Building Northern capacity to monitor wildlife health aims to protect seal, caribou and narwhal resources.
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) is partnering with the University of Calgary and the University of Prince Edward Island…
Discovery of Whirling Disease in Canada
Brook trout in Banff National Park first case of whirling disease in Canada In August 2016, Parks Canada employees noted…
Collin Letain joins CWHC Alberta
CWHC Alberta introduces Collin Letain as their team’s newest member Collin will join the CWHC’s Alberta Regional Center in the…
Monitoring Caribou Health Contributes to Conservation
Caribou are an iconic wildlife species of the Canada’s boreal forests and northern tundra. They play important roles in healthy…
Attracting the next generation to wildlife research!
On November 17th, 2015, the “NSERC – Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Host-Parasite Interactions (HPI) Training Program” held an…
Mind Controlling Parasite in Alberta!
Here in Canada we don’t often pay much attention to parasites. They are usually considered something you would get if…
Boreal Caribou Health Research Program
In northeastern British Columbia, the boreal ecotype of woodland caribou is red-listed due to declines in numbers and distribution. Infectious…
Passerine bird exposure to metal contaminants from oil sands mining in Northeastern Alberta
Christine M. Godwin, a Master’s student supervised by Drs. Robert Barclay and Judit Smits at the University of Calgary, studied…
Congratulations to Stefano Liccioli for successfully defending his PhD thesis
On Dec 17, 2014, Dr. Stefano Liccioli successfully defended his PhD thesis on “The transmission ecology of Echinococcus multilocularis in…
Arctic BioMap: A Community-specific Database to Track Wildlife Biodiversity, Disease, and Environmental Change
Arctic BioMap is a data platform being designed for citizen science/community-based Arctic change tracking program for assessment, research, management, and…