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Connecting and Supporting Youth in Arctic Affairs
The Arctic Youth Network (AYN) is a global network of youth making change in the Arctic, focused on international cooperation and capacity-building.
Bluefin documentary to premiere in Toronto this month
Bluefin won the Wildlife Award at San Francisco’s International Ocean Film Festival.
Podcast: Caitlyn Vernon on the Great Bear Rainforest, the secret origin of Sierra Club BC & listening like an orca
The BC Sierra Club has been at the forefront of eco-activism for almost 50 years. Mark Leiren-Young talks to their campaigns director, Caitlyn Vernon, about protecting the whales, the oceans and her award-winning book about the Great Bear Rainforest.
Podcast: Alexandra Morton on wild salmon, sick salmon & the Sea Shepherd
Alexandra Morton (@alex4salmon) is one of Canada’s most famous eco-activists. The best-selling author’s fight to save the west coast’s wild salmon attracted the attention of the Sea Shepherd Society and launched Operation Virus Hunter – a mission to publicize Morton’s research into open sea salmon farms. Tune in if you care about oceans, orcas, salmon…
Podcast: Orca Update: SOS & RIP Sonic
When we set out to launch the Skaana podcast there were 83 Southern Resident orcas in the Salish Sea. Today there are 76. We’re losing matriarchs, we’re losing babies. The Center for Whale Research declared that J52, Sonic, was missing and presumed dead.The last images of Sonic showed that he was starving to death. Our latest…
Podcast: Moby Doll & Granny (The Hundred-Year-Old Whale)
The BC Maritime Museum launched a new series of “Nautical Nights” with Skaana host, Mark Leiren-Young, talking about the secret origins of The Killer Whale Who Changed the World and his documentary The-Hundred-Year-Old Whale which premieres this month at Planet in Focus in Toronto.
Podcast: Norway’s Whaling Ways: Sandefjord’s Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet)
Today Norway is one of only three whaling nations in the world, but the country’s whaling operations used to be worldwide. Dag Ingemar Børresen of Sandefjord’s Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet) on Norway’s whaling history and the market for Minke meat.
An Urban Wilderness Park in Halifax
Shared by Nature Conservancy of Canada.
New storybook inspires youth to care for Canadian waterways
Canada’s Great Water Adventure storybook features real Canadian waterways, and inspires youth through water education and volunteerism.
Heiltsuk Nation looks to build Indigenous Marine Response Centre
The Heiltsuk Nation is proposing plan to take a strong leadership role in oil spill prevention and response along BC’s Central Coast.
Wrong Times For the Right Whale
Why have the past few months been the deadliest in decades? By Ben Wagg Scientists are puzzled and looking for a solution as to why over 12 north atlanticAtlantic right whales have died in the past 2 months. A whale carcass was initially discovered in “west of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the south-central area of the…
Everybody needs a break! – Earth Rangers
Shared by: Earth Rangers on Nov 3, 2017 This has got to be our most relaxing video of all time: These peacefully sleeping animals don’t seem to have a care in the world. Lions and Sheep, Wolfs and Lambs – everyone needs their sleep! Are you having a stressful day? Trouble falling asleep? We guarantee that after…
Environmental Sustainability Report – University of Waterloo
From our old stomping grounds…. Each year, Waterloo publishes a summary of the actions that students, staff and faculty have taken across campus to reduce our environmental impact. From new research projects to student events to ongoing changes to policy and practice, it is inspiring to see the dedication and involvement of so many…
Heiltsuk Nation turns to courts a year after diesel spill and botched response
A full year after the Nathan E. Stewart tugboat spill near Bella Bella, BC, the Heiltsuk Nation is still dealing with the effects, and is now preparing a legal case against both the polluter, Kirby Corporation, and Canadian governments.
Canada and BC’s Coastal First Nations are working together to manage marine resources
Canada’s Federal Government and Coastal First Nations have agreed on a framework for working together in a collaborative and efficient way to govern and manage fisheries resources along BC’s North and Central Coast.
Canadian governments miss crucial deadline for caribou protection
National and international stakeholders call for immediate interim action to protect threatened boreal caribou.
An Up-Close Encounter with Bratatouille, a Bold Polar Bear in Churchill Manitoba – YouTube
Move click and drag on the video to see a 360 degree perspective.
New report assesses implications of UNDRIP on water governance in Canada
Canada’s plan to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will require substantial changes in how we make decisions affecting water.
