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  • Guides, Infographics & Posters

    Guides, Infographics & Posters

    Take a closer look at the ways in which we’ll help you access the facts about wildlife. Whether it’s discovering the Hinterland Who’s Who animal fact sheets, or ordering our handy field guide to Canada’s prevalent shoreline species. This content is available to our CWF Supporters and online members. Please sign in to order your free materials.

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  • Colouring Pages

    Colouring Pages

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  • Wildlife E-cards

    Wildlife E-cards

    Send Dad a wildlife e-card! You cherish our wonderful wildlife and now you can send e-greetings that reflect your love of nature.  We have developed a wide array of wildlife ecards for every occasion for you to share with your family and friends!

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  • Podcasts

    Podcasts

    Listen to podcasts on all sorts of topics relating to wildlife-friendly gardening, from its benefits, including children, soil health and more.

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  • CWF Wallpapers

    CWF Wallpapers

    Your desktop is the perfect habitat for this wild wallpaper. Download CWF wallpapers!

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  • WILD Webinars

    WILD Webinars

    With topics relating to conservation, wildlife and habitat, we provide a relevant online learning platform, typically for grades four to six but of benefit to any age.

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From easy-to-use apps designed as tools for your citizen science projects to picturesque wallpaper images for your computer, CanadianWildlifeFederation.ca offers a variety of useful downloads for your PC and mobile devices.

Coasts & Oceans

Connecting With Nature

  • Create Your Urban Pollinator Oasis (featuring native plants of the Quebec region)

    2023-05-09

    Join CWF May 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET as special guest, Krin Haglund of Jardin Buzz will profile some of Quebec’s beautiful native plants and share how you can use them in your garden. The situation of our native pollinators may be grim, but being part of the solution doesn’t have to be! Let Krin help you bring joy, life and “buzz” to your urban garden! You will learn how to create an exuberant native pollinator garden, even in small spaces. Krin will also share inspiring examples and discuss helpful techniques for special situations such as lawn alternatives and container gardening. You will also learn techniques for saving, starting and planting native plant seeds. While the plants featured are from the Quebec area, the tips and techniques are applicable to all. We hope you can join us! Please note – this webinar will only be available as a recording for those who register for a few days afterwards. Please register to avoid missing out!

  • Starting Up Our Pollinator Gardens!

    2023-05-16

    Calling all grades 3 to 6 teachers! It’s nearly time to start planting in our gardens. This fun and engaging webinar with classes from across Canada will help us learn how to best prepare our gardens before our plants go in, as well as how to take care of our plants so they grow and support pollinators all summer.

  • Preventing Bird Collisions

    2025-04-01

    Each year in Canada approximately 25 million birds die from building collisions. This is not only heartbreaking to witness but is a significant loss to biodiversity and the role these birds play. The good news is that there are solutions! Join the Canadian Wildlife Federation on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET to discover effective ways to prevent bird strikes at home, work or at the cottage. Our guest will be Michael Mesure, a founding member and Executive Director of Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada. Michael will speak about the work of FLAP Canada, how human-made structures threatens birds and offer solutions for mitigating building collisions. This will include examples of both effective and ineffective collision deterrent methods and some background on bird-friendly building design guidelines, policies, code and law.

  • iNaturalist Webinar Series: How citizen science provides key data for Endangered Species

    2021-10-15

    iNaturalist has become one of the world’s most popular nature apps and the Canadian Wildlife Federation has led the charge in bringing it to Canada. Join us for an insightful webinar with the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) on how iNaturalist can provide key information to help inform the assessment and conservation of endangered species in Canada. Leading the session will be John Reynolds, Chair of COSEWIC as well as Ecology Professor at Simon Fraser University, where he will discuss how citizen science greatly helps in the conservation of nature here in Canada.

  • City Nature Challenge 2024 Series: #3 - Observing with iNaturalist in Forest Settings

    2024-04-22

    Immerse yourself in the tranquility of the forest during our Forest Focus webinar. Explore the world of forest flora and fauna, including plants, fungi, and birds. Discover techniques for capturing the beauty of these ecosystems and prepare to showcase the wonders of the forest in the upcoming City Nature Challenge.

Education & Leadership

Endangered Species & Biodiversity

Forests & Fields

Lakes & Rivers