
Dr. Cooke has been awarded the Robin L. Welcomme Fellowship at Michigan State University for 2019/2020 for his contributions to the development of responsible inland fisheries.


Dr. Cooke has been awarded the Robin L. Welcomme Fellowship at Michigan State University for 2019/2020 for his contributions to the development of responsible inland fisheries.
FECPL’s Andrea Reid & Dr. Cooke are two of the authors on a new publication about emerging threats to freshwater biodiversity. A recent Ottawa Citizen article covered this topic and included excerpts from interviews with Reid & Cooke. You can … Read More
Research conducted by PhD student William Twardek was covered in a recent article in the Idaho Statesman (Dec 2018).
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article222583830.html… Read More
Dr. Cooke attends the First International Mahseer Conference in Paro, Bhutan and delivers an invited presentation on recreational fisheries science (Dec 2018).
Dr. Cooke delivered the TD Walter Bean lecture on the state of inland fish and fisheries at the University of Waterloo on November 21st. You can watch the lecture here: https://livestream.com/
On Wednesday November 7th, 2018 approximately 50 people came together to celebrate the successes of year 1 of the NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant with Parks Canada, entitled “Science to support Parks Canada’s historic Rideau and Trent-Severn waterways to … Read More
Cooke Lab organized a session on enabling interdisciplinarity for the next generation on behalf of the Royal Society of Canada at the Canadian Science Policy Conference (Nov 2018)… Read More
Recent PhD graduate Dr. Robert Lennox awarded Governor General’s Medal in recognition of his PhD studies See: https://newsroom.carleton.ca/
With funding from NSERC’s Aboriginal Ambassador in the Natural Sciences and Engineering award and support from the Gingolx Village Government’s Education Department, Andrea Reid returned to Gingolx, B.C. to host a second Salmon Science Camp. Her work was featured on … Read More
This fall, FECPL’s boat electrofisher is being used for various projects and courses. Below, Moumen Youssef provides an overview of electrofishing.
Electrofishing is used as a scientific survey method to sample fish populations and determine a variety of factors including … Read More