Shared Resources
The parks and protected areas community has a long history of collaboration: the Canadian Parks Council (CPC) was formed in 1962 as a space for federal, provincial, and territorial park agency leaders to share ideas and innovate together. CPPCL is a platform to further this culture of sharing and expand it to the valued non-profit, Indigenous, academic, and community partners who do leading work in area-based conservation.
Shared resources are publicly accessible and searchable.
Webinar Series
CPPCL hosts a free 60-minute webinar on the first Thursday of every month. Overall themes range from leadership to management, conservation to connection. We also welcome suggestions for topics and are always open to co-host webinars with partners in the Canadian parks and protected areas community.
Resource Pages
Resources are curated into a series of resource pages and sorted into themes of conserve, connect, manage, lead, and collaborate in reflection of Parks for All: An Action Planner for Canada’s Parks Community.
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- Connect
- Lead
- Manage
- Collaborate
Knowledge Base
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Conserve
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Connect
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Lead
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Manage
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Collaborate
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Biodiversity
- Assessing Evidence for Conservation Strategies
- Biodiversity and Biosphere Regions - from a globally complex problem to local action and everywhere in between
- CCIUCN Webinar on Synthetic Biology (Recording)
- COP15 and the Biodiversity Framework
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology: eBird App
- Key Biodiversity Areas Programme
- Nature Talks Podcast
- Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) on Managed Forest in Canada
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Connectivity
- Ecological Corridors and Networks: Key Ingredients for Enduring Conservation
- Habitat selection and space use of the American marten: implications for the functional connectivity of the landscape surrounding Forillon National Park
- Limiting landscape fragmentation and promoting connectivity - An analysis using the meff metric and BACI study design
- Parks Stewardship Forum: Boundary Thinking Transformed
- Webinar: Towards a More (Re)Connected Canada
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Ecological Integrity
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Invasive Species
- Canadian National White Nose-Syndrome Decontamination Protocol
- Forest cover threatened by the trio of emerald ash borer <i>(Agrilus planipennis)</i>, beaver and buckthorn in Plaisance National Park
- The case of the common reed <i>(Phragmites communis)</i> on the banks of Grand lac Saint-François in Frontenac National Park
- The Fight Against Invasive Alien Species in Québec’s National Parks
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Pathway to Target One
- Canada and aichi biodiversity target 11: Understanding ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ in the context of the broader target.
- Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership: Supporting Indigenous-led Conservation
- Pathway to Canada Target 1: Embodying Reconciliation in a National Level Policy Process
- Scott Duguid, Executive Director, Alberta Land Use Secretariat, “Collaboration and Relationship Building in Pathway to Canada Target 1”
- Webinar: Integrating Ecosystem Services
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Restoration
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Species at Risk
- Atlantic Park Salmon Recovery
- BatCaver.org
- Bumble Bee Community Science: Ready to Bumble?
- Conservation Planning For Native Bumble Bees Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios
- Ecology and Distribution of Eastern Waterfan (Peltigera Hydrothyria) in Atlantic Canada
- How Does the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus Survive In Canada?
