Media Releases

The community-based event was founded in 2015 by Jasmine de Pencier and Jett Jardeleza-Toole, then aged 10, who were determined to protect Canada’s nature and wildlife. Since then, it has grown to include 27 runs from Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia and raised nearly $200,000 for WWF-Canada’s conservation...

HALIFAX, May 21, 2019 – World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) are pleased to recognize the outstanding conservation collaboration and accomplishments of Nova Scotia’s Raymond Plourde with the Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize. Thanks to decades of dedication, Plourde and a team...

VANCOUVER, May 10, 2019 — A coalition of six conservation groups commend the federal government’s new measures to support southern resident killer whale recovery. The measures are the boldest yet; greater whale-watching restrictions, expanded voluntary slow downs for international shipping and the creation of no-vessel zones in feeding areas....

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Cigarette butts have returned to the top of the Dirty Dozen list, with a staggering 560,432 cigarette butts found on Canadian shorelines in 2018. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup 2018 annual report has revealed the top 12 Dirty Dozen items found on shorelines around Canada. Findings...

TORONTO, May 8, 2019 — Just over one-third (37 per cent) of the world’s 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Nature. Of those found in North America, 73 per cent are in Canada. Dams and reservoirs are drastically reducing the...

Position Description The Senior Specialist, Editorial is an editorial expert that ensures WWF’s work is communicated across all platforms targeting appropriate audience segments. This involves leading the development of, or personally developing content for conservation programs and general communications for the organization. The role must ensure that all editorial...

MONTREAL, April 25, 2019 — World Wildlife Fund Canada commends the government’s move to ban oil and gas exploration, mining, dumping and bottom trawling in federal marine protected areas (MPAs), including in the newly designated Laurentian Channel. Today’s announcement at the Nature Champions Summit will ensure critical habitats remain uncompromised by damaging human activities.      In June 2017,...

  TORONTO, April 23, 2019 — Nominations are now open for the third-annual $10,000 Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize to honour the slain philanthropist and to reward a conservation hero who has made personal financial sacrifices.   About Glen Davis • Canadian businessman and philanthropist. • Leading supporter of...