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2025
Watch 2025’s National Webinar Series Recordings:
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Leveraging Behaviour Change Principles to Support Prevention of Invasive Species
- Ken Donnelly, President of Beyond Attitude
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On the Edge of Invasion
- Chase Guindon, Coordinator, PEI Invasive Species Council
- Chris Herc, Environmental Manager, Grand Council Treaty #3
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Invasives Management: New and Alternative Tools in the Toolbox
- Cheryl Post, Natural Environment Specialist, City of Toronto – Urban Forestry
- Paige Kuczmarski, Biocontrol Coordinator, Alberta Invasive Species Council
- Emilia Stepinski, Environmental Engineer and Geospatial Technical Lead, Ramboll
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Strategies to Prevent the Impact of Free-Range Domestic Cats
- Dr. Elizabeth Gow, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Sara H. Schweitzer, Ph.D, Assistant Chief of the Division of Wildlife Management within the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
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Invasive Wild Pigs: Collaborative Management Efforts in BC
- Meet the Speaker: Emily Lomas, Terrestrial Invasive Fauna Specialist, Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
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From Introduction to Eradication: The Murder Hornet Saga in the Pacific Northwest
- Meet the Speaker: Chris Looney, Entomologist, Washington State Department of Agriculture – Entomology Laboratory
2024
Watch 2024’s National Winter Webinar Series Recordings:
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Big problem, tiny pest: The hemlock woolly adelgid in Canada
- Chris MacQuarrie, Natural Resources Canada & Ron Neville, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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PlantWise: Preventing the Spread of Garden Invasives
- Gabby Nichols, Canadian Council on Invasive Species, Emma Nikkel, Invasive Species Council of BC, Vicki Simkovic, Ontario Invasive Plant Council, & Hughstin Grimshaw-Surette, Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council
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Promising new invasive species treatments based on genetic and microbial biotechnology
- Kurt Kowalski, Great Lakes Science Centre, U.S. Geological Survey
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Approaches to Engaging Youth Across Canada to Take Action and Protect Communities
- Fel Castañeda, Chirs Sullivan, and Emily Green, Canadian Council on Invasive Species
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Regional Approaches to Wild Pigs Prevention and Management Across Canada
- Hannah McKenzie, Wild Boar Program Specialist, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation & Brook Schryer, Invading Species Awareness Program, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
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Lessons learned from the Pacific Region: How climate change magnifies invasive species challenges and what we can do about it
- Dr. Elliott Parsons, Specialist, Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Network, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa
2024 Wildfires, Climate Change and Invasive Species Conference
Event Report Coming Soon!
** Conference Recordings are available to watch for all Invasive Canada members and conference attendees. For access please contact Chris Sullivan at chris@canadainvasives.ca**
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2023
Pathways to Change Conference
Recordings of the 2023 Horticulture Conference “Pathways to Change” are available to attendees and CCIS Members. Please reach out to chris@canadainvasives.ca for information and access to the recordings.
2023 Winter Webinar Series recordings coming soon!
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Horticulture Conference Report The Canadian Council on Invasive Species (CCIS) in partnership with the Ontario Invasive Plant Council (OIPC), hosted the National Horticulture and Invasive Species Conference on November 8 to 9, 2023. 2022
Climate Change Report June 7-8, 2022, Canada's 1st National Invasive Species and Climate Change Symposium was held virtually. Symposium report is coming soon, stay tuned! 
Webinar Recordings 2022 National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) webinars feature speakers from Canada and around the world discussing key invasive species emerging issues including indigenous persepectives, trade pathways, antartica ship traffic, climate change implications and more! 
Event Recordings On January 20th, 2022, Canada's 1st National Phragmites Conference was held to better understand the state and spread of "Canada's worst invasive plant". 2021
Webinar Recordings 2021 National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) webinar series features speakers from across Canada covering invasive species topics related to tourism, spotted lanternfly, phragmites, behaviour change, and invasive pigs. 2020
Webinar Recordings 2020 National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) webinars were the first series of NISAW webinars hosted by CCIS. This series features speakers from across Canada covering topics including the implementation of programs which prevent the spread of invasive species, including Play Clean Go, Clean Drain Dry, and Plant Wise. 
Presentations and Report January 2020, CCIS hosted a Community Science Workshop in Ottawa, bringing together various partners and key organizations to share lessons learned from current citizen science programs in Canada 
