The aim of Wildlife Management 10, 20, 30 is to provide students with the opportunity to examine beliefs and attitudes related to wildlife, and to develop the knowledge and skills that allow an examination of the many occupations in the field of wildlife management.

Culture: To understand how the natural world has contributed to the Canadian identity.

Personal Skills: To develop skills in outdoor experiences that will allow students to develop a relationship to nature and to identify the skills needed to study wildlife.

Accountability: To study how wildlife management occurs and how the government and private agencies can contribute to the maintenance and management of wildlife resources.

Teamwork: To examine the societal issues that surround how people interrelate with wildlife.

Environmental Conservation: To evaluate the importance of developing a conservation ethic to preserve wildlife.

The Wildlife Management curriculum guidelines are designed to stimulate an awareness of the importance of wildlife in the daily life of an individual and for society as a whole. Modules of study will be flexible and allow students to build on their own knowledge to create new understandings. Students will be provided with the opportunity for success through a blending of theory and practical experience achieved in and out of school. The activities and theory are intended to lead to an understanding of career development opportunities and hobbies in the field of wildlife appreciation and management.

• To demonstrate safety practices while engaged in outdoor experiences.
• To develop values that will increase an appreciation and respect for wildlife.
• To understand the role and obligations of government agencies, interest groups and individuals to preserve wildlife.
• To examine issues and opinions as to how wildlife should be managed.
• To develop skills that allow students to appreciate the natural world through direct experience.
• To examine relationships between wildlife species and humans and how populations are affected.
• To research the structure, diversity, behaviour and habitat of Saskatchewan wildlife species.
• To create an awareness of and respect for laws that regulate human interaction with and exploitation of wildlife.
• To cultivate an appreciation and understanding of how other cultures view wildlife.
• To develop workplace skills, knowledge and attitudes in wildlife management that may lead to successful employment.
• To recognize how the work skills developed in the classroom will be used to meet workplace expectations.
• To be aware of the career opportunities in the field of wildlife management that exist in Saskatchewan and other provinces.
• To integrate classroom learning with work-related learning.
• To increase awareness of employability skills as they relate to the work environment.
• To understand how skills acquired in school may transfer to the workplace.

This curriculum is new to the PAA program. It is theme-based with Wildlife and Ecosystems serving as a background for all other themes. Students and teachers have the flexibility to use the modules in the order that best suits their needs to achieve the required 100 credit hours.

Program delivery, being both theoretical and practical, can be done using a variety of locations including an outdoor field trip location and a job shadow location with a wildlife officer or technician.

It is recommended that the modules Wildlife and Ecosystems (Module 1) and Natural History of Saskatchewan Wildlife (Module 2) provide a background for all other modules. The selection of other modules is at the teacher’s discretion although some modules have prerequisites:

• Outdoor Experiences I is a prerequisite to Outdoor Experiences II
• Regulating Hunting and Game Management I is a prerequisite to Regulating Hunting and Game Management II
• Application of Wildlife Research is a prerequisite to Managing Wildlife.