THIS QUARTER AT TREBEK

Animals often register changes in their surroundings before we can see them ourselves. Their behaviour can reveal how a changing environment is reshaping the places they depend on.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • What wildlife is revealing about a changing environment

  • Ryan Tidman documents why black bears need old-growth forests for winter

  • Rhiannon Kirton builds on cervid research to advance grassland stewardship


ISSUE 9 · SEPT 2026

TREBEK LEARNS FROM WILDLIFE

Fire can renew a forest or change its future entirely. Trebek Grantees are uncovering what burning, regrowth and traces of the past reveal about these landscapes.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Ellen Whitman on where forests struggle to regenerate after fire

  • T.J. Watt’s efforts to prevent forest loss through protected areas

  • Meet the 2026 Trebek Grantees


ISSUE 8 · JUNE 2026

TREBEK READS THE FOREST

The North is changing quickly, but not always in ways we can see. New discoveries reveal what is shifting above the treeline, beneath the thawing ground, and within northern communities.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Taylor Roades documents ancient artifacts emerging from Yukon ice

  • Kira Hoffman’s work to expand Indigenous-led fire stewardship

  • Trebek Grantees earn new awards and recognition


ISSUE 7 · MARCH 2026

TREBEK MONITORS THE NORTH

For five years, Trebek has backed explorers pursuing ambitious ideas throughout Canada. Revisit the people and projects that shaped its first 50 grants, and discover where their work is leading next.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Trebek celebrates five years and fifty projects

  • A bird’s-eye view of Trebek’s first 50 projects

  • Meet Trebek’s newest Grantees


ISSUE 6 · DECEMBER 2025

TREBEK FUNDS FIRST FIFTY

Some of Canada’s most powerful carbon stores lie hidden along its coasts. Trebek Grantees are revealing their importance, while AI is changing how fisheries are monitored.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Discovering carbon hidden beneath the waves

  • Alexander Dungate scales AI for sustainable fisheries monitoring

  • Trebek Grantees illuminate issues through film


ISSUE 5 · SEPTEMBER 2025

TREBEK CAPTURES CARBON

A fish’s journey can connect distant rivers, lakes and oceans. Following those movements reveals the pressures aquatic species encounter along the way and the people working to understand them.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • What fish can tell us about changing waters

  • Andrew Budziak expands citizen science, lake by lake

  • Meet the 2025 Trebek Grantees


ISSUE 4 · JUNE 2025

TREBEK FOLLOWS THE FISH

Winter conceals worlds we rarely get to see. Beneath lake ice and within frozen landscapes, Trebek Grantees are finding clues to how these environments work and how they are changing.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • What lies beneath the ice of Canada’s frozen lakes

  • Christian Stenner and Jessica Houston take exploration to extremes

  • Inside the winter world of St. Lawrence belugas with Camille Martel


ISSUE 3 · MARCH 2025

TREBEK TRACKS THE ICE

Wildlife rarely follows the boundaries drawn on a map. These stories trace the habitats and connections animals depend on for movement and survival.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Trebek Grantees trace the connections wildlife depend on

  • Pacific salmon cross borders. Sara Cannon examines how they’re managed

  • Completed project stories from Ryan Eagleson and Brian Timmer


ISSUE 2 · DECEMBER 2024

TREBEK CONNECTS THE WILD

Fire can transform a landscape, but destruction is only part of its story. Trebek Grantees are studying what happens after wildfire and how cultural burning is bringing traditional fire knowledge back to the land.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Trebek Grantees take on the challenge of wildfire

  • Field stories from Jessica Houston and Andrew Budziak

  • Trebek’s impact by the numbers

ISSUE 1 · SEPTEMBER 2024

TREBEK COMBATS WILDFIRES

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