As nation building projects are rolled out, we know these projects will undoubtedly reshape landscapes and have significant impacts on habitat and wildlife. At this conference, we will be asking the wildlife community: 

How can good science ground clear policy and stronger decision making before harm occurs? 

How does your wokr challenge governments, regulators and decision makers to meaningfully egnage and actually use the best available evidence? 

How do you think the knowledge that you generate can move into the policy/planning and decision making realm? 

Join us in this discussion on how these ideas can produce the credible, actional sciene that decision makers have a responsibility to consider and incorporate into massive nationa building projects before harm occurs.

Logo Contest!

In the spirit of The Art of Conservation, TWS' 33rd annual conference theme for 2026, we invite you to share your talents with us to create our logo for our 2027 joint conference, Science, Policy, and Wildlife in an Era of Nation Building. 

The winner will receive a free conference registration, and runner ups will receive a free membership to OCTWS and CSTWS. Already a member? We'll apply your credit to your following years' membership. 

Get creative with us! 

Logo contest details & form

the location

What is not to love about Thunder Bay, Ontario?

1. Thunder Bay receives an average of 2,121 hours of sunlight in a year, making it the sunniest city in eastern Canada! 
2. Thunder Bay has it's own unique baked good - a cinnamon bun type of pastry with a light pink icing.
3. Kakabeka Falls, the second highest waterfall in Ontario and often called the "Niagara of the North". 
4. Lake Superior - with 82,000 square kilometers of surface area, this Great Lake alone contains 10% of the world's freshwater. It's deepest point is 406 metres! 
5. Sleeping Giant Provincial Park has the highest cliffs in Ontario - 290 metres above Lake Superior!