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WILDLIFE
Adapting to changing environments.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
Comparing Historic And Current Cervid Population Estimates
Rhiannon Kirton • Shuswap Nation Territory, British Columbia • 2021
Deer, elk, and moose have long been part of life in Shuswap Nation territory, but many community members have noticed fewer animals on the land.
Working alongside the Shuswap Band, Rhiannon Kirton combined Traditional Ecological Knowledge with a network of trail cameras that captured more than 100,000 wildlife images, helping compare today's populations with the abundance described in historical records and community knowledge.
Ryan Tidman • British Columbia • 2022
Black bears on Vancouver Island depend on massive hollow old-growth trees for winter shelter, yet many of these natural dens are disappearing.
Ryan Tidman documented the relationship between bears and these centuries-old trees while working alongside bear biologist Helen Davis on efforts to develop artificial dens where natural den sites have been lost.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
Showcasing Wildlife Corridors In The Northeast
Kateri Monticone • Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick • 2022
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Wildlife corridors can determine whether a species has a path forward or a dead end.
Through the CORRIDORS documentary series created in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Kateri Monticone documented wildlife corridor initiatives reconnecting habitats across eastern Canada and the people working to keep those pathways open as species shift their ranges.
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
The Impacts Of Old-Growth Logging On Vancouver Island Black Bears
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
Direct Effects of Global Heating and Heat Waves on Temperate Zone Bats
Zenon Czenze • British Columbia • 2022
Extreme heat waves are creating new survival challenges for bats in British Columbia.
Zenon Czenze studied how extreme heat waves affect bat survival in some of British Columbia's hottest regions, work published in the Journal of Experimental Biology that helped identify how roost design, bat box placement, and habitat conditions can reduce the risks of overheating and dehydration as temperatures rise.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
Combatting Trace Element Deficiencies in Muskoxen in a Changing Arctic
Susan Kutz • Nunavut • 2023
Muskoxen are central to many Arctic Indigenous communities, providing food, income, and cultural connection, but climate change may be altering the nutrients these animals rely on to survive.
Susan Kutz investigated how deficiencies in trace elements such as selenium, copper, and zinc can affect reproduction, immune function, and long-term survival, while exploring whether these nutrients could serve as an early warning system for declining Arctic herds.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Beneath The Ice: A First Look At The Endangered St. Lawrence Beluga Whales In Their Winter Habitat
Camille Martel • St. Lawrence River • 2023
Winter transforms the St. Lawrence, but belugas remain.
For the first time, filmmaker Camille Martel documented endangered St. Lawrence belugas beneath the ice, providing a rare look at where these whales spend the winter and deepening understanding of the year-round habitats that support their survival. The documentary brought this little-known part of the belugas' life cycle to audiences across Quebec.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
ACTIVE PROJECTS
Walking with Caribou
Malkolm Boothroyd • Yukon • 2023
For generations, the Fortymile caribou herd was a shadow of its former abundance. Now, one of North America's great migrations is returning to the Yukon-Alaska borderlands. Working with Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in community members,
Malkolm Boothroyd is documenting how people are reconnecting with a recovering herd while climate change and new development have reshaped the landscape
Scott Parent • Lake Huron • 2024
Plastic pollution is increasingly turning up in the nests and stomachs of Great Lakes waterbirds, particularly colonial species such as cormorants.
Through his documentary Oiseaux, Scott Parent is tracing how debris moves from shorelines into freshwater food webs, using bird colonies as a window into the growing reach of plastic contamination.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Oiseaux - How Anthropogenic debris is be-fowling the Great Lakes and infiltrating the food web.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
Atlantic Salmon: The Fight to Survive
Nick Hawkins • Atlantic Canada, Quebec • 2024
Atlantic salmon travel from eastern Canadian rivers to feeding grounds off Greenland before attempting the long journey home.
Nick Hawkins is following that migration from birth to return, documenting the challenges salmon face in rivers and at sea, as well as the people and organizations, including the Atlantic Salmon Federation, working to help the species recover.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
-
Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Sara Cannon • Pacific Coast • 2024
Pacific salmon are navigating a growing web of pressures that extends far beyond the rivers where they spawn.
Working alongside the First Nations Fisheries Council and Indigenous partners, Sara Cannon is examining how climate change, aquaculture, habitat degradation, and other cumulative pressures affect salmon populations while generating evidence that can inform policy discussions, treaty negotiations, and Indigenous fishing rights throughout their migratory routes.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Southern Bears
Mitch Bowmile • James Bay • 2025
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
Along the coast of James Bay, polar bears are appearing in places where they were once far less common.
As shrinking sea ice keeps bears on land for longer periods, Mitch Bowmile is working with Cree communities in Eeyou Istchee to document how people and bears are adapting to coexistence at the southern edge of polar bear habitat.
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
Towards social justice and sustainability in Canadian salmon fisheries
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Shorebirds: Sentinels Of The Mudflats
Isabelle Groc • Pacific & Atlantic Flyways • 2024
Every tide brings new arrivals to Canada's mudflats. Following migratory shorebirds along both the Pacific and Atlantic flyways, Isabelle Groc documents the habitats that sustain journeys spanning thousands of kilometres, contrasting threatened stopover sites with regions where recovery efforts are gaining ground.
Her documentary Sandpipers' Last Supper highlights the surprising role of biofilm in fueling one of nature's great migrations.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
-
Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Investigating Wild Salmon Health in Relation to
Heat Stress from Logging
Robert Masaki Hechler • Coastal British Columbia • 2025
Salmon can experience heat stress long before signs of decline become visible.
Working with the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw Fisheries Group, Robert Masaki Hechler is investigating whether environmental RNA can detect stress in wild salmon without handling the fish directly, creating new opportunities to monitor the combined impacts of logging and warming waters on coastal watersheds.
Ryan Tidman • British Columbia • 2025
Fewer than 30 Vancouver Island marmots remained in the wild when efforts to save the species intensified.
Ryan Tidman's documentary follows one of North America's rarest mammals as it slowly returns to alpine habitats, documenting the decades of work by scientists, conservation practitioners, and Indigenous knowledge holders helping bring the species back to health.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
Open Video Library of Canadian Microorganisms
Ariel Waldman • Across Canada • 2025
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
Entire worlds can exist within a single drop of water. Ariel Waldman is documenting microorganisms from Canada and beyond to build a free video library for educators, researchers, and science communicators.
Her work is also reaching audiences across North America through the PBS series LIFE UNEARTHED, bringing the diversity of microscopic life to classrooms and museums.
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
Rise of the Marmot
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
Road to Recovery: Protecting Ontario’s Freshwater Turtles
From Car Strikes
Samantha Stephens • Ontario • 2025
For many freshwater turtles, a road crossing can become a life-or-death journey.
Samantha Stephens is documenting the dangers turtles face during nesting migrations while following the people working to rescue injured animals, reduce road mortality, and give threatened populations a better chance of recovery.
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Documented logging in Quatsino Sound linked to government mapping errors
Identified one of British Columbia’s largest Sitka spruce trees
Captured rare before-and-after imagery of old-growth forest loss
Recorded the scale and pace of clear-cutting across vulnerable ecosystems
-
Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
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Images supported public awareness campaigns across British Columbia
Work contributed to advocacy tied to the province’s 30x30 conservation commitment
Helped strengthen support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)
Photography continues to inform conservation planning and policy discussions
-
Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
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Ancient Forest Alliance advocacy and public awareness campaigns
Conservation financing work through the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation
Collaboration with Indigenous communities on new protected areas and IPCAs
Media distribution and exhibitions expanding national and international reach
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