Teacher
Peter Kuitenbrouwer, Teacher
Today, I teach about forests and forestery conservation for students from grade school to the post-graduate level. I think I come to it naturally. I started this path at the National Post, where, as Toronto editor, I mentored young interns. I also teach journalism and feature writing to university students.
University of Toronto (U of T)
Instructor, Master of Forest Conservation
As a graduate of the Master of Forest Conservation at the University of Toronto (2019) I was honoured three years later when the university asked me to teach a course for master’s candidates, titled Current Issues in Forest Conservation. I now also teach a second course, titled Capstone in Forest Conservation, which guides the masters’ candidates in their creation of a final thesis for their forestry studies.
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
Instructor, Feature Writing
In 2014, while a journalist at the National Post, I began teaching journalism at Centennial College. In 2016 I moved to what is now Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), where I joined a team that teaches feature writing to second-year undergraduate students in the School of Journalism. In 2026, I taught feature writing at TMU for the tenth consecutive year.
Forestry in the Classroom and Envirothon
Volunteering to teach kids a love of forests
When I joined Forests Canada I began volunteering in the program Forestry in the Classroom. At schools across Toronto, I lead students on a workshop in the forest where I teach them to identify trees, evaluate tree health and measure tree size and height. I have also trained students and volunteered as a leader for Envirothon, a North America-wide environmental skills competition for high school students.
Learn more about Forestry in the Classroom here.