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Contents of this page:
· General environmental, demographic & geographic information
· News & periodicals
· Regions
~ Arctic & cryosphere
~ Pacific Canada
~ Great Bear Sea
~ Highway 3
· Provinces
~ British Columbia
~ Alberta
~ Manitoba
~ Ontario
~ Quebec
~ Nova Scotia
~ Newfoundland & Labrador
· Institutions
~ Associations & networks
~ Environmental NGOs
~ Research
~ Private sector
~ Grantmakers
· Environmental law & politics
· Climate change & energy
· Transboundary hazardous & toxic materials
· Marine environment
· Forests
· Protected areas
· Biodiversity
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General environmental, demographic & geographic information
Movement Map @ BC Council for International Cooperation (BCClC)
· "...presents the scope and scale of the work being done by organizations across Canada to achieve
the UN Sustainable Development Goals."
Atlas & map resources
Canada @ Google Earth
Canada's ocean, freshwater, and us interactive map @ Canadian Geographic Education
First Nation Profiles Interctive Map
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) in Canada
News & periodicals
Canada’s National Observer (CNO)
· "...an independent digital news outlet founded in 2015. We’re dedicated to reporting on the forces shaping
our shared future — climate, energy, politics, and social change.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Global News → Environment Canada
· Includes a wide range of Canadian journals on environmental topics.
Regions
~ Arctic & cryosphere ~
Canada site for UN International Year of Glaciers' Preservation
Permafrost, Atlas of Canada, 5th Edition
~ Pacific Canada ~
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
~ Great Bear Sea ~
~ Highway 3 ~
Provinces
· Listed by geography, west-to-east
British Columbia
BC Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat Coalition
BC Council for International Cooperation (BCClC)
Climate Solutions and Clean Growth Advisory Council
Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative
Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
Muskwa Kechika Management Area
Resilience & Climate Change: Adaptation potential for ecosystems and forest mangagement in SE BC
Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program
Veridian Ecological Consulting
Alberta
A Coal Policy for Alberta – 2022 and Beyond
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)
Alberta Land Institute @ University of Alberta
Alberta Wilderness Association
Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley
Bison Belong (Banff National Park)
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Climate @ Rocky Mountain Outlook
Manitoba
· "...a charitable non-government organization working to educate Manitobans about climate change [&]
facilitate climate change solutions"
Ontario
Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Northern Development, and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System
Quebec
Ministry of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Salmon Association
Newfoundland
Shorefast [Fogo Island]
A Home for Nature: Protected Areas Plan for the Island of Newfoundland
Environmental law & politics
Environmental law and practice in Canada: overview
Institutions
~ Federal government ~
Citizen Science Portal @ Government of Canada
Environment and natural resources
· The Canadian government's central guide to content on "weather, agriculture, wildlife, endergy,
natural resources, pollution, environmental protiection and fishing."
· Main listing of all federal government departments and agencies; those primarily focused on
environmental issues are listed below, but many others have environmental oversight and implications.
· "...the website of the federal, provincial and territorial working group on biodiversity. It profiles
biodiversity information, news and events. This website reflects the shared responsibility for
biodiversity in Canada and the commitment of federal, provincial and territorial governments
to achieve the goals and objectives of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
through a collaborative approach. This site also serves as Canada's national biodiversity
Clearing House Mechanism."
Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE)
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Environmental Protection Tribunal
National Program for Ecological Corridors
National Program for Ecological Corridors
~ Associations & networks ~
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
Canadian Organization for Tropical Education & Rainforest Conservation
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC)
Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC)
~ Environmental NGOs ~
· Topic-specific NGOs are listed in the sections below
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain
· 1981-1990; link is to archive page.
Corvus Centre for Conservation Policy
Friends of Canadian Wilderness
Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)
Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC)
~ Research ~
Environment @ Angus Reid Institute
Network in Canadian History & Environment (NICHE)
Sociologies & Economies of Migration
~ Private sector ~
~ Grantmakers ~
National Environmental Treasure (NET)
Transboundary hazardous & toxic materials
Canada-US agreement on transboundary movement of hazardous waste
Climate change & energy
Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act
· "...a charitable non-government organization working to educate Manitobans about climate change [&]
facilitate climate change solutions"
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)
Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
Marine environment
· learn about the plastic waste in our oceans, and take a pledge to reduce plastic consumption
Canadian Marine Environment Protection Society
· committed to creating marine reserves and conserve Canada’s oceans
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup @ Vancouver Aquarium
Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) [Canada]
Marine Animal Response Society (MARS)
Marine Biodiversity & Sustainability Learning Center
Freshwater
National Hydrology Research Centre
WT [Water Today]
Forests
Canadian Institute of Forestry
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Canadian Urban Forest Network (CUFN)
Land conservation & protected areas
Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts
Canadian Parks, Protected and Conserved Areas Leadership Collective (CPPCL)
Biodiversity
· Provides a range of official links to Canada's biodiversity conservation efforts.
Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution (CIEE)
Canadian Organization for Tropical Education & Rainforest Conservation
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CIEE)
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC)
Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership
National Environmental Treasure (NET)
National General Status Working Group (NGSWG)
Wild Species: The General Status of Species in Canada
Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)
"Canada has played a key leadership role in global environmental governance during specific periods since 1968, but has frequently faded from view or reversed direction as economic competiveness remained the central pillar of Canadian foreign policy. Canadian leadership on climate change and other environmental issues has proven inconsistent, torn between pressures for maximal resource extraction and the green agenda first advanced in the 1970s."