As part of Science Literacy Week, members of the Cooke lab teamed up with the Beaverbrook Library in Ottawa to educate 25 school children about fish migration and how telemetry science can be used to study migration. Following a short … Read More
Dr. Cooke attends the IUCN World Conservation Congress ( the world’s largest and most inclusive environmental decision-making forum) in Hawaii to participate in several sessions related to inland fish and fisheries.… Read More
Dr. Cooke and lab manager Jessica Taylor attend the first ever Environmental Evidence meeting in Stockholm. While there, they also met with the MISTRA EviEM team at the Stockholm Environment Institute and represented the Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation and … Read More
Cooke Lab collaboration with OTN and Montana MacLean at Dalhousie yield media attention in the Vancouver Sun
“A new international study is raising serious questions about a lucrative catch-and-release sport fishery for threatened white sturgeon in the lower Fraser River.… Read More
Dr. Cooke interviewed by Chronicle of Higher Education about Zika virus and the rigour of rapid peer review.
“Quicker also doesn’t mean “easier” peer review, said Steven J. Cooke, a professor of environmental science and biology at Carleton University … Read More
Article on taxonomic bias in conservation research by Cooke Lab members and friends covered by Ottawa Citizen
“The group under lead author Michael Donaldson ran through data on 10,000 species and concludes: “We found extreme bias in conservation research effort … Read More
Dr. Cooke is part of Royal Society of Canada team that provided comments on proposed sustainable development strategy for the Government of Canada… Read More
Dr. Cooke attends the Society of Experimental Biology meeting in Brighton UK where he participates on Science with Impact panel discussion on biodiversity and delivers a seminar on experimental science and evidence-based conservation. He also co-organized a 3-day symposium on … Read More
The fish telemetry project in Hamilton Harbour made the local press this week in The Hamilton Spectator.
“If you hook a Hamilton Harbour walleye or largemouth bass with an antenna sprouting from its midsection, don’t be alarmed. It’s all … Read More
Dr. Cooke delivers presentation on technology in fisheries science and management at the Great Lakes Fishery Commission annual meeting in Ottawa. (June 2016)… Read More
March 1, 2026 3:47 pm
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March 1, 2026 3:43 pm
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The Cooke Lab (past and present) was well represented at the AFS Annual Meeting in San Antonio
August 18, 2025 11:59 am
Dr. Cooke delivered the plenary address for the Black Bass 2025 meeting and also facilitated a session on future-proofing black bass management. Students Joel Zhang, Raegan Davis, Luc LaRochelle and Justin Lombardo delivered presentations as did Cooke alum Drs. Morgan … Read More
July 3, 2025 12:31 pm
Dr. Steven Cooke and Dr. John Smol (Queen’s University) have published an article in the United Nations Today magazine highlighting threats to freshwater ecosystems.
“INTERNATIONAL BODIES NEED TO PUT FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS ON THE AGENDA”
Article is available below:
Cooke lab members attend the American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Honolulu!
November 22, 2024 4:37 pm
Several past and present Cooke lab members presented and enjoyed their time at the latest American Fisheries Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (August, 2024). A great experience connecting with and learning with colleagues …. we are looking forward to the … Read More