- Modélisation multi-agent de la navigation de plaisance visant à réduire les impacts envers les bélugas du St. Laurent
- Study of the Spatial Dynamics of Belugas in the Estuary of St. Lawrence in a Population Conservation Context
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Human Wildlife Conflict Prevention
- Human-Animal Interactions in a British Columbia Provincial Park: "It's a People Problem, Not a Goat Problem"
- Managing Human Use In Canada's National Parks - Defining a Way Forward
- Talking Trash - Challenging Perspectives on Garbage in Parks
- Wildlife Viewing In Kananaskis Country: An Examination of 'Bear Jams' in the Context of Tourist Satisfaction and Park Management
- Assisted migration as a climate change adaptation tactic: An evidence map and synthesis
- Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss
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Adaptation
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Nature Based Solutions
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Climate Change Management
- BC Climate Action Toolkit
- Best Practices for the Development of Climate-Integrated Protected Area Management Plans
- Climate-Informed Conservation Planning: Integrating Climate Refugia and Connectivity Into British Columbia's Network of Protected Areas
- Democratization of Spatial Planning for Conservation Under Climate Change
- Living Lab Program for Climate Change and Conservation - A Case Study Of Putting Research Into Practice
- Parks Canada Adaptation Framework (blog as resource)
- Putting Adaptation Solutions in the Hands of Northern Parks and Protected Areas Practitioners (Workshop Proceedings)
- Report of the Canadian Parks Council Climate Change Working Group
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Community Resilience
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Bioculturalism
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Preservation
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Indigenous Cultural Centres
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Historic and Heritage Sites
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BIPOC
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Gender
- content coming soon
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LGBTQ2S+
- content coming soon
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Children
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Infirm and Injured
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Persons with Disabilities
- Cahoots: Deaf Artists and Theatres Toolkit
- Exploring Barriers and Accessibility for Mobility-Related Disabilities in BC Parks
- Investigating Access to Natural Places for People with Disabilities
- Paradox Sports
- Tangled Art Talks: Disabled Artists
- Webinar: PARCOURS & the Journey Experience Model for Accessibility (JEMMA)
- Wheelchair Friendly Solutions
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Seniors
- content coming soon
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Youth
- Climate Grief, Youth, and Ecological Loss
- CPCIL Webinar on 2020 Canadian Parks Collective Opportunities (Recorded)
- Race and Urban Nature: Implications for the Parks System
- The Value of Strategic Mentorship in Park and Recreation Agencies
- Webinar: Supporting Young Professionals in Careers in Parks and Protected Areas
- Young Professionals Reflections
- Youth as Indicator Species
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Intersectional
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Benefits Beyond Boundaries
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Conservation Economics
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Ecological Economics
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Ecosystem Services
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Green Economy
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Healthy Parks Healthy People
- A Dialogue on Park and Recreational Facility Access, Quality, and Policy to Inform a Pan-Canadian Multi-Sectoral Population Health Study
- Child and Nature Alliance of Canada
- Connecting Canadians to Nature
- CPAWS Healthy Nature Healthy People: A Call to Put Nature Protection at the Heart of Canada's COVID-19 Recovery
- Health and wellbeing outcomes associated with visits to coastal protected areas: A regional case study in New Brunswick, Canada
- Natural Intelligence: Tapping Into Nature One Resident at a Time
- Outdoor Play Canada
- Parks for All/Des parcs pour tous
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Natural Capital
- content coming soon
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Valuation
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Arts and Music
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Citizen Science
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Communications and Media
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Cultural Interpretation
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Events
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Formal Education
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Information and Wayfinding
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Interpretation
- Natural Intelligence: Tapping Into Nature One Resident at a Time
- Recommendations For Increased Focus on Connecting People With Nature to Inspire Enhanced Action on Biodiversity Conservation
- The Role of Awareness and Engagement in Safeguarding the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area
- Trip Outcomes for Attendees of Park Interpretation Programs
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Recreation
- A Dialogue on Park and Recreational Facility Access, Quality, and Policy to Inform a Pan-Canadian Multi-Sectoral Population Health Study
- Brown Girl Outdoor World
- Influence of recreational activities on the spatial distribution of large mammals in Québec national parks
- Inspiring River Park Conservation: Does Recreation Experience Master? Observations from Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley
- Nature for All
- Paradox Sports
- Parks for All/Des parcs pour tous
- The Recreation Podcast
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Spirituality and Nature
- content coming soon
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Tourism
- Destination Canada - Marketing Tips and Tricks
- Destination Canada Tools - Resources and Explorer Quotient
- Destination Canada Tourism Research
- Environmental Communication in Tourism Settings: A Systematic Review In Progress
- Managing Human Use In Canada's National Parks - Defining a Way Forward
- Park Accessibility Evaluation Manual
- Travel Fears and Aspirations During COVID-19
- Webinar: Amenity Migration to Natural Areas - Crowding and Congestion in Banff
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Visitor Experience
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Volunteers
- content coming soon
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Consultation
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Alberta
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British Columbia
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Manitoba
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National
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New Brunswick
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Newfoundland & Labrador
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Northwest Territories
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Nova Scotia
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Nunavut
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Ontario
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Prince Edward Island
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Québec
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Saskatchewan
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Yukon
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Conservation Mental Health
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Equity, Diversity, Decolonization and Inclusion
- Alberta Parks Inclusion Plan
- Connecting Canadians to Nature
- Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, Inclusion
- Indigenous Languages and Land: Reconnection, Revitalization, and Reconciliation in Stewardship Strategies
- Park Accessibility Evaluation Manual
- Parks for All/Des parcs pour tous
- Race and Urban Nature: Implications for the Parks System
- Youth as Indicator Species
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Internal Communication
- content coming soon
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Recruitment and Retention
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Remote and Hybrid Work
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Staffing and Supervision
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Succession Planning
- content coming soon
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Training and Development
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Global Contexts
- A Mixed Methodology for Evaluating Use of Evidence in Conservation Planning
- Biodiversity and Biosphere Regions - from a globally complex problem to local action and everywhere in between
- Protecting 30% of Canada by 2030: How can we make this happen? What does it really mean?
