Carleton University Prof. Steven Cooke has been elected as a member of the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), which recognizes people who have made extraordinary contributions to understanding the diverse and vast geographical and natural … Read More
The United Nations’ (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development defines the formidable challenge of integrating historically separate economic, social, and environmental goals into a unified ‘plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity.’ The 2017 Global Environmental Change article entitled … Read More
In collaboration with Austin Gallagher from Beneath the Waves, Lab manager Jessica Taylor and PhD student Amanda Jeanson organized a hugely successful film festival this week at Carleton University. The festival was attended by over 100 people including members of … Read More
FECPL PhD students Andrew Rous and Jill Brooks attended an anniversary event at Queen’s Park this week. They displayed their fish telemetry research to Carleton alumni, faculty, donors and Provincial Members of Parliament. The event was part of the University’s … Read More
Our lab received over $1million in funding from CFI for fish telemetry and water quality equipment to study the Great Lakes. In fact, this is just the Carleton portion with an additional $6million going to our collabs at other universities … Read More
Cooke Lab participates in the Ocean Tracking Network annual meeting at Dalhousie University.
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On Friday September 29th, the Cooke Lab hosted the first (soon to be annual!) Cooke Lab Retreat at the beautiful Queen’s University Biological Station. 30 people, including current students, lab alumni, and long-time collaborators Julie Claussen and … Read More
Dr Cooke featured in Yale Environment 360 article…
“While there is no proof yet of a widespread problem, experts say it is often in researchers’ and equipment manufacturers’ interests to underreport abuse. Biologist Steven Cooke of Carleton University in Canada … Read More
Dr. Steven Cooke interviewed on the Outdoor Journal Radio station
Dr. Steven Cooke from the Cooke Lab at Carleton University offers his advice on bass fishing as Angelo prepares for the Berkley B1 pro bass tournament on Lake St Francis.… Read More
Swedish sport fishing magazine wrote a notice on Cooke study in Lakselva.
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Our lab celebrates our most recent grad students for defending their MSc and PhD theses (Sept 2023).
September 17, 2023 4:25 am
Lab members assembled at the inaugural SCAS meeting in Montreal in February of 2023.
February 27, 2023 11:01 pm
There were many team members (past and present) at the meeting. Dr. Cooke assumed the role of President of SCAS and will hold that position until the next SCAS meeting in February 2024 in Fredericton. 
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PhD student Jessica Robichaud discusses her turtle research with CBC Radio
November 11, 2022 10:09 pm
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-193-fresh-air/clip/15946967-what-turtles-ontario-winters… Read More
November 2, 2022 4:57 pm
The Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation and the FECPL at Carleton University are developing a research agenda on tipping points and cumulative effects in marine, terrestrial and freshwater systems and associated socio-economic systems. This research agenda will identify current knowledge … Read More
Dr. Cooke to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
September 19, 2022 4:23 pm
Dr. Cooke to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada at the Celebration of Excellence and Engagement in Calgary in November 2022. https://carleton.ca/biology/2022/dr-steve-cooke-elected-to-the-royal-society-of-canada/… Read More
