Watch Keepers of the Land on CBC Gem
After receiving awards and rave reviews at screenings and festivals across North America, the Keepers of the Land is now…
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A bright-spot for bear conservation
Doug (Muq’vas Glaw) Neasloss and Kyle Artelle are guests of Adam and Mendel on the Future Ecologies podcast. In this…
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Kitasoo Xai’xais Declares Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) a Marine Protected Area
The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation has declared a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay), a unique and…
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Help protect Spirit bears
The Kitasoo Xai’xais and Gitga’at Nations are proposing to close black bear hunting within their respective territories in a small…
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Our research and education vessel, Achiever
In 2021, Raincoast welcomed a new marine operations manager and Captain, Drew Grav-Graham, to the team. Having made the jump…
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Applied conservation science helps inform and empower local decision-making
Should a sockeye salmon enter a fishing net or be left in stream to feed the grizzlies with which the…
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DNA analysis of grizzly bears aligns with Indigenous languages
Along the central coast of what is now known as British Columbia, Gitga’at, Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk), Wuikinuxv, Nuxalk, and Kitasoo/Xai’xais First…
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Spatial alignment between grizzly bear genetic groups and Indigenous language families in coastal BC
In the landscape on the central coast of what is now known as British Columbia, genetic analyses have identified three…
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Research: Dietary differences among individuals with different genes and coat colours gives insight into the maintenance of the Spirit bears among black bear populations
A new study published by a team of researchers, led by Dr. Christina Service, provides insight into the mechanisms that…
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Research publication led by Dr. Christina Service honoured by the British Ecological Society
At Raincoast, our policy work and outreach are informed by the best available science. Often, that science is conducted by…
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Guardians of the Coast: The next generation of stewards
Youth all over the world are increasingly stepping up and voicing their concerns about the urgent need to address anthropogenic…
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The Coastal Clean Up
The Coastal Clean Up removed over 128 tonnes of garbage in the central coast of B.C. in August and September….
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New research shows rare Spirit bear needs more protection
Spirit bears are rarer than we thought and protection of their habitat is inadequate. New research has identified that the…
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Spirit bears are rarer and less protected than we thought
New research has identified that the small genetic change responsible for Spirit bears – a rare, white-coated form of black…
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New study published on Spirit bears
New research has identified that the small genetic change responsible for Spirit bears – a rare, white-coated form of black…
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Notes from the Great Bear
A grizzly bears strolls an estuary walled by granite cliffs down which countless waterfalls drop hundreds of feet, as if…
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Searching for sentinels at the top of the world
White on white is hard to see. It is especially difficult when what’s white is a mountain goat tucked into…
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BC Bear Day was a success!
BC Bear Day this past weekend was a grand success. We saw lots of kids, teddy bears in hand, residents…
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Co-existence a focus for this year’s BC Bear Day
A few years ago we began hosting an International Bear Day with Capilano University and the North Shore Black Bear…
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Great Bear Rainforest IMAX features our Nations
In February of this year a really big film hit theatres around the world. Three years in the making, the…
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Diversity of salmon species a necessary metric to understanding how bears feed
Christina Service, a Spirit Bear Research Foundation and Raincoast scientist and PhD candidate at the University of Victoria, led a…
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Meet the team of applied conservation scientists at the University of Victoria
Last year the Raincoast lab at UViC marked an important new milestone with the creation of the Raincoast Chair in…
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Update: closing in on securing the Nadeea tenure
The Vancouver launch of our One Shot for Coastal Carnivores show has been a great success. Hundreds of people visited…
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Notes from the (pre) field: “Caution – bear research in progress”
Heralded by the song of the varied thrush, April comes to an end and a renewed energy fills Raincoast’s Applied…
