Media coverage
Inside the Fight for the Ring of Fire
WCS Canada Director of Forests, Peatlands, and Climate Change Dr. Lorna Harris weighs in on development in the Ring of Fire.
2024-10-03 | Maclean's
'Challenging' canoe trip helps local sisters connect with ancestors
Neemamo Mishkanan participant gives first hand account of her experience paddling hundreds of kilometres down two northern Ontario rivers.
2024-09-24 | Bradford Today
B.C. fish and wildlife programs are in ‘crisis’
Dr Cori Lausen, Director of Bat Conservation, outlines how challenges in government wildlife programs are impacting bat conservation on the ground.
2024-09-18 | The Narwhal
Bats are under threat from a deadly fungus. Here's how Alberta aims to mitigate the losses
Alberta Bat Program Coordinator Cory Olson comments on Alberta draft recovery plan for bat populations.
2024-09-16 | CBC
Helping B.C. bats one of 178 conservation projects funded
WCS Canada bat program project to prevent white-nose syndrome supported by Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.
2024-09-13 | The Abbotsford News
Wild Cam: Wolverine densities vary across Canadian boreal forest
Legal trapping is the primary source of death for wolverines in Alberta and Ontario, according to research by Matthew Scrafford for WCS Canada.
2024-09-10 | The Wildlife Society
Un décret d’urgence réclamé pour les caribous de la Gaspésie
The federal government should add the Mountain Caribou of the Gaspé to its emergency order to be implemented in Quebec, say caribou specialists and WCS Canada.
2024-08-08 | Radio-Canada
How can we save Canada’s peatlands?
What are some of the challenges facing Canadian peatlands, and what are scientists and policymakers doing about them? Find out on GLF Live with Lorna Harris, director of WCS Canada’s Forests, Peatlands and Climate Change Program.
2024-07-29 | Global Landscapes Forum
First Nation court action against Ontario could invalidate all mining claims in the province
More than 369,000 claims are currently active in Ontario representing 11.5 per cent of the area of the province, according to data from the Ministry of mines and Meg Southee with the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.
2024-07-16 | Globe and Mail
Millions of bats have died from this disease. Now it's been found in Alberta
WCS Canada, in partnerships with the Alberta government, universities, and other organizations, is working on developing a probiotic cocktail that could give bats improved resistance to the fungus.
2024-07-12 | CBC
New study looking at impacts of industry on lake sturgeon in northern Ontario
Study is part of partnership between Moose Cree First Nation and Wildlife Conservation Society
2024-07-02 | CBC
Canada’s Updated Critical Minerals List ‘Effectively Meaningless’, Critics Warn
WCS Canada President and Senior Scientist Justina Ray on the latest edition of Canada's priority list for the critical minerals.
2024-06-18 | The Energy Mix
Wolverine conservation on Superior Morning
Wolves, vehicles, and incidental trappings are putting wolverines at risk in Red Lake, Ontario. To find out more, we reached out to Matthew Scrafford. He's the Conservation Scientist at the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.
2024-05-17 | CBC
Rare moss designated key biodiversity area in Quttinirpaaq National Park
Canada’s northernmost park is home to pockets of a moss called “Porsild’s Bryum”, a “species at risk”
2024-04-29 | Nunavut News
Monitoring birds in reclaimed placer mine sites in the Yukon
A research project in the Yukon is using birds to signal health returning to reclaimed mine sites. Morgan Brown with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and the University of Alberta explains.
2024-04-03 | CBC
