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Field Safety — Preparation – Online – May 2nd & May 9th, 2025

Online

This MicroCourse provides essential insights into safety protocols, risk assessment techniques, and actionable strategies to enhance your confidence and readiness, allowing you to focus fully on your research goals while staying safe. Split into two interactive sessions, the course includes a brief homework assignment for students to complete in their local area, reinforcing practical knowledge...

Avian Nest Sweeps and Monitoring Methods – Online – May 8th- 9th, 2025

Online

The two-day, fully online Avian Nest Sweeps and Monitoring Methods training program will train participants to perform efficient, effective, and ecologically responsible nest sweeps for breeding birds. After completing this course participants will understand the regulatory and environmental drivers behind this practice and be prepared to plan and conduct these specialized surveys.

Identification and Control Methods of Common Weeds in Western Canada – Online – May 6th, 2025

Online

In this course, we will cover the most common weed species found in Western Canada, including their identification. Accurate identification is crucial, as different control methods—ranging from chemical to mechanical—vary in effectiveness depending on the species. This course is ideal for professionals working in disturbed natural resource sites, land reclamation specialists, agriculturalists, and hobby gardeners.

Field Safety — Preparation – Online – May 2nd & May 9th, 2025

Online

This MicroCourse provides essential insights into safety protocols, risk assessment techniques, and actionable strategies to enhance your confidence and readiness, allowing you to focus fully on your research goals while staying safe. Split into two interactive sessions, the course includes a brief homework assignment for students to complete in their local area, reinforcing practical knowledge...

Fish Sampling Techniques in Lakes – Online – April 28th, 2025

Online

This MicroCourse will explore how to define your objective, assess fish distribution in lakes, and select sites and sampling techniques to effectively address your research question. Participants are expected to have a working knowledge of fish sampling techniques and lake properties. Fish Sampling Techniques in Lakes is designed for fisheries professionals working in environments where sampling procedures...

Wetland Knowledge Exchange April 2025 Webinar

Online

The Wetland Knowledge Exchange is the official newsletter, webinar series, and social media account of the CCLM Wetland Knowledge Portal (WKP). The Wetland Knowledge Exchange aims to amplify the voice of the WKP to help increase information sharing and foster collaboration amongst diverse stakeholders interested in wetland management, conservation and reclamation. Learn about new Canadian...

Water Quality Sampling in Lakes – Online – April 21, 2025

Online

This MicroCourse will explore how to define your objective, examine the physical and chemical characteristics of lakes and their interactions with the external environment, and discuss site selection and sampling techniques to effectively address your research question. Participants are expected to have a working knowledge of water quality and lake properties.

Mastering NatureCounts for Impact Assessment

Online

If you do Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada, NatureCounts is a free tool that should be in your toolbox! Birds Canada’s open data platform houses over 250 million bird records from across Canada. Those data are freely and easily available, and a perfect complement to traditional on-the-ground surveys. In this webinar, we will provide an introduction...

Free

Species at Risk – Online, April 15th – 16th, 2025

Online

Species at Risk is an applied, two-day, online with a student led field component course focusing on how to determine which species at risk are known to occur in a particular area, how to identify potential habitat opportunities, and how to assign a relative potential for that species to be present.