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What if an orca could visit human communities, share the story of her ocean home, and tell us exactly what we can do to help her thrive there? Meet the “Orcar”, a glowing orca sculpture so big that twenty people can stand inside it. It was built from a rusty, old diesel truck, transforming a […]

These students are proving that raising your voice works best with a catchy chorus.   Every year, grade-six students at Carlyle Elementary School in Montreal team up with music teacher Christine Crawford to write, compose, and record an original song about an important theme. This year’s song, “Don’t Look Away,” is about choosing to build a […]

Something Big is Hatching This Earth Month. A brand-new storytelling format is arriving in the Future Chicken universe this April. Launching April 1 on YouTube @FutureChickenOfficial, Future Chicken: Eco-Mysteries introduces a bold new series of vertical animated shorts- two-minute, cliffhanger episodes designed for how kids watch today. Eco-Mysteries is among the first serialized animated mystery series designed specifically as vertical, mobile-first episodes with […]

Future Chicken was born at ClearWater Farm — a not-for-profit regenerative agriculture organization in Georgina, Ontario, committed to building stronger local food systems and investing in the next generation of farmers. This month, that work received national recognition: ClearWater Farm has been honoured with the ECO Canada ECO IMPACT Award in the Community Impact category. The ECO IMPACT Awards […]

In March, the weather is changeable. It’s warm one day, cold the next, and damp or dry by turns. That makes it the perfect time to get outside and do some science! You don’t need any special materials. Just go out walking with your kids in different weather conditions and talk about what you notice […]

In Pakistan, children are feeling the effects of climate change firsthand. Many were displaced by flooding in 2025; others live in cities choked by air pollution. These are the children who most need to bridge the “hope gap” and know that they are not helpless. 

February 25, 2026 The world agrees: Future Chicken represents an idea whose time has come.  At the 2026 Kidscreen Summit — the world’s leading international conference on the business of kids’ entertainment — Future Chicken was named one of the top five properties with the best untapped potential for licensing. Jill Hotchkiss and Gregory Little […]

If you know a kid aged 6–9, chances are you know Chickadee: the hands-on magazine packed with puzzles, crafts, animal features, stories, and simple science experiments. What you might not know is that Future Chicken appears in every issue. In her very own Future Chicken Corner, she shares fun, easy-to-do activities to get kids engaged with […]

This eco-mission, should you choose to accept it, involves recruiting your kids.  Open the fridge. Find one ingredient that’s about to go bad. Then challenge your kids to invent a creative way to use it in a snack or a meal. Maybe it will be become a smoothie. Maybe a soup. Maybe something entirely new. […]