AQ21 Winnipeg Camp and Roots and Shoots - Coming Soon!
HISTORY OF THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE
The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation, a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation, was founded in California by Jane Goodall in cooperation with Princess Genevieve di San Faustino in 1977. Initially, the day-to-day operations of the Institute were handled by Board members and other volunteers working out of their homes. By the early 1980s, however, the workload had increased substantially, and the Institute "office" was moved to the San Francisco offices of the California Academy of Sciences. At that time, a part-time office worker was hired to work two to four hours per week. Her primary duties were to respond to phone calls and letters, as appropriate, and to forward the remaining inquiries and correspondence to Dr. Goodall in Africa for her personal reply. The Institute during this time functioned essentially as a USA/Africa "communication link" and as a repository for files.
To cope with Jane's increased public visibility, professional status, and interests, the Institute office was officially moved to Tucson, Arizona. The William M. Clements Foundation provided sponsorship, seed money, and administrative assistance during the one-year transitional period. Three full-time staff members were employed following the transition year, and six to eight regular volunteers spent over twenty hours per week performing clerical and administrative duties.
In 1998, after three-year period in Connecticut, the Institute moved to the area Jane Goodall always thought it should be: Washington, DC. Currently, JGI-USA employs almost 30 staff members. They are also fortunate to have a steady stream of volunteers and interns enthusiastically and capably assisting our staff.
JGI offices have spread around the world.For information on AQ21 in Winnipeg ,coming soon in 2007 ,please refer to David.
THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE CANADA
In 1993 when Zoocheck Canada began plans to bring Dr. Jane Goodall to Montreal, Quebec for a lecture at St. James Church, Mr. André Grolimond, an avid Zoocheck supporter, offered to help sponsor the lecture. The sold-out audience in Montreal received Dr. Goodall with open arms and Mr. Grolimond saw the need for a Jane Goodall Institute Canada.
- In January 1994, the process began to establish a Board of Directors. Gail Grolimond became the Executive Coordinator and the board processed incorporation papers.
- In February 1994, the Jane Goodall InterCanada Association was registered.
- In May 1997, the name was changed to The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation.
A previous Canadian Jane Goodall Institute established in the late 1980s, which had since dissolved, meant that JGI-Canada would have to wait until 1997 to acquire the name Jane Goodall Institute. JGI-Canada set out to support Dr. Jane Goodall's work in wildlife research, conservation and education.
In addition JGI-Canada pledged to establish and implement educational programs such as Roots & Shoots, to promote the need for better understanding of the interdependence of all life on earth and the need to take positive action to ensure the continued survival of the planet. Mr. Grolimond donated a two-year budget in order to get JGI-Canada on its feet.
The first Canadian lecture tour was held in fall of 1995 and since then Canadian lecture tours have been held in spring and fall of each year. Also in 1995, JGI-Canada took on a second employee Ms. Arryn Ketter and from then on, JGI-Canada has continued to grow in both independence and raising of funds.
Mr. Grolimond continues to generously donate JGI-Canada's office space. Since it began, JGI-Canada has grown to a staff of three full time and two part time employees and several volunteers all under the direction of Gail Grolimond. Membership in the Institute and its programs has spread to include seven Canadian provinces with Roots & Shoots partners in Sierra Leone, Taiwan and Haiti. In fall of 1999, Canada proudly hosted the Jane Goodall Institute North American Youth Summit.
The Jane Goodall Institute is pleased to report that the first Roots & Shoots satellite office has been established in Guelph, Ontario. Our new Regional Coordinator, Michèle Martin, will be responsible for the development of Roots & Shoots in Southern Ontario, and we are confident that her extensive experience in the field of environmental education and outreach will be of tremendous value to Roots & Shoots members and coordinators alike.
We have set as an objective the increase of funding to our Congolese and Ugandan Sanctuaries. The reason is that uncontrolled road construction is fragmenting and destroying the great apes’ remaining homeland and making it easier for poachers to slaughter them for meat, while rendering their young more vulnerable to capture for illegal trade.
Our efforts to eliminate this crisis are increasing, but the number of chimpanzee infants brought into sanctuaries is rising also. These chimps need your help and we encourage you to become a member of the Chimp Guardian Program.
As a member of the Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP), the Jane Goodall Institute is working with local governments and industry to establish long-term field conservation and development programs across Africa. We are striving to eliminate the illegal commercial bushmeat trade in endangered species and to regulate the legal trade as part of an integrated approach towards sustainable forest resource management.
AQ21 Yukon and Roots and Shoots Program
As of this fall , our AQ21 Camp in Yukon , 2 hrs east of Whitehorse, will become a ‘Roots and Shoots‘ member and conduct ,work with Roots and Shoots from all over the world and within Canada! www.janegoodall.ca