Media Releases

MONTREAL, June 28, 2018 — World Wildlife Fund Canada welcomed today’s announcement of the designation of Banc-des-Américains as a “double-protected” marine protected area (MPA) under both the federal Oceans Act and as an aquatic reserve in Quebec. The establishment of this MPA is the first project under an agreement...

TORONTO, June 21, 2018 – This week the House of Commons passed a newly updated Fisheries Act that positions Canada as a global leader in rebuilding fish populations and safeguarding fish habitat by protecting the flow of water.    Sigrid Kuehnemund, vice-president of ocean conservation for WWF-Canada, says: “Decades...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L., June 15, 2018 — World Wildlife Fund Canada is concerned after Fisheries and Oceans Canada ignored scientific evidence in its newly released plan for management of the northern cod stock. The 2018 catch limit for the 2J3KL Northern Cod Stewardship fishery is set at 9,500 metric...

Position Description The Coordinator, Outreach is responsible for key activities that support achieving WWF’s goal of connecting 1 in 10 Canadians more deeply with nature.  This role will provide a variety of essential project and logistical support that will enable effective program and project planning, execution and reporting in...

SASKATOON, May 25, 2018 – World Wildlife Fund Canada and the University of Saskatchewan invite media and the public to attend a panel discussion on May 28 at the University of Saskatchewan, where experts will discuss where and how new renewable energy projects should be deployed in the province. ...

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T., May 24, 2018 – World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) are honoured to announce that unparalleled conservation leader Grand Chief Herb Norwegian, 66, of Dehcho First Nations is the winner of the 2018 $10,000 Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize....

TORONTO, May 17, 2018 – This month and next, kids across Canada will hit the ground running for Kids’ Run for Nature, a series of 1 km, 3 km and 5 km fun runs and fundraising events in support of World Wildlife Fund Canada.   The community event was founded in 2015...

NORTHERN ALBERTA, May 17, 2018 – World Wildlife Fund Canada is thrilled to see one of Canada’s longest wild rivers protected from future development through the creation this week of new provincial parks in Alberta. WWF-Canada recently identified the Birch River as one of the country’s top 10 wild...

A new WWF-Canada guide designed to help mariners in the eastern Arctic identify and avoid marine mammals is being unveiled at a Canadian Marine Advisory Council meeting in Montreal today. With summer sea ice on the decline and industrial pressures increasing, shipping traffic in the Canadian Arctic has steadily...

Event Details The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, presented by Loblaw, is a joint conservation initiative between Ocean Wise and WWF-Canada. Since 1994, hundreds of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast to coast have rolled up their sleeves to remove over 1.2 million kilograms of litter, helping to make...