Media Releases

TORONTO, June 23, 2017 /CNW/ – A new native-species gardening program launches today, aimed to help Southern Ontario residents and businesses transform their properties into vital habitat for wildlife that once thrived in the ecologically unique Carolinian Zone. In the Zone, a collaboration of WWF-Canada and Carolinian Canada, will help restore lost habitat...

MONTREAL, June 21 2017 — WWF-Canada today launched eCapelin.ca, a citizen-science initiative to collect data on capelin spawning sites in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic Canada.   Capelin are small fish with an important role in the marine ecosystem as they feed large populations of predators such...

Position Description The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is a joint conservation initiative of the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF-Canada.  To celebrate Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation, we are hosting a community cleanup along the Ottawa River on Saturday, June 24.  WWF-Canada is looking for friendly, outgoing and enthusiastic volunteers to...

TORONTO, June 14, 2017 – Canada has jumped to fourth place globally in the 2017 Global Cleantech Innovation Index (GCII), scoring first for funding available and second for early entrepreneurship to improve three spots from the previous index in 2014. For cleantech-specific drivers, Canada scores high for the number...

OTTAWA, June 12, 2017 — The first-ever nationwide assessment of Canada’s freshwater resources found significant evidence of disruption to watersheds across the country as a result of human activities. The results, released today, lay bare the need for an ongoing, standardized national freshwater monitoring and reporting system in order...

HALIFAX, June 9 2017 — WWF-Canada welcomes the federal government’s World Oceans Day announcement that St. Anns Bank has been officially designated as a marine protected area (MPA) under the Oceans Act. It’s the third MPA announcement in less than a year as Canada works toward its goal of protecting...

OTTAWA, June 9, 2017 —  The findings of four years of research into the state of Canada’s watersheds will be shared at WWF-Canada’s Healthy Waters Summit in Ottawa on June 12.      Along with revealing Watershed Report findings, the summit brings leading freshwater voices from academia, Indigenous communities,...

OTTAWA, June 8, 2017 — The findings of four years of research into the state of Canada’s freshwater ecosystems will be shared at WWF-Canada’s Healthy Waters Summit in Ottawa on June 12.   This WWF-Canada summit will bring together stakeholders from Indigenous and other local communities, academia, governments and...

Position Description The Senior Manager, Communications is tasked to lead strategic communications activities within the WWF Arctic Programme, provide leadership for Arctic communications within the wider WWF Network, and coordinate WWF Arctic Programme communications with aspects of the WWF network, and with external partners. Key Responsibilities Lead Arctic-wide strategic...

VICTORIA, May 25, 2017 — WWF-Canada is encouraged by the federal government’s announcement of a new Area of Interest (AOI) for designation as an Oceans Act Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Pacific ocean west of Vancouver Island. However, the AOI would have greater conservation impact if it included...

MONTREAL — A new WWF-Canada guide designed to help mariners in the Hudson Strait identify and avoid marine mammals is being unveiled at a Canadian Coast Guard and Transport Canada meeting in Montreal today.   Decreasing summer sea ice has led to growing interest in Arctic shipping operations. Mining,...