Winter Webinars 2027
In partnership with the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI), Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) presents our Annual Winter Webinar Series on the theme of ‘In the Field Together – Community Science‘.
Community science initiatives and platforms are transforming the ways in which people interact with their natural world, the way we collect ecological data, and the vast opportunities to learn. This webinar series will explore what ‘community science’ means, including its origins, current uses, and potential future risks and limitations for supporting land management and conservation planning. We’ll learn how to contribute data in useful and ethical ways, and how to access and apply data for ecosystem stewardship, management, and planning. We’ll also discuss how to safeguard sensitive ecological and cultural data while still utilizing community science tools. Presenters will share inspiring projects at the leading edge of what’s currently possible with community science tools, and lessons learned for practitioners wanting to set up their own citizen science programs.
2027: In the Field Together – Community Science
Webinar 1: The BC Biodiversity Program: Using community science to enhance our knowledge of BC’s species
Thurs, Jan 21
Dr. Brian Starzomski, University of Victoria School of Environmental Studies, BC Biodiversity Program. His talk will present the big picture of what community science is, where it came from, where it’s going, including examples of how it is contributing to land and conservation planning in BC, and a discussion of safeguards that can be built into community science programs to protect sensitive data.
