STORIES
BEYOND THE FIELD
Exploration changes what we know. Stories change what we care about.
"How do you tell the story of an ecosystem that looks healthier than ever, even as it's quietly being transformed?
The Trebek Initiative gave us the opportunity to bring cameras beneath the surface and show how quagga mussels are
reshaping the Great Lakes in ways few people realize."
2022 Trebek Grantee - Yvonne Drebert
Beneath The Surface: Using ROVs To Reveal The
Impacts Of Quagga Mussels On The Great Lakes
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.
Stories from the field reaching audiences through film.
Four years ago, Ariel Waldman set out to document life in some of the most remote research stations on Earth.
Life Unearthed reveals how researchers are expanding our understanding of life in Earth's most extreme environments.
CORRIDORS: NATURES WAY
Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne
As the Arctic coastline shifts, northern communities are adapting.
Inuusivut Sapirnaqtuq (Our Life is Very Tough) follows Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne as she explores how science and Inuvialuit knowledge are coming together to understand and respond to coastal erosion in Tuktoyaktuk.
WATCH INUUSIVUT SAPIRNAQTUQ
Kateri Monticone
Wildlife depends on connected landscapes, yet those connections are disappearing.
Corridors: Nature's Way follows Trebek Grantee Kateri Monticone as she explores how ecological corridors are helping wildlife move, adapt and thrive in a changing world.
INUUSIVUT SAPIRNAQTUQ
FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES
LIFE UNEARTHED
Ariel Waldman
FEATURED ARTICLE | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC
Isabelle Groc
The Magic in the Mud:
Sandpipers’ Migration Superfood
Journalism and photography exploring Canada's changing landscapes and communities.
Atlantic salmon are disappearing from rivers across Atlantic Canada. Filmmaker Nick Hawkins follows the people working to restore one of the country's most iconic species.
Muskoxen have survived in the Arctic for thousands of years, but a changing climate is creating new challenges. Susan Kutz explores what these ancient animals reveal about the future of northern ecosystems.
For generations, the people of Fort Chipewyan have lived in close relationship with the waters of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Sara Hylton documents the stories and deep connections that continue to shape life in the community.
ARTICLES & FEATURES
LIFEBLOOD: FORT CHIPEWYAN’S RELATIONSHIP TO WATER
Susan Kutz
Sara Hylton
MUSKOXEN: TUNDRA’S ULTIMATE SURVIVORS
THE FIGHT TO SAVE ATLANTIC SALMON
Nick Hawkins
"Support from the Trebek Initiative made it possible to return to the Milne Ice Shelf at a critical moment.
Together, we documented the disappearance of the last epishelf lake in the Canadian Arctic and gathered observations that are advancing scientific understanding of a rapidly changing Arctic."
2021 Trebek Grantee - Anna Crawford
The Stability Of Canada’s Last Intact Ice Shelf
Research findings shared through journals, reports and scientific publications.
SCIENCE & RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Overheating Bat Boxes
Put Bats in Peril
ZENON CZENZE
Trebek Grantee Zenon Czenze and collaborators found that some bat boxes can reach dangerous temperatures during extreme heat events, creating risks for the animals they are designed to protect.
ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH
ANNA CRAWFORD
Witnessing the Loss
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
| WILDFIRES
ISSUE #1 | FALL 2024
How Indigenous fire stewardship, climate change, and research are changing Canada’s forests.
| ARCTIC CHANGE
ISSUE #3 | SPRING 2025
Melting glaciers and shifting sea ice are reshaping travel, research and daily life across the Arctic.
| FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
ISSUE #4 | SUMMER 2025
Invasive species, forestry, climate change and development are transforming lakes and rivers.
Explorers, scientists and storytellers sharing discoveries with audiences and classrooms across Canada.
LIVE PRESENTATIONS
EXPLORING BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS
Wild Caving
CHRISTIAN STENNER
Venture into some of the darkest and most unique places inside the Earth: Caves formed where glacier ice and volcanic heat interact, creating otherworldly environments that are both cold and hot at the same time. Christian Stenner has explored the largest and deepest of the world’s glaciovolcanic caves. Caves that tell us about volcanic activity and changing climate, the extreme microorganisms that can survive there, and how we might first find life on other planets.
CAN GEO TALKS
RYAN TIDMAN
Picturing the Wild
Wildlife photographer and filmmaker Ryan Tidman shares stories from a career spent documenting some of British Columbia's most remarkable ecosystems. From temperate rainforests and coastal waters to Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, his work combines scientific insight with visual storytelling to reveal the lives of wildlife and the landscapes they depend on.