About
The Canadian Council on Invasive Species (CCIS) hosted our first National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW), in May 2020, which featured a series of webinars and social media resources promoting Canadians to stop the spread of invasive species. Since then, this event has developed into two weeks each year promoting awareness and action on invasive species in winter and spring (respectively). Both events work collaboratively with organizations across Canada, by sharing important information to support invasive species management efforts in Canada, as well as to encourage people in Canada to take action to prevent the spread of invasive species.
- National Invasive Species Awareness Week (February/March) focuses on raising awareness on invasive species. CCIS hosts a webinar series to mark this event, find past webinar topics and recordings
- National Invasive Species Action Week (third week in May) is a social media-based event focusing on promoting action on invasive species issues to protect landscapes, waterways and communities in Canada. Find resources for this event below.
How to Participate: May 12-18, 2024
National Invasive Species Action Week takes place over social media from May 12-18, 2024. Spring NISAW focuses on promoting Canadians to “Take Action” through specific steps that stop the spread of invasive species. The CCIS will be providing a toolkit with themes, pre-made social posts, and other resources, to help groups across Canada promote this week in their province or territory, to raise awareness and promote action against invasive species together!
Overview
GOAL: Encourage people in Canada to take action against invasive species
OBJECTIVE: Work with partners across Canada to share invasive species information to their target audiences through social media and other online tools to encourage people in Canada to take action to prevent the spread of invasive species.
PARTICIPANTS: Any individual or organization with an ability to participate on social media, who have an interest or mandate related to invasive species management, prevention and awareness in Canada and beyond.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Individuals and groups including but not limited to gardeners, anglers, hunters, recreational boaters, trail users, campers, property owners, and farmers.
How to Participate
Social media is an important tool to raise awareness on invasive species and promote positive actions to prevent their spread. CCIS has developed a schedule of themes, suggested content ideas, resources and ready-to-use posts to guide participating individuals and organizations when posting on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and any other social platforms.
To align with other partners we will be using the hashtag #NISAW. You can participate in the following ways:
- INTERACT WITH CONTENT: Like, share/retweet content created by CCIS and other groups using #NISAW
- CREATE YOUR OWN CONTENT: Post using the themes and social graphics below or as a guide to create your own invasive species posts using #NISAW
Free NISAW Partner Social Toolkit
Access our Free Social Toolkit with National Invasive Species Action week themes, pre-made social posts, and other resources! You can use our pre-made social graphics or add our NISAW banner onto your own photos. Our National Invasive Species Action Week toolkit is now also available in French!
If you have any questions, please email programs@canadainvasives.ca.
