Media Releases

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,...

Position Description WWF-Canada is looking for friendly, outgoing and enthusiastic volunteers to help us staff our Info Table and Photo Booth at the Fisherman’s Wharf Oceans Day event. Where: Fisherman’s Wharf 1 Dallas Road, Victoria, BC V8V 0B2 When: Sunday, June 11 10:30am – 4:30pm Committment: Preference will be...

TORONTO, May 23, 2017 – Hundreds of kids and their families will take to community parks this June to protect vital habitat and secure the future of wildlife in Canada by participating in Kids’ Run for Nature.   Founded in 2015 by Jasmine de Pencier and Jett Jardeleza-Toole when they were 10...

ACROSS CANADA, May 23, 2017 – In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is excited to partner with Environment and Climate Change Canada to encourage Canadians to “connect with nature” by leading 150 shoreline cleanups across the country on World Environment Day...

TORONTO, May 18, 2017 — WWF-Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) are honoured to announce that selfless conservation advocate Anne Sherrod, 70, of New Denver, B.C., is the winner of the inaugural $10,000 Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize for decades spent protecting the natural riches of...

Position Description WWF-Canada is seeking a dynamic Senior Manager, Direct Marketing to join the Community Giving team. The primary responsibility of this position is to develop, lead and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies to acquire, steward and retain donors for WWF-Canada through integrated direct response campaigns that achieve fundraising objectives....

Ottawa, Ontario – For the first time, there is video evidence of narwhals using their tusks to hit and stun fish prior to eating them.  In collaboration with the community of Pond Inlet and benefiting from Inuit Traditional Knowledge, this first-of-its kind footage was captured by Canadian scientists from...