WCS Canada

 The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) first worked in Canada in the early 1900s and has had a permanent Canadian research presence since 1997.  Our current projects address serious problems facing key species and the ecosystems they inhabit across the country.  WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCS Canada), an affiliate of WCS International, was organized as a Canadian nonprofit corporation in 2004.

WCS Canada generates and shares knowledge and understanding about key wildlife species and their survival needs with conservation groups, resource agencies and governments. This science, developed through detailed field research, helps to guide decisions and planning for how to best protect both species and ecosystems. We work with partners and stakeholders to design, implement and support field projects that address major conservation issues, including assessment of the future survival needs of  species in the face of land-use changes and resource use, changes in the status and trends of  wildlife populations, and the design of conservation-based land use plans.  

Partners in Conservation

With generous support from The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, WCS Canada will expand and strengthen its science capacity in Northern Ontario and in the Yukon/Northern British Columbia, (Yukon/.B.C.). Using these funds, we will ensure that our increased scientific capacity leads to greater conservation accomplishment, the mentoring of young scientists, and the application of scientific results to help achieve long-term conservation goals. WCS will accomplish this by integrating the results of our conservation field science -- such as our work on caribou, Canada lynx, wolverine and freshwater fish to inform conservation-based land-use planning that will help ensure that ecological integrity is in place at each long-term site.

WCS Canada gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation: