Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM)
Mois de la littératie agricole canadienne (MLAC)
CALM is a hands-on program that brings agriculture into classrooms and encourages students to learn about and celebrate Canadian agriculture. Many students don’t fully understand what agriculture is. By telling students why you love Canadian agriculture and giving them a glimpse of what you do, you will open their eyes to new knowledge, help them build a stronger appreciation for the food they eat, and for the role agriculture plays in their lives.
All teachers will be provided with a hands-on agriculture activity and an agriculture themed book in addition to a classroom visit from you – our volunteers!
Every year, we need a team of over 150 volunteers to meet the demand for CALM. If you are passionate about sharing your story and want to present to students in the classroom, we will take as many presentations as you're willing to offer. French AND English speaking volunteers needed!
*Note: all volunteers will require their own method of transportation to and from their classroom visits.
Who: Grades 2, 3 and 4 students
Date: March 2025
Where: Manitoba classrooms
Time: 60 minutes
How: We match you with a teacher and you arrange a date and time with your teacher in March for your presentation
Registration will open November 22, 2024!
Presentation Details/Things to think about:
- We will provide training to provide you with ideas and tips on how you can put together an engaging presentation. As a CALM volunteer, you will still share YOUR story!
- Think about what you want to share about what you do in agriculture. How can you tell your story in a fun and engaging way to students? Think pictures, props, interesting stories… you could even make a video from your farm or workplace to show students!
- The 2025 CALM classroom activity, "What's In Your Lunch?" (EN/FR), will provide you with a hands-on, fun way of connecting students and teachers to the food they eat and the farmers that produce it. As a volunteer, you will help them to learn about where their food comes from and highlight some of the different types of crops and livestock commonly grown in Manitoba. You will help students to make that critical link between farmers who produce our food and all those in the agriculture industry who work hard so that we can purchase food from grocery stores for our tables. Students, teachers and volunteers will all be engaged in the topic by participating in a fun, interactive, question and answer game.
New to volunteering with AITC-M?
You will need to:
- Go to aitcdashboard.ca
- Create a volunteer profile with your name and email address.
- Fill out a volunteer application.
- Once your application is approved, log back into your account and register for CALM.
Save your username and password to register to volunteer for any of our programs!