Nature Canada

We're one of the oldest national nature conservation charities in Canada. 🌱 Join us to help Discover, Defend, and Restore nature!

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Nature Canada Reacts to PM Carney’s First List of “Projects of National Interests” 🗞️ Read more: https://t.co/qGKXsbswBy

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YouTube video: https://t.co/4xXqVqHwo7
Send a letter to your MP: https://t.co/ZIbTAkIzqH

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We sat down with our Policy Director, Akaash Maharaj, a couple weeks ago and in case you've missed what's happened, he fully breaks it down in our newest YouTube video. We've sent to all our partners and to all 343 MPs.

The government has since given an extension on the public comment period and now we need your help!

Please watch the full video on our YouTube channel and send a letter to let your MP know that Nature is NOT red tape! (Links in our bio and in the comments)

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Applications are now open for the Charles Labatiuk Scholarship!

This award was established through the legacy gift of Charles Labatiuk and the Charles Labatiuk Nature Endowment Fund. Charles Labatiuk was an avid nature conservationist, mountaineer, and world traveler who enjoyed and excelled as a photographer, writer, gardener, and pianist. These awards were introduced to honour his life and his passion for nature.

Learn more and apply now:
https://t.co/E4GdUSMtWk

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Submit your ocean photos for Ocean Week!

Nature Canada’s annual Nature Photo Contest is a celebration of the plants and animals, landscapes, and nature moments that bring us joy and happiness. Our hope is to encourage more Canadians to get outdoors and to connect with nearby nature. Canadian photographers across the country have submitted their artwork for a chance to win prizes and be featured in the Nature Canada 2027 Calendar.

Contest on now: https://t.co/f4aQaGBdpt

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From June 1-7, 2027, seniors across Canada will host community picnics, climate cafes, neighbourhood walk-and-talks, open mic storytelling, music events, intergenerational discussions, seniors climate town halls, climate talk pop-ups, storytelling corners, and many other kinds of opportunities, raising their voices for climate action.

Visit https://t.co/eszkz7xq93 to find an event near you!

@ClimateSeniors

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“The whole environmental community is feeling a little sad"

We thank Mr. Guilbeault for his extensive contributions to nature and to Canada’s natural heritage.
Mr. Guilbeault was entrusted with multiple senior portfolios, under two Prime Ministers. Throughout those tenures, he maintained a steadfast commitment to advancing the public interest, working for sustainable prosperity, and protecting Canadians’ rights to a healthy and livable environment.

In particular, his personal leadership helped bring the world to Canada under the Convention on Biological Diversity, and set Canada and the world towards protecting thirty percent of our lands and waters.

He is a true champion for nature and we can’t thank him enough for his service to nature and to Canada.

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Happy World Turtle Day! Did you know that Canada is home to eight native species of freshwater turtles and four species of marine turtles each vital to our ecosystems?

Turtles are highly active and frequently cross roads to nest from May through October, with nesting peaking in June. Reduce your speed on roads and keep a sharp eye out, especially near wetlands and in rural or suburban areas.

📸 Have some turtle shots you wanna share? Submit your nature photos in our #NCPhotoContest26 today!

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“Realm of the Salmon, Home of the Salmon”

Nature Canada applauds the historic announcement by the Wuikinuxv Nation, Nuxalk Nation, Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation, Heiltsuk Tribal Council, Gitxaala Nation and GITGA'AT FIRST NATION, Canada, and British Columbia to establish the Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon National Marine Conservation Area Reserve / Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area on the Central Coast of British Columbia.

Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon is a hybrid composite place name drawn from the Indigenous languages of the partner Nations, pronounced Me-ah-yall-twa Ha-lee-joh-gom hOH-own.

Full press release here: https://t.co/4LdSsteLVl

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Biodiversity is not something distant or abstract. It is a part of us, and we are a part of it. It provides the food we eat, the air we breathe, the climate that sustains us, and the medicines we rely on every day.

This is why the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2026 focuses on acting locally for global impact.

