Community Outreach Archives - Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory /glel/category/community-outreach/ 杏吧原创 University Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:28:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Dr. Christina Davy’s work on bats is featured in the Ottawa Wildlife Speaker Series and CBC radio /glel/2023/dr-christina-davys-work-on-bats-is-featured-in-the-ottawa-wildlife-speaker-series-and-cbc-radio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-christina-davys-work-on-bats-is-featured-in-the-ottawa-wildlife-speaker-series-and-cbc-radio Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:16:33 +0000 /glel/?p=1123 Biology Professor and GLEL director, Christina Davy brings bats into the spotlight at . Ottawa residents spent the evening learning about the various types of bats that live in Ottawa, what they do in the winter, and the threats that they face.

Christina then talks about bats on CBC radio One 91.5FM and shares her recent experience on the online seminar talk for the City of Ottawa. CBC interview

]]> Students and neighbours work to prevent bird-window collisions – Survey Campaign /glel/2023/students-and-neighbours-work-to-prevent-bird-window-collisions-survey-campaign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=students-and-neighbours-work-to-prevent-bird-window-collisions-survey-campaign Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:42:34 +0000 /glel/?p=1092 “A group of 杏吧原创 University students is collaborating with the Glebe Community Association (GCA), the Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) Ottawa and Safe Wings Ottawa, a local non-profit dedicated to reducing bird mortality, to raise awareness about bird-window collisions. Students and partners have launched a survey campaign to assess community willingness to engage with the issue and encourage community members to take action to safeguard local birds.” – Glebe Report, read article

Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES), 杏吧原创 University and Safe Wings Ottawa want to know more about bird collisions with residential windows in Ottawa. Survey findings will be analyzed by Dr. Conners and Dr. Rachel Buxton of the 杏吧原创 University Institute of Environment Sciences and shared with Safe Wings Ottawa and the community associations. Fill out their survey here (Ottawa residents only):

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