Stories and op-eds
More than minerals at stake in Ontario’s claim-staking boom
With a click of a mouse, mining interests have laid claim to more than 72,000 square kilometres of land in northern Ontario over the last five years.Constance O'Connor
Scouting for Sound in the Arctic Depths
Our Western Arctic team is tracking the performance of a new listening device – a “glider” that can roam beneath the water’s surface picking up sounds and other ocean state information.William Halliday
After burn: The new face of fire puts wildlife on the hot seat
How Canada’s wildlife is struggling to cope with the human-induced forcings of climate changeJustina Ray, Hilary Cooke
Reflecting on Canadian Mountain Network’s Knowledge Sharing Summit 2023
Cheyenne MacDonald, BSc, L'nua'tikete'w/Indigenous Relations Associate, reflects on September’s Canadian Mountain Network’s (3rd annual) Braiding Knowledge Sharing SummitCheyenne MacDonald
Why we all need a new plan for nature
The next decade is our last best chance to save biodiversity.
Connecting with Rivers: Reflections from Moose Cree Youth Ocean Skye Phillips
My name is Ocean Phillips. I’m a 20-year-old Moose Cree youth, living in Kapuskasing Ontario.
Making a Home in a Disturbed Landscape
Which species are winners or losers when mining stops?
Burning trees: not a good way to solve the climate crisis
Letter to Yukon News: re Biomass for Institutional HeatingDonald Reid, Hilary Cooke
Next steps for Canada: Developing a plan to end biodiversity loss
Helping steer 196 countries to arrive at a consensus agreement for “halting and reversing biodiversity loss” was no small accomplishment for Canadian representatives at the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) negotiations in Montreal this past December.Justina Ray
Big Boots to Fill
The remarkable WCS Canada career of Dr. Don ReidHilary Cooke, Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, Justina Ray
Worth the wait: Encountering bowhead whales in Canada’s Arctic
We arrived in Igloolik hoping to find community members with boats to hire to take us out to find bowhead whales.
A Bake Sale for Wildlife!
On a late summer afternoon in Whitehorse, Hilary Cooke was sorting through the mail not really looking for anything in particular, when she came across an interesting hand written letter.Hilary Cooke
The door to a better biodiversity future is now open
Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations produce a solid deal that lays the groundwork for more ambitious efforts to address the biodiversity crisis in Canada and around the world.Justina Ray
Ignoring Canada’s peatlands is a catastrophe in the making
Canada has one-quarter of the world’s peatlands within its borders, storing more carbon than the Amazon Rainforest.Storymaps
Northern Peatlands in Canada
This story map will take you on a journey through the northern peatlands of Canada and explain why they are so important for both climate, biodiversity, and people.
Caribou and mining
WCS Canada has developed an interactive story map that shows how we can track the cumulative disturbance from mineral exploration on the ranges of boreal caribou in Ontario.