Understanding biodiversity is a first step. Looking closer at the world around us helps connect global goals with everyday realities, and shows that the systems sustaining life on Earth are all around us.

May 22 is International #BiodiversityDay is an invitation to learn, reflect and take part in a global effort to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

#UNBiodiversity #IDB2026

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"Their iconic flight call: the lilting po-ta-to-chip! that rises on the final note, perfectly timed with the upward bounce of their undulating flight. Each mated pair has its own variation, as if every couple has strong opinions about the best potato chip flavour. No wonder they’re squabbly."

Thank you to our guest blogger, Meredith Blunt from Bird Friendly Kitchener for this months calendar blog on the American Goldfinch. Read her blog and see more of her artwork here: https://t.co/GLKMvqexi0

Photo credit:
1. Hugues de Milleville - 2025 Nature Photo Contest
2 and 3. Meredith Blunt
4. Matt Lucas

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Canadians support faster environmental reviews. We need businesses to receive prompt decisions on industrial proposals.

But as the @Guardian reports, the federal government plans to accelerate its reviews not by increasing its own efficiencies, but by lowering public standards.

Its plans would create “Federal Economic Zones” where established nature protections would not apply, and they would empower Ministers to allow businesses to wipe out endangered species.

We can not build our economy by laying waste to our country.

📰 https://t.co/OcwlYCsaqj

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Happy World Bee Day! Today we're celebrating some common bees and lookalikes from Newfoundland and Labrador for our 2026 Nature Photo Contest Launch!

Enter now: https://t.co/f4aQaGBdpt

Thank you to our Nature Network Partner Nature Newfoundland and Labrador for this great NatureHood resource for identifying bees!

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Join Nature Canada's Work to Grow program - promoting equity in conservation jobs for racialized youth!

Nature Canada’s Work to Grow program connects racialized youth to jobs that promote and protect nature. We are looking for partners offering meaningful work for this generation of nature lovers.

If you are interested in applying for Work to Grow funding and hiring BIPOC youth to join your team we will be accepting applications until June 2nd. To learn more about the program and submit your application visit https://t.co/qcNDn4a4K7

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Some good Nature News to start your week!

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Applications are now open for the Charles Labatiuk Scholarship!

This award was established through the legacy gift of Charles Labatiuk and the Charles Labatiuk Nature Endowment Fund. Charles Labatiuk was an avid nature conservationist, mountaineer, and world traveler who enjoyed and excelled as a photographer, writer, gardener, and pianist. These awards were introduced to honour his life and his passion for nature.

Learn more and apply now:
https://t.co/E4GdUSMtWk

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The Work to Grow application portal is now live!

Nature Canada’s Work to Grow program connects racialized youth to jobs that promote and protect nature. We are looking for partners offering meaningful work for this generation of nature lovers.

If you are interested in applying for Work to Grow funding and hiring BIPOC youth to join your team we will be accepting applications between now and June 2nd. To learn more about the program and submit your application visit https://t.co/qcNDn4a4K7

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@elpie hehe we wanted some guesses! hint: 3 of 4 are ravens.

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Crow and Raven Appreciation Day!

If you’ve ever looked up at a large, ink-black bird perched on a fence and wondered, “Wait, is that a crow or a raven?” you aren't alone. These two species are the ultimate "look-alikes" of the avian world. Both are members of the Corvidae family (known as corvids), both are exceptionally intelligent, and both sport that iconic, iridescent black plumage.

Can you tell the difference? Let us know which of the following 4 pictures are a crow or raven!

Photo credits:
1. Nick Schwinghamer
2. Gerry Neville
3. Bert Minor
4. Leslie Banister

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Inspired by conversations that took place at last year's Nature On The Hill, our Nature Network partners, Friends of Wye Marsh worked with MP @adamchamb to table a petition asking for greater nature protection in Canada!

Thank you MP Chambers for tabling this petition on the importance of protecting nature!

#NatureOnTheHill

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Help save migratory birds on their way home this year by turning off your lights at night.

You can also print this post to help spread the word in your neighbourhood!