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Sacred Journey video series celebrates the resurgence of the Indigenous canoe
New online video project underlines the remarkable resurgence of the ocean-going canoe.
Skeena Nations prohibit recreational and sport fisheries due to salmon crisis
Eight First Nations along the Skeena River watershed are standing together to close the freshwater and marine recreational fisheries.
Canada announces efforts to protect its coasts and waterways
Canada announces new initiatives to enhance safety systems in coastal waters and measures to reduce the underwater noise impacting Southern Resident Killer Whales.
Healing a Hurt Land
The Haida Nation and Nature Conservancy of Canada partner to protect culturally and ecologically significant lands on the Kumdis Estuary.
Canada hits a home run for biodiversity conservation
After Canada’s Federal Government commits biodiversity conservation, it’s time for Ontario and other provinces and territories to follow suit.
Supercharge Your Purpose: Communications Training Webinars
Second Revolution Communications, along with the Sustainability Network, is pleased to host two upcoming webinars, for those with beginner to intermediate knowledge, that will build your organization’s marketing and communication capacity to maximize your public engagement and fundraising activities. Engineering Effective Events | Tues Feb 27 – 1-2:30pm ET In this webinar, you’ll learn how to turn…
Climate Change and Canadians: New Public Opinion Research by EcoAnalytics
On February 14, 2018 (1-2 pm ET), Sustainability Network & EcoAnalytics will host a webinar about new climate action policies and how Canadians’ attitudes and beliefs change about climate. The webinar, presented by the Université de Montréal’s Dr. Erick Lachapelle and James Boothroyd of EcoAnalytics, evaluates these federal policies and the most powerful narrative frames to…
The Story of Building Ontario’s Bruce Trail
Toronto – The famous Bruce Trail, Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath, snakes its way all the way from Niagara’s wine country to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, at Tobermory. Stretching almost 900 kilometres, with roughly 400 kilometres of side trails, the trail offers magnificent hikes along forested cliffs and valleys of the Niagara Escarpment, a…
Bluefin documentary to premiere in Toronto this month
Bluefin won the Wildlife Award at San Francisco’s International Ocean Film Festival.
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.
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.
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.
New community based freshwater monitoring launches in Canada
World-leading Canadian environmental DNA technology will be used to fill freshwater data gaps.
First Nations respond as the 2017 fall grizzly trophy hunt opens
First Nations along BC’s North and Central Coast are reiterating their position against the Province’s bear trophy hunt as the grizzly hunting season opens for fall 2017.
