Media Releases Archive

Media Releases

Two narwhal crossing tusks at sunset near Baffin Island, Nunavut

Government of Canada must respect Inuit concerns, reject Mary River mine expansion

May 20, 2022

WWF-Canada welcomes the decision by the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) to respect community concerns, protect threatened wildlife and reject Baffinland’s proposed expansion of the Mary River Iron Mine. And we urge the Government of Canada to agree. NIRB chairperson Marjorie Kaviq Kaluraq warned that the expansion risked “significant...

Run to Restore Nature Caribou

WWF-Canada launches its first-ever Run to Restore Nature

February 23, 2022

Registration is now open for the first-ever WWF Run to Restore Nature — a fun, family-friendly event where participants from across the country can come together to meet their fitness and fundraising goals while supporting wildlife and nature here in Canada. Participants can walk, run, wheel, or even scoot from...

Arctic Atlantic Walrus Beluga Whales Bowhead Whales Caribou Narwhals Polar Bears

CanPAC: A new tool to conserve and protect the Canadian eastern Arctic

May 27, 2021

WWF-Canada released a new report today that shows how protected area networks can help marine life stay healthy and resilient despite a rapidly changing climate in the Canadian eastern Arctic. CanPAC (Canadian Arctic Marine Priority Areas for Conservation) highlights potential priority areas for conservation and is the first analysis...

People walking under a sundog in a wintry Taloyoak, NU

Arctic Beluga Whales Bowhead Whales Caribou Narwhals Polar Bears

Food sovereignty project in Taloyoak, NU nabs $451,000 prize

February 20, 2021

Most northern town on Canadian mainland wins Arctic Inspiration Prize for Niqihaqut, meaning “our food” in Inuktitut TALOYOAK, NU Feb. 20, 2021 On the coast of Aqviqtuuq, the Nunavut hamlet of Taloyoak is home to 1,100 residents and one $451,000 Arctic Inspiration Prize for their food sovereignty project. WWF-Canada is proud to have helped support the community in developing this prize-winning proposal as well as other ongoing environmental initiatives. Niqihaqut, which means “our food” in...

CN Tower Climb Oceans Caribou

The youth have risen, and so have we: WWF-Canada joins the Global Climate Strike

September 24, 2019

This Friday Sept. 27th, at the end of a week marked by the eye-opening UN Climate Action Summit and IPCC climate report on melting ice and rising seas, a Global Climate Strike is happening in 150 countries. There are protests planned across Canada, and WWF-Canada staff will be marching...

Less Salty Arctic Caribou

As Arctic melt accelerates, Canada moves to protect ‘The Last Ice Area’

August 1, 2019

Tuvaijuittuq is set to become one of the world’s biggest conservation areas