From June 2-5, the Ocean Tracking Network held its 4th annual symposium in Ottawa (outside of Halifax for the first time). The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) is a large, collaborative, interdisciplinary research network based at Dalhousie University that represents … Read More
On Saturday, June 6th, Cooke lab students Taylor Ward, Jacqueline Chapman, Jessica Taylor, Melissa Dick, Tyler Peat and Jake Brownscombe had the awesome opportunity to act as local fish experts during a “BioBlitz” – a 24-hour period where … Read More
This spring MSc candidate Robert Lennox traveled to Norway to meet with collaborators at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) for an annual meeting about the salmon care project initiated in 2012. The three year project is in its … Read More
M.Sc. candidate Daniel Struthers is in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, working on the Winnipeg River with Dr. Ana Silva and Maja Cvetkovic from the Cooke lab. Dan’s thesis is part of a large collaborative project with Manitoba Hydro, University of … Read More
Ph.D. candidate Jake Brownscombe travelled to Helsinki, Finland on April 22nd to attend a North Atlantic Recreational Fisheries Workshop and provide a Canadian perspective on recreational fisheries dynamics and issues.
Canada has numerous and diverse fisheries with great social and … Read More
Naomi Pleizier (M.Sc. candidate) recently returned from enjoying the Mangroves as Fish Habitat Symposium of the AFS Western Division meeting in sunny Mazatlán, Mexico. She presented her results of the effects of cortisol on the personality of checkered pufferfish to … Read More
Shannon Bower (graduate student) and Dr. Cooke recently returned from a 2 week trip to India. Along with Dr. Andy Danylchuk and other team members from the Mahseer Trust and Baobab Educational Adventures, and with financial support from the Fisheries … Read More
Dr. Cooke’s NSERC Discovery Grant on the “Ecology of stress in wild fish in a changing world” was successful and his Canada
Last week Maxime Veilleux, Tyler Peat, Andrew Rous, Vivian Nguyen, and Steve Cooke attended the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS) meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The meeting focused on the application of acoustic telemetry … Read More
Dr. Jon Midwood and Dr. Alex Wilson left for Silkeborg, Denmark this past weekend to continue an ongoing collaborative project with the Danish Institute of Aquatic Research. Previous projects have focused on the effects of stress and outmigration timing of … 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
