Dr. Cooke discusses video footage from Brewer Pond fish connectivity study
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Dr. Cooke participates in workshop on the National Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan
Dr. Cooke participates in workshop on the National Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan in Ottawa organized by the Canadian Wildlife Federation. The session is led by Cooke Lab alum Dr. Nick Lapointe with many note takers from the Cooke Lab. Cooke … Read More
Dr. Steve Cooke was highlighted by Science Borealis as one of the 100 Voices for Canadian Science Communication
Dr. Cooke featured as one of the 100 influential science communicators in Canada by Science Borealis along with Chris Hatfield, Robert Bateman, Kirsty Duncan, Tom Spears, and Cooke Lab PDF alumnus Dr. Natalie Sopinka.
… Read MoreCooke Lab hosts InFish workshop
Cooke Lab hosted the InFish group for a 2-day workshop at Queen’s Biology Station with participants from Canada, UK, and the USA. The team considered how the Sustainable Development Goals are relevant to inland fisheries and bright spots in hydropower … Read More
Cooke Lab hosted Dr. David Philipp and Julie Claussen.
Cooke Lab hosted Dr. David Philipp and Julie Claussen from the Univ of Illinois and Fisheries Conservation Foundation. Dave spoke on his long-term research on nesting bass and angling while Julie spoke on Mahseer telemetry research in Bhutan… Read More
Science Literacy Week Fish Migration Event
As part of Science Literacy Week, members of the Cooke lab teamed up with the Beaverbrook Library in Ottawa to educate 25 school children about fish migration and how telemetry science can be used to study migration. Following a short … Read More
Dr. Cooke attends the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii
Dr. Cooke attends the IUCN World Conservation Congress ( the world’s largest and most inclusive environmental decision-making forum) in Hawaii to participate in several sessions related to inland fish and fisheries.… Read More
FECPL at the first ever Environmental Evidence meeting in Stockholm
Dr. Cooke and lab manager Jessica Taylor attend the first ever Environmental Evidence meeting in Stockholm. While there, they also met with the MISTRA EviEM team at the Stockholm Environment Institute and represented the Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation and … Read More
Cooke Lab collaboration yield media attention in the Vancouver Sun
Cooke Lab collaboration with OTN and Montana MacLean at Dalhousie yield media attention in the Vancouver Sun
“A new international study is raising serious questions about a lucrative catch-and-release sport fishery for threatened white sturgeon in the lower Fraser River.… Read More
The rigour of rapid peer review- Interview with Dr. Cooke
Dr. Cooke interviewed by Chronicle of Higher Education about Zika virus and the rigour of rapid peer review.
“Quicker also doesn’t mean “easier” peer review, said Steven J. Cooke, a professor of environmental science and biology at Carleton University … Read More