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Nature Restoration Forum: Rebuilding Canada

Join us at the Nature Restoration Forum: Rebuilding Canada hosted by WWF-Canada | By invitation only

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Overview

Event Overview

WWF-Canada is inviting select restoration practitioners, Indigenous representatives, researchers, government representatives, and partner organizations for an in-person day and a half of knowledge exchange, strategic reflection, and collaboration.

This event provides a platform for sharing key learnings, challenges, and opportunities in large scale nature restoration efforts across the country, while also strengthening connections and co-designing the future of Canada’s restoration network.

Date: October 29–30, 2025 (Full day on Oct. 29 and half-day on Oct. 30)
Location: Ottawa Marriott Hotel
Cost: The forum is free of charge and limited to invited participants

This participatory forum will offer a space for dialogue, reflection and strategic alignment in support of ecosystem restoration efforts across the country.

Forum purpose

The Nature Restoration Forum: Rebuilding Canada is designed to:

  • Share key learnings, challenges and opportunities in restoration.
  • Strengthen connections across regions and sectors.
  • Foster collaboration and peer learning.
  • Co-design a future restoration network that enables knowledge exchange and capacity; building through the Mission Restoration program.
  • Conduct a collective pulse check on Canada’s restoration landscape.

Who will be in the room

The forum will bring together participants representing four key groups:

  • Emerging practitioners: Organizations or individuals looking to start restoration initiatives and explore best practices for engaging in ecosystem recovery.
  • Active restoration groups: Organizations already implementing on-the-ground restoration efforts across Canada.
  • Sustainers and stewards: Groups or individuals focused on monitoring, impact assessment and supporting long-term sustainability and viability of restoration work.
  • Policy and research groups: Academics and government representatives advancing restoration research, frameworks and strategic implementation.

Getting these voices together is intended to encourage cross-pollination of ideas and experiences across the sector.

What we hope to achieve

  • A shared understanding of the current state of restoration in Canada.
  • Stronger relationships across communities, sectors and regions.
  • Actionable insights to guide future collaboration.
  • A co-designed foundation for an evolving and inclusive restoration network in Canada.

Event Registration Update – Join the Waitlist

Each participant must register individually.

A confirmation email will follow once your registration is complete.

If you are unable to attend and would like to suggest a colleague, please contact [email protected].

The Nature Restoration Forum has reached full capacity. If you would like to participate, please complete the waitlist form using the link below. We’ll reach out should any additional spots become available.

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Registration

The Nature Restoration Forum: Rebuilding Canada is by invitation only. If you have received an invitation, you can register using the link sent directly to your email or by clicking the registration button available on this website.

Each participant must register individually so we can confirm attendance.

If you have registered and are no longer able to attend, please contact us at [email protected].

Accommodation

The event will be held at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel. Our block of rooms have been sold out.

A block of rooms has been secured at a special rate for forum participants who want to book their accommodation on any date between October 27 and November 1, 2025.

Attendees are responsible for booking their own accommodation.