- The Human Dimensions of Conservation in the Yellowstone to Yukon Region
- Webinar: CCIUCN - A Park Leaders Toolbox
- Webinar: Leveraging Parks for Transformative Change
- Webinar: World Conservation Congress Matters
- WildCAM: Camera Trapping Data Management for Improved Wildlife Monitoring
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Innovation
- content coming soon
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Intergenerational Work
- content coming soon
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Politics and Government
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Systems Thinking
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Uncertainty and Complexity
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Indigenous Knowledge
- Brady Highway, “Thundering Ahead: Campaign for Canada’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park”
- CPCIL Webinar: Speaking Histories about Parks and Protected Areas (Recorded)
- Dr. Leroy Littlebear – “Big Thinking and Rethinking: Blackfoot Metaphysics Working in the Wings, Reflections by a Blackfoot”
- Exploring Indigenous Engagement in Park Management: Leadership Case Study
- Governance Arrangements
- Indigenous Languages and Land: Reconnection, Revitalization, and Reconciliation in Stewardship Strategies
- Interplay and Cooperation in Conservation - Beyond Pacific Rim
- Ninna Piiksii - Mike Bruised Head, “Obtaining Indigenous Knowledge: Really Knowing From Place”
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Interdiscilplinary Research
- Alberta Parks’ Top 20 Policy and Research Questions – 2012 Workshop
- Scanning the Horizon - Emerging Issues for Parks and Protected Areas in Canada
- The ‘healthy parks–healthy people’ movement in Canada: progress, challenges, and an emerging knowledge and action agenda
- Webinar: Implementing Evidence-Based Decision Making
- Young Professionals Reflections
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Knowledge Mobilization
- Assessing Evidence for Conservation Strategies
- Canadian Mountain Podcast
- Horizon Scan Outcomes, Future Plans, and Discussion
- Knowledge Mobilization Infographic
- Parks Stewardship Forum: Boundary Thinking Transformed
- Putting Adaptation Solutions in the Hands of Northern Parks and Protected Areas Practitioners (Workshop Proceedings)
- Robert Grandjambe, “Observations from the Land: Insights from 27 Years of Trapping, Hunting and Fishing on the Alberta Landscape”
- The State of Parks-Related Knowledge Mobilization in Canada: Cases from Alberta, BC and Ontario
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Local Knowledge
- content coming soon
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Monitoring
- Calgary Captured: Monitoring Urban Wildlife
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology: eBird App
- Ecological and Conservation Monitoring for ECCC Protected Areas
- Webinar: Implementing Evidence-Based Decision Making
- Webinar: Stoney Cultural Monitoring of Bison Reintroduction in Mînî Rhpa Mâkoche (Banff)
- WildCAM: Camera Trapping Data Management for Improved Wildlife Monitoring
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Natural Science
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Professional Knowledge
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Remote Sensing
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Social Science
- A Mixed Methodology for Evaluating Use of Evidence in Conservation Planning
- Governance Arrangements
- Inspiring River Park Conservation: Does Recreation Experience Master? Observations from Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley
- The Human Dimensions of Conservation in the Yellowstone to Yukon Region
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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PAME (Protected Areas Management Effectiveness)
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Business Analytics
- content coming soon
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Financial Sustainability
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Leases and Dispositions
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Marketing
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Metrics and Quality Assurance
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Philanthropy
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Retail
- content coming soon
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Revenue Generation
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Service Standards
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Asset Management
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Cottages, Moorages, etc.
