Upcoming Events and Workshops

The Environmental Sciences Training Institute is hosting backpack electrofishing certification training in Alberta and British Columbia for 2025. This one-and-a-half day course serves to certify participants in backpack electrofishing safety, fish handling methods, equipment, and fundamentals of electrical theory. Please contact efishing@esticanada.com with any questions or to book a custom delivery. Learn about the Efishing...

The purpose of this gathering is to tell stories, share knowledge, and explore ideas and solutions for improving grassland and rangeland health in the East Kootenay. This event will explore the related implications of changing grasslands in the East Kootenay for wildlife and livestock forage, vulnerable grassland-dependent species, Indigenous and regional food security, wildfire risk...

The Environmental Sciences Training Institute is hosting backpack electrofishing certification training in Alberta and British Columbia for 2025. This one-and-a-half day course serves to certify participants in backpack electrofishing safety, fish handling methods, equipment, and fundamentals of electrical theory. Please contact efishing@esticanada.com with any questions or to book a custom delivery. Learn about the Efishing...

The Environmental Sciences Training Institute is hosting backpack electrofishing certification training in Alberta and British Columbia for 2025. This one-and-a-half day course serves to certify participants in backpack electrofishing safety, fish handling methods, equipment, and fundamentals of electrical theory. Please contact efishing@esticanada.com with any questions or to book a custom delivery. Learn about the Efishing...

CNAR’s 18th Annual National Conference event is an event for those with an interest in Canadian regulation. The Conference welcomes proposals from all, including members, non-members, Partners, Suppliers, government agencies, academic institutions, and other organizations. CNAR 2025 Call for speakers Guidelines CNAR 2025 Speakers Proposal Application  

Data manipulation and visualization will provide students with the tools they need to effectively tidy, transform and visualize their data in R. This course will teach the theory behind tidy data, setting up a reproducible data pipeline, introduction in the tidyverse suite of packages, importing data, tidying data, transforming data, dealing with missing data, summary...

This four-day course introduces the purpose and application of the Riparian Areas Protection Regulation (RAPR), including the roles and responsibilities of government, proponents, and Qualified Environmental Professionals (QEPs). Participants learn how to conduct field assessments and follow reporting procedures, including electronic submission requirements. The course is intended for environmental consultants and professionals in related fields...

This four-day course introduces the purpose and application of the Riparian Areas Protection Regulation (RAPR), including the roles and responsibilities of government, proponents, and Qualified Environmental Professionals (QEPs). Participants learn how to conduct field assessments and follow reporting procedures, including electronic submission requirements. The course is intended for environmental consultants and professionals in related fields...

On October 21, 2025, Katerina Sofos is scheduled to present a webinar titled Road Impact Wetland Health Assessments in Northern British Columbia. This webinar is part of the Wetland Knowledge Exchange’s monthly series, which is intended to support information sharing and collaboration among individuals and organizations with an interest in wetland-related topics such as management, conservation,...

Save the date for October 29 and 30, 2025 to join hundreds of ESC professionals in Coquitlam, BC, for two full days of educational sessions, networking, hot breakfasts and lunches, an entertaining social mixer (Wednesday late afternoon), a keynote, plenary panels, and more.

GeoEnviroPro will share technical and regulatory updates on contaminated sites management, featuring input from government agencies, Canadian professionals, and international experts. The workshop is intended for consultants, industry professionals, students, researchers, and community groups. It will also include networking opportunities for early-career professionals through the Emerging Professional Initiative.