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Make Stories Like Sonia’s Possible

by execdirector@wwoof.ca | September 15, 2026 | News_english | 0 Comments

Hello , Last month, we shared Sonia's story — how a phantom smell turned out to be a brain tumour, and how her recovery led her to discover WWOOF and finally live out a childhood dream: caring for horses. WWOOFing left the same kind of mark on Matthew, who found...

A Shocking Diagnosis Led This WWOOFer to A Life Caring For Horses: Sonia’s Story

by execdirector@wwoof.ca | August 20, 2026 | News_english | 0 Comments

Some stories are about a diagnosis. Others are about what comes after. Sonia's story is one of resilience, hope, and discovering that life's greatest challenges can sometimes open the door to something unexpected and beautiful. Diagnosis, Recovery and Discovery It...

Letter to the Gardener: Urban/Rural Culture Shock

by Catherine Dallaire | June 23, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

When WWOOFers go WWOOFing for the first time. There can be a bit of …an adjustment. Of course there is. As many hosts know, more than sixty percent of WWOOFers come from abroad. For many of these French, German and Japanese WWOOFers, this is their first time...

First Time WWOOFing? – full length webinar recording

Feb 15, 2023 | News_english

Enjoy this 25 minute video with some great tips from Alice, a WWOOFer and WWOOF UK Trustee. Applicable to WWOOFing anywhere in the world! Discussion includes:

Region Spotlight: Horses, Beekeeping, Bison and Flower Farms | The Prairies

Feb 7, 2023 | News_english

This month, we are shining a spotlight on the Canadian Prairies. The prairies can sometimes be Canada's forgotten region. A whole quarter of the country that too often gets overlooked. BC has the mountains, the Maritimes have the ocean, Ontario has Canada's...

This WWOOFer Left a Job in Tech To WWOOF on 12 Farms in 12 Months! – A WWOOFing Story

Feb 7, 2023 | News_english

This year, we started the WWOOF Canada Ambassador Program, to help make the WWOOF Canada community safer and more welcoming. One of our All-Star Ambassadors so far has been Marta Ryborz. Marta grew up in Poland, and has since lived in West Africa, Germany, and now...