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Field Stations and Staff Accommodations
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Firewood
- content coming soon
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Green Infrastructure and Technology
- content coming soon
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New Technology
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Transportation
- content coming soon
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Utilities
- content coming soon
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Barriers & Accessibility
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Disaster Resilience
- Coastal Restoration of the Beach at Cap-Des-Rosiers, Forillon National Park
- The Construction of Disaster- Response Riverside Urban Ecological Security Pattern: the New Solution for Flood Monitoring and Defensive Restoration in the Rocky Mountains River Basin
- Webinar: Indigenous Use of Fire in Protected Areas
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Public Safety
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Enforcement
- Environmental Communication in Tourism Settings: A Systematic Review In Progress
- Inspiring River Park Conservation: Does Recreation Experience Master? Observations from Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley
- Investigating the Role of Attitudes, Worldview, Emotions, and Knowledge Gain Through Environmental Interpretation on Behavioural Intentions of Park Visitors
- Teaching Visitors How to Be 'Bison Wise' and 'Bear Aware': Best Practices and Lessons in Social Science for Behaviour Change
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Biospheres
- Advancing Biocultural Diversity in Protected Areas: Lessons From UNESCO Biosphere Reserves/Regions
- Biodiversity and Biosphere Regions - from a globally complex problem to local action and everywhere in between
- Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association
- Creating, Sustaining, and Improving Collaboration Across Canadian Biosphere Reserves
- The Manicouagan-Uapishka World Biosphere Reserve; where evidence-based conservation decision-making rhymes with exemplarity, innovation and solidarity
- Webinar: A 360 Degree View on the Man and the Biosphere Program in Canada
- Webinar: Biosphere Reserves - Striking a Balance
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Conserved Areas
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Dark Sky Preserve
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Historical Sites
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Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCA)
- Algonquin Aki Sibi Indigenous Protected Area Project
- Brady Highway, “Thundering Ahead: Campaign for Canada’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park”
- Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership: Supporting Indigenous-led Conservation
- Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas Video
- The Establishment of the Tahltan IPCAs Through the Tahltan Land Stewardship Planning Process
- Tracking Progress: The Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPACD)
- Webinar: CCIUCN - IPCAs & Indigenous Leadership in Conservation
- Webinar: The Indigenous Protected & Conserved Areas (IPCA) Knowledge Basket
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Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA)
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Land Trusts and Conservancies
- content coming soon
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Landscape Level Conservation
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Marine Protected Areas
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Migratory Bird Sanctuaries
- content coming soon
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National Parks
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National Wildlife Areas
- content coming soon
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Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECM)
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Private Protected Areas
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Protected Areas
- A Mixed Methodology for Evaluating Use of Evidence in Conservation Planning
- Advancing Biocultural Diversity in Protected Areas: Lessons From UNESCO Biosphere Reserves/Regions
- Dynamic landscapes: A call for stronger integration of the landform shaping processes in protected areas science and management
- Helping Canadians Establish and Manage Protected Ecological Areas: Forty Years of the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas
- Horizon Scan Outcomes, Future Plans, and Discussion
- Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) on Managed Forest in Canada
- Protected Planet
- Protecting 30% of Canada by 2030: How can we make this happen? What does it really mean?
