STORIES
IMPACT BEYOND THE FIELD
Explore Trebek Grantees’ films, articles, research, talks and more
FEATURED FILM
ALL TOO CLEAR
Yvonne Drebert
Beneath the clear waters of the Great Lakes, an unseen ecological transformation is underway.
All Too Clear combines stunning underwater cinematography and scientific research to reveal how invasive quagga mussels are reshaping one of the world's largest freshwater ecosystems.
"The Great Lakes have always been home, but exploring beneath the surface changed the way we saw them.
We witnessed invasive mussels quietly reshape an ecosystem that most people never get to see."
2022 Trebek Grantee - Yvonne Drebert
Beneath The Surface: Using ROVs To Reveal The
Impacts Of Quagga Mussels On The Great Lakes
Life Unearthed
Ariel Waldman
Four years ago, Ariel Waldman set out to document life in some of the most remote research stations on Earth. Life Unearthed follows her from microscopic wildlife to some of the planet’s most iconic animals, revealing how every ecosystem is part of something bigger.
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Scale of Change
Nick Hawkins
Wild Atlantic salmon depend on healthy rivers throughout a life cycle that can take them thousands of kilometres from their home waters. Scale of Change documents efforts to restore rivers and protect wild salmon, featuring cinematography by Trebek Grantee Nick Hawkins.
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FILMS
FEATURED ARTICLE | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC
The Magic in the Mud:
Isabelle Groc
Sandpipers’ Migration Superfood
The Fight to Save
Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic Salmon
Nick Hawkins
Atlantic salmon are disappearing from rivers in Atlantic Canada. Nick Hawkins follows the people working to restore this iconic species.
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Lifeblood: Fort Chipewyan’s
Relationship to Water
Relationship to Water
Sara Hylton
For generations, the people of Fort Chipewyan have lived in close relationship with the waters of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Sara Hylton documents those enduring connections.
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Muskoxen: Tundra’s
Ultimate Survivors
Ultimate Survivors
Susan Kutz
Muskoxen have survived in the Arctic for thousands of years. Susan Kutz explores what these ancient animals reveal about a changing North.
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ARTICLES
"Returning to the Milne Ice Shelf at such a critical moment allowed us to document the disappearance of the last epishelf lake in the Canadian Arctic.
Those observations are helping improve the models scientists use to understand a rapidly changing Arctic."
2021 Trebek Grantee - Anna Crawford
The Stability Of Canada’s Last Intact Ice Shelf
SCIENCE & RESEARCH
Journal of Experimental Biology
Zenon Czenze
Overheating Bat Boxes
Put Bats in Peril
Put Bats in Peril
Trebek Grantee Zenon Czenze and collaborators found that some bat boxes can reach dangerous temperatures during extreme heat events, putting the animals they are meant to protect at risk.
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Royal Museums Greenwich
Anna Crawford
Witnessing the Loss
of an Arctic Ecosystem
of an Arctic Ecosystem
Through field research at Milne Fiord, Trebek Grantee Anna Crawford documents how climate change is reshaping one of Canada's most fragile Arctic ecosystems.
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THIS QUARTER AT TREBEK
Trebek Reads the Forest
Understanding the forces
reshaping Canada’s forests.
Trebek Combats Wildfires
How fire, forests and the people studying them are changing together.
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Trebek Tracks the Ice
What changing ice reveals about life in a warming North.
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Trebek Follows the Fish
Following fish through changing waters, from rivers to the Great Lakes.
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TALKS & PODCASTS
Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants
Christian Stenner
Wild Caving
Join Trebek Grantee Christian Stenner as he explores the remarkable world of wild caves, sharing the challenges and discoveries that come with venturing beneath the Earth's surface.
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Can Geo Talks
Ryan Tidman
Picturing the Wild
Trebek Grantee Ryan Tidman shares his experiences photographing wildlife and the stories behind his images, offering a closer look at the natural world through his lens.
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