Dr. Cooke featured as one of the 100 influential science communicators in Canada by Science Borealis along with Chris Hatfield, Robert Bateman, Kirsty Duncan, Tom Spears, and Cooke Lab PDF alumnus Dr. Natalie Sopinka.
… Read More
Cooke Lab hosted the InFish group for a 2-day workshop at Queen’s Biology Station with participants from Canada, UK, and the USA. The team considered how the Sustainable Development Goals are relevant to inland fisheries and bright spots in hydropower … 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
This week Steve Cooke, Jacqueline Chapman and Melissa Dick attended the 8th Annual Workshop on Salmon Migrations, Climate Change, and Catch and Release Fisheries hosted by the Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Laboratory at the University of British Columbia. … Read More
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. 
… Read More
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
