See Alberta Tomorrow in action:
- See the current landscape in 30+ areas in Alberta
- Draw your own plan for Alberta and see the potential outcomes!
Balance
Balance
Balancing the environment, resource use, climate change impact and the economy is no easy task. Nor is it only a problem for just one province or territory in Canada.
The Canada Tomorrow initiative, led by Alberta Tomorrow is a project that aims to develop customized educational landuse simulators that account for regional differences throughout Canada. These free, online, interactive educational tools, designed with Canada’s students and teacher’s needs in mind, will create a collective education of sustainability planning and a deepened awareness of the human impacts on our local communities across Canada. Using GIS and satellite imagery, the tool will help everyday Canadians understand our impact on the land and the need for youth to design and sustain a future for our shared ecosystems.
Education
Education
Add Excitement To Your Classroom With Free Lesson Plans and Online Tools
Modeled after the highly successful Alberta Tomorrow, Canada Tomorrow will have individual customized simulators for all of Canada’s Province and Territories. Watch these videos to get an idea of how Alberta Tomorrow, the original simulator, has been used in classrooms across Alberta.
Key Features
Using the simulator, you and your students can:
- View videos and discover the potential benefits and impacts of different land-uses and land-use practices in your area
- Improve your understanding of your area’s ecosystems and environmental resources
- See what’s happened in your area in the last century, and see what it might look like 30 years from now
- Develop your own plan for your area’s future
- Track and share water quality and land-use observations with other classes throughout your area
- Create and submit reports with project findings
COURSE & CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES
Lesson plans are currently available for:
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Upper Elementary
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Middle School
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Junior High
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High School
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Social Studies
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Science
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Geography
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Earth & Life Sciences
Try It Now
To get an idea of how the simulator works, try the Alberta Tomorrow version.
Join Us
Join Us
Be part of shaping the future
By 2025, the Canada Tomorrow initiative aims to:
- Expanse our reach to over 500,000+students across Canada
- Develop an Indigenous Module
- Develop a Covid 19 Module
You can help us achieve our goal to keep these resources free for students! Your support will help us expand our technology across Canada.
Canada Tomorrow
About Canada Tomorrow
Our Vision is an informed society that actively Fosters Sustainable Futures
We do this by influencing change through our educational simulation software. The original Alberta Tomorrow simulator was designed by Dr. Brad Stelfox and Matthew Carleson in 2005. Modeled after the professional ALCES Online landuse simulator, this original version has evolved into Alberta Tomorrow V 6.0. Alberta Tomorrow has been used extensively since that time by students and teachers interested in creating sustainable futures for our province.
The simulator is critically reviewed and bias neutral. The continued development is overseen by a board of directors comprised of representatives of industry, education, non-profits and government.
The simulator is:
- peer reviewed by qualified scientists,
- endorsed by environmentally focused non-profit organizations, industry and government, and
- teacher tested!
Alberta Tomorrow is a registered charity
Canada Tomorrow is an initiative of the Alberta Tomorrow Foundation, a registered charity. Meet our board of directors and sponsors.
Stephanie Bennett
Biology Teacher
Using the simulator gives my students real life exposure to real life decisions...all at their fingertips. Thank you for enriching my students learning environment.
Kara Vincent and Grayson Adams
Grade 4 Teachers
Through using the simulator, students developed a background knowledge in industry and land-use and have become impassioned about how to consider a variety of perspectives when making decisions for our province's future.
Grade 9 Student
Our generation doesn't think about how our actions will affect the future environment. I learned that we have to balance the environment and the economy.
Contact Us
Contact Us
Alberta Tomorrow Executive Director:
Jennifer Janzen