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NOW HIRING: Victoria Canvassers!

Jan 27 2026/in Employment

Ancient Forest Alliance is hiring enthusiastic and self-motivated Door Canvassers to support our campaign through outreach and fundraising in Victoria, BC.

Apply via our application form here, or email Victoria Canvass Director, Nadia at canvass@ancientforestalliance.org.

Our door-to-door canvassers are a daily driver behind our campaign. Utilizing their exceptional people skills and passion for old-growth forests, canvassers are essential to growing our campaign by educating and engaging diverse communities and raising funds and awareness to protect these precious old-growth ecosystems and ensure a transition to a sustainable, second-growth forest industry. You will gain valuable career-building experience while honing your grassroots communications, outreach, and fundraising skills.

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This position is great for those seeking a flexible schedule, such as post-secondary students, as canvassing hours are typically Monday–Thursday, 4–8:30 pm, with optional weekends.

Earn a competitive, living wage with performance-based incentives while working with fun, supportive, like-minded environmentalists.

No experience necessary, but people skills are a plus!

Apply now: Application form here. Or email Nadia in Victoria: canvass@ancientforestalliance.org.

About Ancient Forest Alliance:

The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) is a registered non-profit organization focused on old-growth forest protection and ensuring a transition to a sustainable, value-added second-growth industry. Founded in 2010, AFA has quickly become BC’s main organization working toward province-wide legislation to end the logging of endangered old-growth forests.

Built on grassroots outreach and fundraising, we rely on stellar fundraisers to sustain our campaigns, and have a strong track record of success. Face-to-face connections with thousands of people are essential for strengthening the old-growth protection movement. Door-to-door canvassing has played an integral role in building our support base and continues to be an important source of donations.

Ancient Forest Alliance provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants and welcomes diverse, conservation-minded members of our community to apply.

Apply directly through our application form, or contact Nadia at canvass@ancientforestalliance.org.

In Photos: AFA & EEA Field Day at Mossome Grove

Jan 20 2026/in Photo Gallery

The enchanting Mossome Grove (short for “mossy and awesome”) continues to live up to its name! 🌲🌿

Located near Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht territory, this lowland old-growth forest is home to an array of wildlife, including Roosevelt elk, black-tailed deer, black bears, wolves, and cougars — yet remains largely unprotected today.

At this time of year, the grove offers a vibrant contrast to the often grey scenes of winter, with ancient Sitka spruce and bigleaf maples draped in lush green moss and ferns!

These cool, rain-soaked months create ideal conditions for moss and ferns to flourish, especially in the moist shade of intact old-growth forests.

Here on the BC coast, bigleaf maples in particular can harbour enormous amounts of moss on their branches thanks to their calcium-rich bark — one of five key minerals that moss needs to grow.

Check out the gallery below for photos from a recent field day with AFA and EEA!

📢 To help protect magnificent old-growth forests like this across BC, send an instant message to the BC government today!

Thank You to our Incredible Business Supporters!

Jan 20 2026/in Thank You

Our community never ceases to inspire us! Supporters are finding all kinds of creative ways to help protect endangered old-growth forests in BC — from contributing art-sale proceeds, participating in our matching fundraiser, offering foundation support, and everything in between! Every effort makes a difference!

Thank you to:

Arrowmaker Advisory & Accounting LLP for their monthly donations.
Viva Cacao!, Wildcoast Perfumery and Pacifica Nurseries, three of our long-time business donors.
Artist Chris Sterry, who used one of AFA Photographer TJ Watt’s photos as inspiration for an incredible painting, and donated all proceeds going to AFA’s old-growth campaigns.
And NACQ Consulting Inc., Larix Landscape Ltd. and Songbird Environmental Consulting Ltd. for their generous donations.

Your contributions are instrumental in keeping this work moving forward! If you’re part of a business or foundation that shares our vision and would like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you. All business donations are tax-deductible. Contact us at info@ancientforestalliance.org or (250) 896-4007 to learn how you can support our efforts.

BC Has an Extinction Problem. Scientists Say There’s a Fix

Sep 3 2026

BC is facing a growing extinction crisis, but scientists say an endangered species law could help protect at-risk wildlife and the habitats they depend on.

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Thank you to our monthly business donors!

Aug 4 2026

A big thank you to these businesses that show up month after month for old-growth forests in BC.

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Speak up for Three Major New Protected Areas in Northern BC

Jul 24 2026

Support the Dene K’éh Kusān, Klappan Sacred Headwaters, and Meziadin conservancy proposals, protecting 3.4 million hectares across northern BC. Deadline: August 4th

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Victoria Buzz: Old growth advocates call for protection of at-risk Vancouver Island forest

Jul 20 2026

The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) are calling for the protection of an at-risk old-growth forest on karst limestone in the Tahsish Valley, northern Vancouver Island, BC, known as the “Jewel of the Tahsish.”

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