Media coverage

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF), with the BC Community Bat Program and Wildlife Conservation Society Canada’s Alberta Community Bat Program, have launched the national Bat-friendly Community Certification initiative to help communities conserve the endangered mammals.

2026-08-25 | The Hamilton Spectator

The Wildlife Conservation Society Canada is calling on people who consider themselves a shutterbug – or may have seen one.

2026-08-21 | Cabin Radio

This year marks the fourth annual Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) Canada Photo Contest, which aims to share the importance of Canada’s natural beauty, and the urgency to protect it.

2026-08-20 | Victoria Buzz

“The goal should be better decisions earlier, not weaker decisions faster,” Victoria Goodday, public policy specialist with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Canada, told The Energy Mix.

2026-08-06 | The Energy Mix

Director of Bat Conservation Cori Lausen outlines the conservation challenges created by federal funding timelines in Canada, in which key resources arrive after the season when species need help.

2026-07-25 | The Pointer

Many at last month’s meeting of the Maitland Valley Conservation Foundation expressed opposition to provincial plans to amalgamate Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities, into nine. Dr. Justina Ray made it clear that local decision making about environmental protections matter.

2026-07-23 | CTV

WCS Canada's Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle writes about the Yukon's 500-page land use plan, seven years in the making alongside the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Nation and the Yukon government, and what thoughtful, collaborative planning for people and nature can look like.

2026-07-03 | National Observer

Cori Lausen, director of bat conservation with WCS Canada and co-author of Bats of British Columbia, began studying bats two decades ago and has been an outspoken advocate for their protection.

2026-06-22 | The Tyee

Evidence of white-nose syndrome was found in three caves in the Rockies this year during surveys by the provincial government and Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.

2026-06-22 | CBC

Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle commends the Dawson Regional Planning Commission's Final Recommended Plan as a landmark achievement shaped by seven years of collaboration between the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and the Yukon government to protect ecosystems and cultural legacy.

2026-06-06 | Yukon News

Infrastructure to support development could disrupt peatlands, potentially increasing carbon release and wildfire risk. Peatlands in the Ring of Fire store around 550m tonnes of carbon - two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide if fully decomposed.

2026-05-25 | The Energy Mix

Justina Ray, president and senior scientist for Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, said it’s not clear how the proposed changes will maintain environmental protections or how they align with promises made by the Carney government in its new nature strategy.

2026-05-20 | The Tyee

As part of the Yukon South Beringia Priority Place Initiative, Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle at the WCS Canada helped map the current and future ranges of 66 important plant species in the southern regions of Beringia.

2026-05-11 | Canada's National Observer

WCS Canada President and Senior Scientist Justina Ray cautions that climate change and land use change are reshaping ecological systems in ways that influence how diseases emerge and spread, compounding the risks of illegal wildlife trade.

2026-05-09 | The Pointer

Hilary Cooke, a conservation ecologist with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada says more needs to be done for species at risk in the Yukon, even without any new legislation.

2026-05-08 | CBC News