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The Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society (CSTWS) is a professional organization that was founded in 2007, which aims to foster excellence in wildlife stewardship through science and education in Canada. The CSTWS is legally incorporated under the Incorporations Act of Canada and received charitable (not-for-profit) status in 2020. For more details, please view our incorporation bylaws.
The role of the CSTWS is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to have a positive impact on wildlife sustainability, through recognition as a trusted organization that promotes science-based management by an open and inclusive community of members.
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Photo: Mark Bradley
Sustainability:
CSTWS practices are founded on principles of sustainability for wildlife conservation and organizational management
Science-based:
CSTWS believes in ensuring a science-based approach to the management of wildlife and their habitats. Linking science to management is critically important to CSTWS.
Progressive:
CSTWS prides itself on being at the cutting edge of emerging science and management, thereby enabling CSTWS to play a leadership role in the evolution of public policy.
Committed:
CSTWS is persistent in pursuing proven concepts, policies and practices. CSTWS partners and collaborators have an implicit trust in CSTWS’s performance.
Collaborative:
CSTWS recognizes that a single interested party is rarely strong enough on its own to achieve all its objectives and that partnership and collaboration with others who share CSTWS interests are the keys to having an optimal impact.
Respectful:
CSTWS is respectful of historical and traditional knowledge and of a diversity of perspectives. It is respectful in its relationships believing that only by being respectful does an organization earn respect and trust.
Ethical:
CSTWS is ethically motivated in the manner in which it manages its own internal affairs and the way in which it manages its external relationships. CSTWS seeks to be a model of integrity both internally and externally.
Open and Transparent:
CSTWS is open and transparent about its intentions and its methods both internally and externally. CSTWS seeks and values the involvement of others with shared interests.
Optimistic:
CSTWS is an organization that believes that the best creative thought is generated from a place of optimism.
Non-partisan:
Irrespective of the political preferences or the vocations of its individual members, CSTWS exhibits a non-partisan approach in the conduct of its business and its relationships.
The Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society is affiliated with The Wildlife Society (TWS), which was founded in 1937, with a mission to "inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.” The Wildlife Society enhances members’ opportunities through networking and learning, professional and career development, and provides numerous ways for members to get more involved in creating a better future for wildlife and their habitats.
TWS has nearly 10,000 members, which includes:
The Society is comprised of four main levels
For more information, please visit https://wildlife.org/history-and-mission/
The Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society (CSTWS) was founded in 2007. In March 2019, the CSTWS became incorporated under the Incorporations Act of Canada. Our membership is comprised of approximately 350 professionals, academics, students, and other individuals with an interest in wildlife biology, research, conservation, and management. Currently, we have 5 Provincial chapters and 11 Student chapters in Canada. To learn more about the history of The Canadian Section and it's ties to The Wildlife Society, please consult the following link.
Canada's Ties to The Wildlife Society by Merlin Shoesmith
Region 1, 3, 4, 6
Region VII
University of Guelph Student Chapter
University of Regina Student Chapter
MacDonald College Student Chapter
Manitoba Provincial Chapter
University of New Brunswick Student Chapter
Acadia University Student Chapter
University of Western Ontario
TWS of Canada/ Société de la Faune du Canada
Alberta Provincial Chapter
Lethbridge Community College
University of Alberta Student Chapter
Lakehead University Student Chapter
Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society
University of Northern British Columbia Student Chapter
Université Laval Student Chapter
Ontario Provincial Chapter
British Columbia Provincial Chapter
Trent University Student Chapter
Saskatchewan Provincial Chapter
University of British Columbia (Okanagan) Student Chapter
University of British Columbia (Vancouver) Student Chapter
Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Chapter
University of Winnipeg Student Chapter
University of Victoria Student Chapter
Thompson Rivers University Student Chapter
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Québec
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British Columbia
Québec
Ontario
British Columbia
Ontario
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
British Columbia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Manitoba
British Columbia
British Columbia
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1946 to 1965
1966 to 1989
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1973 to CURRENT
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1989 to CURRENT
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2016 to CURRENT
2017 to CURRENT (Interim)
2017 to 2022
2018 to CURRENT
2019 to CURRENT (Interim)
2019 to CURRENT (Interim)
President
Glynnis Hood
Past-President
Kara MacAulay
Vice-President
Alex Beatty
Treasurer
Peter Hettinga
Secretary
Jonathan Wiens
Member at Large
Don Barnes
Member at Large
Bill Harrower
Canadian Representative to TWS Council
Al Arsenault
Executive Director – Julia Sutton
To receive contact information for any of the current Board members, please email: [email protected]