution is supported by a regional coordinator, an environmental organization trained by G3E. The coordinator guides the teacher and students during the problem-solving workshops and the field trip.
Click here to see the regional coordinators!
- Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (DSFM)
- Organisme de bassin versant de la Yamaska (OBVY)
- Organisme de bassin versant Matapédia-Restigouche (OBVMR)
- Vision H2O
- Comité ZIP des Seigneuries
- Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (DSFM)
- Organisme de bassin versant de la Yamaska (OBVY)
- Organisme de bassin versant Matapédia-Restigouche (OBVMR)
- Vision H2O
Educational institutions
In phase I of the project, eight educational institutions participate in data acquisition while developing knowledge about issues affecting rivers and finding solutions to protect these fragile ecosystems.
Click here to see the educational institutions!
- Collège Beaubois
- École des Deux-Rivières
- École Donat-Robichaud
- École secondaire Jean-Jacques-Bertrand
- Polyvalente de l’Ancienne-Lorette
- École des Deux-Rivières
- École Donat-Robichaud
- École La Source
- École secondaire de la Rive
- École secondaire Jean-Jacques-Bertrand
- École secondaire Louis-Joseph-Papineau
- New Richmond High School
- Polyvalente de l’Ancienne-Lorette
About ClimAction on our blog
L’École Jean-Jacques-Bertrand à l’action
English will follow Le 20 mai dernier, les élèves de 5e secondaire de l’École Jean-Jacques-Bertrand à Farnham, en Montérégie, ont été les premiers à passer
La polyvalente Robert-Ouimet d’Acton Vale à l’action
English will follow La polyvalente Robert-Ouimet d’Acton Vale s’est engagée dans le projet ClimAction – des jeunes, des rivières, des communautés grâce à la participation
La Polyvalente de L’Ancienne-Lorette à l’action
English will follow Le 21 mai, c’était au tour des élèves de 4e secondaire du PEI de la Polyvalente de L’Ancienne-Lorette, près de Québec, de
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