Monitoring bears in Wuikinuxv
Megan Adams shares about the work the lab usually does in Wuikinuxv territory.
Great Bear Rainforest
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Virtual connection and support
With coronavirus affecting normalcy around the world, the Raincoast Lab at the University of Victoria is not going to be doing fieldwork this season, and instead will maintain virtual connection, support from afar. -
Raincoast cancels field work due to COVID-19
With the COVID-19 affecting normalcy around the world, we, along with our Coastal First Nation colleagues, have decided to cancel the field work this season. -
Earth Day
On this Earth Day we celebrate the land, water and wildlife that we work to protect on British Columbia’s coast. -
Mother grizzly and cubs
Monthly donors support our ongoing research and conservation efforts for bears like this one and many more. -
Stop commercial trophy hunting
Black bears are still trophy hunted in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest. -
Almost halfway there
Great news! We have now raised over $250,000 towards the $650,000 needed to acquire the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure... -
Spirit bears
Spirit bears are a valuable symbol of the Great Bear Rainforest. Protecting both spirit bear and black bear habitat is essential because... -
All about Achiever
Our dedicated research vessel, Achiever, is a Transport Canada certified 68 ft. steel hulled sloop that operates seven months a year on the BC coast. Achiever is... -
New peer-reviewed paper released
Against the backdrop of British Columbia’s recent consideration of UNDRIP into legislation, and conflict between Canada and Indigenous Nations/hereditary leaders over pipeline development (e.g. Coastal Gas Link and Trans Mountain projects), this week we published... -
The Emerging Stewards program
Raincoast’s Emerging Stewards program is designed to help inspire a new generation of conservation leaders in the Salish Sea. -
Buy a limited edition print from the Coastal Carnivores photography exhibit – help fund Kitlope tenure purchase
In winter 2018 the Coastal Carnivores photography exhibit showed at the Karen Cooper Gallery (Vancouver), Robert Bateman Centre (Victoria) and the Audain Art Museum (Whistler). Now the last piece...⠀ -
Raincoast’s applied research
Although the Raincoast lab is known for its work on grizzly, black, and Spirit bears, we also conduct applied research on other organisms. Our general rule of thumb is to work on... -
Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Achiever in the Great Bear Rainforest
A grizzly bears strolls an estuary walled by granite cliffs down which countless waterfalls drop hundreds of feet, as if straight from the clouds. The jet black dorsal fins... -
Bear hair as a research tool
Lauren Henson of the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab at University of Victoria uses bear hair to research population structures of grizzly and black bears from the interior of B.C. to the coast. She just wrote an article... -
Help us purchase the Kitlope tenure
With the support of our First Nation partners, Raincoast now owns commercial trophy hunting rights in an area of over 33,000 square kilometers, across the Great Bear Rainforest. That’s an area larger than Vancouver Island. Our long term goal... -
Coastal wolves still hunted for trophies
Coastal wolves are among the wildlife that are still trophy hunted in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest. Our goal is to permanently stop this. Raincoast currently owns... -
New publication on “supporting resurgent Indigenous-led stewardship” to advance conservation
A new publication discusses how conservation actions to safeguard biodiversity could be advanced through partnerships with, and leadership of, resurgent Indigenous governments. This new open access study... -
Humpback
Humpback whale. -
On hope
"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. It is an orientation of the spirit and orientation of the heart..." -
Donate to help us end trophy hunting
Give a gift to end trophy hunting of coastal carnivores. 100% of your donations will go directly to our coastal carnivores campaign and provide... -
Brain Falconer, Raincoast’s Guide Outfitter Coordinator, wrote about his experience at the Gvukva’áus Haíɫzaqv (house of the Haíɫzaqv) five day potlatch celebration
Brain Falconer, Raincoast’s Guide Outfitter Coordinator, wrote about his experience at the Gvukva’áus Haíɫzaqv (house of the Haíɫzaqv) five day potlatch celebration. “As dramatically beautiful as the building is... -
Join Raincoast Conservation and guests in a conversation about Indigenous leader Wa’xaid, Cecil Paul
On Thursday Nov 21st at 7pm at the University of Victoria (David Turpin Building Room A120), join a conversation with author Briony Penn... -
Hakai Institute was on Achiever monitoring water flow from icefields to the ocean
Hakai Institute has been using our research vessel, the Achiever, for a fascinating project monitoring the flow of water from icefields to the ocean. They’ve been studying water flow to explore...
