Dr. Cooke was recently honoured as a recipient of the prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship on behalf of the Natural Sciences and Research Council of Canada. This award is designed to highlight and facilitate achievements of university professors engaging in … Read More
The Bulletin of Marine Science is hosting an international symposium entitled “Fish at Night.” The purpose of the symposium is to stimulate the exchange of new knowledge, data, and ideas on behaviors, patterns, and processes, operating underwater, in darkness. See … 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
On February 2, 2015, Cooke Lab students Jacqueline Chapman and Melissa Dick accompanied Dr. Sara Iverson to represent the Ocean Tracking Network on Parliament Hill at an NSERC Science Kiosk. The theme of the event was “The Blue Economy: Ocean … Read More
Cooke lab students Robert Lennox, Daniel Struthers, Naomi Pleizier and Taylor Ward recently presented their research and experiences to undergraduate students during the “Science Lab Tour Week“. The aim of the presentations was to introduce undergraduate students to … Read More
The 68th annual Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR) was held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, ON from January 8th-11th.
This year, Dr. Cooke and Cooke Lab members helped to organize the conference that … Read More
Dr. Cooke was an invited speaker at the recent “Conservation Physiology” symposium at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in West Palm Beach, FL. The symposium ended with a lively round table on the “successes” in conservation physiology to … Read More
UBC Branchline Magazine has profiled some of the research conducted by M.Sc. graduate student Nicholas Burnett. The project is a collaboration between BC Hydro, local First Nations communities, the University of British Columbia, and Carleton University. To access the story, … 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
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
