Student Clubs
Our future is our lifeline.
Ucluelet Secondary School
As we work to ensure students are informed about the issues affecting our coastlines, it’s essential we provide opportunities for them to influence environmental action through service, leadership development, civic engagement and direct action organizing. Canada’s first Surfrider Youth Club was established on the Pacific Rim in 2018 at the Ucluelet Secondary School and since then the network has gone from strength to strength, organizing youth-led beach cleans, waste-reduction initiatives, fundraising activities, as well as building community outreach and awareness.
University of Victoria
The Surfrider Foundation University of Victoria Club (Surfrider UVic) mainly focuses on engaging UVic students on the issue of plastic pollution through educational events, beach cleanups, film screenings, and workshops. They campaign for larger systemic change at UVic through Plastic-Free Campus Campaign, which urges UVic to phase out single-use plastics and reduce waste on campus. Their beach cleanups run monthly through the fall and spring semesters, and everyone is welcome.
Dalhousie university
This Club has officially brought Surfrider’s presence to the east coast of Canada. Already, the Dalhousie Club is organizing surf trips and coastal restoration activities, as well as supporting the important effort to ban the use of expanded polystyrene in aquatic environments.
Vancouver Island university
Our newest club is is at Vancouver Island University, and already, the club is in full motion with beach cleanups and exploring possibilities for water quality monitoring through Blue Water Task Force