Canadian Environmental Network/Réseau canadien de l’environnement

10/05/2026

🚨 What does Bill C-39 mean for Canada’s environment?

Join us for “Bill C-39, Major Projects, and the Environment: What’s at Stake for Climate and Nature?” as we unpack the federal government’s latest changes to major project approvals and environmental assessment.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ahky3YFlS9aeLf7PbujHTA #/registration

With environmental experts Anna Johnston (West Coast Environmental Law), Dr. Justina Ray (Wildlife Conservation Society Canada), and Isabel McMurray (Ecojustice), we’ll explore what Bill C-39 and related changes could mean for climate, biodiversity, species at risk, and environmental protection, and how Canada’s nature and climate priorities could be better integrated into major project decision-making.

📅 October 13
🕐 2-3 PM ET
💻 Online via Zoom

Hosted by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus (EPA Caucus): https://www.rcen.ca/environmental-planning-and-assessment

09/04/2026

🍂 RCEN is looking for volunteers this fall!⁠
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Join our team for a 6-month term as a Communications Volunteer and help amplify Canada’s environmental community 🌎️⁠
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You’ll have the opportunity to support newsletter and social media content, environmental communications, and promotional materials for RCEN’s events and initiatives 📣⁠
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Interested in getting involved? Visit our Volunteer Hub at rcen.ca/volunteer-hub and apply! 🌐

08/28/2026

Explore RCEN’s Caucuses! 👥

RCEN’s caucuses bring together environmental organizations and individuals working on shared issues across Canada. They create spaces to exchange knowledge, build partnerships, and collaborate on environmental priorities 🌱

From biodiversity and toxics to sustainable development and environmental planning and assessment, our caucuses connect people working toward stronger environmental action 🤝

Explore RCEN’s caucuses at rcen.ca/national-caucuses 🌐

08/28/2026

As Alberta considers the development of data centres, questions around water, environmental assessment, and public participation are becoming increasingly important.

Our latest blog examines some of the legal and policy considerations shaping these discussions.

Read the blog to learn more.
https://elc.ab.ca/post-library/data-centres-water-licences-standing-and-environmental-assessment/

08/28/2026

Join our next C*D Communities of Practice webinar on 8 September 2026, exploring how the agricultural sector can help advance the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).

📅 8 September 2026
⏰ 8:00–9:30 AM (Montreal EDT)

The session, "Mainstreaming biodiversity into the agricultural sector: supporting the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework," will bring together representatives from international organizations, the private sector and other stakeholders to discuss opportunities for promoting more sustainable agricultural practices.

The discussion will highlight how agriculture can contribute to the implementation of the targets, including:

💧 Target 4 (halt species extinction)
💧 Target 7 (reduce pollution
💧 Target 10 (enhance biodiversity in agriculture)
💧 Target 18 (reduce harmful incentives).

💻 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/AgriBiodiversityWebinar

08/28/2026

08/25/2026

Become part of the network! 🤝

The Canadian Environmental Network connects NGOs and individuals working across Canada's environmental community 🌱

RCEN membership offers opportunities to connect through national caucuses, access delegate opportunities, discover career and volunteer opportunities, and share your organization’s work with the wider environmental community through our website, social media, and newsletter 👥

Learn more about membership and join RCEN at rcen.ca/membership 🌐

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

Help co-create the COSEA marine citizen science App!

The COSEA App, a project endorsed by the Ocean Decade, is designed as an open platform for project collaboration where initiatives, organizations, science projects or small groups of ocean activists can join up and co-use the app toolkit to co-create COSEA together.

As the app is currently in the first prototype phase, COSEA is holding an open co-creation call for independent initiatives, projects, and regional groups that do not have the resources for building and running their own interactive and privacy-safe citizen science apps.

The App is running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform and is the outcome of two Horizon Europe programmes: EFFECTIVE and TRANSEATION.

If you're interested in taking part, reach out to [email protected] or via the form: https://ow.ly/HPea50ZBQq5