Media coverage

Arctic Acoustics Program Lead Bill Halliday speaks to Scienceline outlining how noise from cruises is harming Arctic wildlife and what can be done to stop the noise

2025-01-16 | Scienceline

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada deployed and maintained two long-term migration monitors in the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area to better understand important habitats for migratory bat species, such as silver-haired bats.

2025-01-15 | Boundary Creek Times

Justina Ray outlines the urgent need for coordinated policy to protect biodiversity, commenting that “protecting the environment and combating climate change is not a luxury, and the more we let it go, the more expensive and challenging it will be to resolve.”

2025-01-13 | The Energy Mix

KBA Assessment and Outreach Coordinator Peter Soroye comments on BC's progress towards protecting 30 per cent of land and water by in the province by 2030

2025-01-10 | Vancouver Sun

Wolverine Conservation Scientist joins the Rarefied podcast to talk all things wolverines.

2024-12-19 | Rarefied

Stephen Insley and Bill Halliday from our Western Arctic program speak to CBC about the impact of deep sea ports in the Arctic on marine mammals

2024-12-19 | CBC

Whitehorse based conservation scientist Bill Halliday speaks to CBC about how marine mammals are impacted by vessel traffic and noise.

2024-12-17 | CBC

Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy lacks the urgency, clarity and specificity needed to protect the Arctic’s soundscape, writes Arctic Acoustics Program Lead Bill Halliday in Canada’s National Observer.

2024-12-12 | Canada's National Observer

Indigenous-led Conservation Specialist Christopher Addison spoke to CBC about the recent Memorandum of Understanding between Ross River Dena Council, and the Yukon and Canada governments, to explore a new IPCA in east-central Yukon.

2024-12-12 | CBC

A report produced by .Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, which has worked with the Ross River Dena on the issue for over a decade, states the region identified by the Ross River Dena has been identified for protection since the 1960s.

2024-12-10 | CBC

Northern Boreal Mountains Co-Director Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle comments for Vox on a recent study exploring how different degrees of warming, relative to the pre-industrial-era average, affect the portion of species globally that are at risk of going extinct.

2024-12-05 | Vox

Matt Scrafford outlines the reasons that wolverines in Alberta don't need to be killed to be studied for CTV.

2024-11-27 | CTV

Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle and Austin Zeller join CBC to discuss initial findings from our research into breeding bird populations in revegetated placer mines.

2024-11-22 | CBC

Matt Scrafford writes for the Edmonton Journal on the most effective ways to monitor wolverine populations.

2024-11-15 | Edmonton Journal

Philanthropist John McCutcheon will leave a legacy for freshwater conservation in Canada, with a gift of $20 million to be distributed to seven organizations, the largest private donation by an individual to freshwater conservation in Canada’s history.

2024-11-15 | NationTalk