Cooke Lab hosts the Ottawa River American Eel Stakeholder Workshop in partnership with the Ottawa Riverkeeper and the Canadian Wildlife Federation (Nov 2016)
Cooke Lab hosts the Ottawa River American Eel Stakeholder Workshop
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Science Transfer Committee meeting with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
Dr. Cooke, Vivian Nguyen (PhD student) and Caleigh Delle Palme (MSc student) attend the Science Transfer Committee meeting of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission in Erie, PA.… Read More
Dr. Cooke discusses video footage from Brewer Pond fish connectivity study
Dr. Cooke discusses video footage from Brewer Pond fish connectivity study collected by Carleton Undergrad Millen Tsegaye with CBC Ottawa (covered by radio, TV and web)… Read More
Dr. Cooke participates in workshop on the National Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan
Dr. Cooke participates in workshop on the National Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan in Ottawa organized by the Canadian Wildlife Federation. The session is led by Cooke Lab alum Dr. Nick Lapointe with many note takers from the Cooke Lab. Cooke … Read More
Dr. Steve Cooke was highlighted by Science Borealis as one of the 100 Voices for Canadian Science Communication
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.
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Cooke Lab hosts InFish workshop
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
Cooke Lab hosted Dr. David Philipp and Julie Claussen.
Cooke Lab hosted Dr. David Philipp and Julie Claussen from the Univ of Illinois and Fisheries Conservation Foundation. Dave spoke on his long-term research on nesting bass and angling while Julie spoke on Mahseer telemetry research in Bhutan… Read More
Science Literacy Week Fish Migration Event
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 in Hawaii
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
FECPL at the first ever Environmental Evidence meeting in Stockholm
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
Latest News
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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:
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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
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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
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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
