WildRoots is A Rocha Manitoba’s 16-week paid summer work program designed for young adults who care about creation care, climate change, and nature conservation. Through hands-on work, learning, mentorship, and community rhythms, participants are invited into incorporate creation care into daily practice. Working as part of a cohort, WildRoots participants support the delivery of A Rocha Manitoba’s conservation science, environmental education, and urban agriculture programs.

Throughout the program participants engage in learning sessions, daily shared practices, mentorship, and two retreats at A Rocha’s Boreal Ecology Centre. Leadership development, ecological knowledge, and spiritual formation are integrated into the experience

This program may be a good fit for you if:

• you care about the earth and everything in it
• you are looking for hands-on job experiences
• you are interested in future jobs such as:
  • Ecologist
  • Educator
  • Communicator
  • Scientist
  • Farmer
  • Non-profit work

What to expect:

• A meaningful work environment.
• Learning practical skills that will be useful for building your resume.
• Excellent orientation, supervision, and coaching in a fun, community/cohort experience.
• Robust learning opportunities that grow your understanding of care of creation beyond your employment experience.
• Opportunities to connect with A Rocha locally, nationally, and globally 
• Tools to address feelings of hopelessness and despair and grow in your confidence and ability to create change in the world.

Open Positions:

A Rocha Programs Assistant 2026