Place-based, youth centred learning
The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards Program is an innovative science and leadership initiative delivering hands-on environmental education to Indigenous and…
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Restoring habitat, restoring connectivity in the Fraser River Estuary
In 2023, Raincoast continued to restore connectivity in the Fraser River Estuary by placing our second breach into the jetty…
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Canadian media: Where are they now?
The podcast production company Media Girlfriends has had an impressive three years! Led by journalists of colour Nana aba Duncan,…
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Purple Violet Waltz
Source: Purple Violet Fiddling Sheet music not available.
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Our wild dream: Wild salmon in wild rivers
By working towards ecosystem-based management goals for wild salmon, we ensure that all who depend on healthy wild salmon populations–local…
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Leaning into 2024
This is a time of year for messages of joy and resurgence. For people with Lyme disease and their families,…
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Conservation in the coast’s most at-risk forest type
After two successful forest acquisition campaigns in two years, Raincoast became a land trust in 2023. We currently co-own and…
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New book coming in spring!
I’m happy to say that I have a new book on the way with the fabulous team at Orca Book…
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The next generation of conservation scientists
Where will the conservation scientists, managers, and informed advocates of tomorrow come from? That’s a question we’ve been considering since…
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Fresh approaches to skepticism
The skeptic social movement has been a big part of my social and intellectual world. In a world full of…
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Loggieville Two Step
Source: Friendly Fiddling the Maritime Way Sheet music available here.
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More seasonal gratitudes!
A fellow client and Sagittarian dropped this sweet thank you note at the clinic today. Seasonal greetings and a Happy…
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The presents are wrapped
I am so happy to be back writing this post. I know I’ve been absent for a few weeks and…
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Holiday gratitudes
A lovely, courageous and grateful new mama dropped by the clinic today with a giant box of chocolates and this…
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Bridging science and ethics
Since 2022, we have been documenting the recolonization and recovery of wolves in a tributary of the Fraser River. Our…
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Care work is…
We can’t resonate more strongly with this poignant and realistic statement about care work, courtesy of the wonderful Radical Emprints….
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Why are we still masking?
Despite us being in peak respiratory virus season, with tons of the flu, colds, pneumonia, RSV and COVID flying around,…
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David Cory on The Nice Guys on Business Podcast
The folks at The Nice Guys on Business have been publishing podcasts since 2015. They have almost 1000 episodes and…
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Research points to delayed diagnosis for Black patients with Lyme disease
This recent study from Johns Hopkins University reveals that Black patients in their clinic and research studies received a diagnosis…
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Happy solstice and thank you, Richelle Osborne
When people come to our Westshore clinic (and Oak Bay) for the first time they often comment on the stunning…
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Meet Dr. Adam Warner, Raincoast’s new Conservation Genetics Scientist
Adam has joined our Cetacean Conservation Program to head up Raincoast’s new Conservation Genetics Lab. The lab is equipped with…
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Big Wool and Fast Fashion
Source: Big Wool wants you to believe it’s nice to animals and the environment. It’s not. This is an interesting…
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Our shared future
From their position at the apex of the natural world, large carnivores, such as wolves, bears, and cougars, play important…
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Feature | Government | Health
Lack of effective healthcare for Canadian Lyme patients and why they turn elsewhere
An article in BNN is once again shining a spotlight on the systemic dysfunction in the Canadian healthcare system in…