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Provincial Parks
- content coming soon
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Regional Parks
- content coming soon
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Sacred Sites
- content coming soon
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Territorial Parks
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Urban Parks
- Calgary Captured: Monitoring Urban Wildlife
- Connecting Canadians to Nature
- Inspiring River Park Conservation: Does Recreation Experience Master? Observations from Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley
- National Urban Parks Strategy
- Near-Urban Nature Network in Southern Ontario
- Race and Urban Nature: Implications for the Parks System
- The Construction of Disaster- Response Riverside Urban Ecological Security Pattern: the New Solution for Flood Monitoring and Defensive Restoration in the Rocky Mountains River Basin
- Urban forms and green infrastructure – the implications for public health during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Wilderness Reserves
- content coming soon
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(Re)conciliation and Decolonization
- Brady Highway, “Thundering Ahead: Campaign for Canada’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park”
- Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership: Supporting Indigenous-led Conservation
- Indigenous Languages and Land: Reconnection, Revitalization, and Reconciliation in Stewardship Strategies
- Pathway to Canada Target 1: Embodying Reconciliation in a National Level Policy Process
- Webinar: Speaking Histories about Parks and Protected Areas
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Co-Management
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Ethical Space
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Harvesting
- content coming soon
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Weaving Knowledge Systems
- Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership: Supporting Indigenous-led Conservation
- Exploring Indigenous Engagement in Park Management: Leadership Case Study
- Systematic Conservation Planning In Tsay Keh Dene Territory: Incorporating Climate Change and Interweaving Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Webinar: Indigenous Use of Fire in Protected Areas
- Webinar: Moving Mountains to Braid Knowledge
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Community Partners
- Blurring the Boundaries: A Panel on Understanding, Valuing and Supporting the Ocean and Coastal Community Well-Being
- Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association
- Community-Based Biodiversity Monitoring in the Northwest Territories
- CPCIL Webinar on the BC Parks Licence Plate Program (Recording)
- Democratization of Spatial Planning for Conservation Under Climate Change
- Interplay and Cooperation in Conservation - Beyond Pacific Rim
- Partnership ToolKit
- Webinar: Leveraging Parks for Transformative Change
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Corporate Partnerships
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Indigenous Partnerships
- Aboriginal Peoples and Canada's Parks and Protected Areas (2007)
- Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association
- Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership: Supporting Indigenous-led Conservation
- Exploring Indigenous Engagement in Park Management: Leadership Case Study
- Indigenous Languages and Land: Reconnection, Revitalization, and Reconciliation in Stewardship Strategies
- Scott Duguid, Executive Director, Alberta Land Use Secretariat, “Collaboration and Relationship Building in Pathway to Canada Target 1”
- Systematic Conservation Planning In Tsay Keh Dene Territory: Incorporating Climate Change and Interweaving Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Towards Reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to Natural Scientists Working In Canadian Protected Areas
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Inter-jurisdictional Collaboration
- Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association
- Democratization of Spatial Planning for Conservation Under Climate Change
- Helping Canadians Establish and Manage Protected Ecological Areas: Forty Years of the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas
- Horizon Scan Outcomes, Future Plans, and Discussion
- National Park Service Collaboration Handbook
- Scott Duguid, Executive Director, Alberta Land Use Secretariat, “Collaboration and Relationship Building in Pathway to Canada Target 1”
- The Human Dimensions of Conservation in the Yellowstone to Yukon Region
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Municipal Relationships
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Non-profit Partnerships
- Brown Girl Outdoor World
- Bumble Bee Community Science: Ready to Bumble?
- Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association
- Child and Nature Alliance of Canada
- Guiding Principles & Best Practices for South Carolina Nonprofits
- Helping Canadians Establish and Manage Protected Ecological Areas: Forty Years of the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas
- Human-Animal Interactions in a British Columbia Provincial Park: "It's a People Problem, Not a Goat Problem"
- National Council of Nonprofits
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Academic Partners
eSummit Legacy Pages
The Parks and Protected Areas Research Network Research eSummit brings together Knowers (scholars/knowledge keepers), Doers (practitioners), and Learners (students, new hires) to share knowledge and build a network across the parks and protected areas field.
View previous years’ presentation recordings, abstracts, eMedia (posters), presenter information, and more! All sessions are offered with simultaneous French/English interpretation.
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