Nature in Your Neighbourhood

REACTION: Nature Canada’s Celebrates New Agreement Between the Governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories

This follows earlier bilateral Nature Agreements between the federal government and the governments of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Yukon. This latest agreement will invest $7 million dollars this year, and up to $20 million over the next 10 years, in protecting nature in the Northwest Territories. In particular, it will support Indigenous-led conservation and […]

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Need a Simple Way to Destress? Stop and Notice Nature, Experts Say

An Edmonton researcher says simply noticing nature can boost your mood and help beat the winter blues. Read the CBC article → “When people notice nature, and not necessarily even just spend extra time, but just [notice] it, we know it enhances our positive emotions” — Holli-Anne Passmore, professor of psychology at Concordia University of […]

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Grace Under the Ice: The Resilience and Elegance of Harp Seals in the North

Thanks to the Aquatic Conservation Initiative for providing this month’s blog.  Distribution and Population Spread across the North Atlantic, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, into Baffin Bay, to the Greenland Sea, all the way to the White Sea of northern Russia lives the Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus). Residing in 3 main populations  – in the […]

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Cree Schools in Canada Join Forces With Schools in Brazil to Protect Shorebirds Who Call Both Places Home

Unceded Algonquin Territory — Ottawa, ON | February 3, 2025 Last fall, Nature Canada’s naturalist team visited the Cree Nation of Chisasibi, a community where they’ve been partnering with locals to monitor birds for several years. But this time they came to town for a different reason. Nature Canada has just launched a new project […]