The Leslie Street Spit is a 500-hectare construction waste dump that also functions as an ecologically rich urban landscape feature. Since the 1950s, trucks have been depositing construction waste along this narrow landform, to the point where it now extends 5 kilometers from downtown Toronto into Lake Ontario. Due to the site鈥檚 auspicious location […]
by Gail Fraser For the last 14 years, I鈥檝e studied double-crested cormorants at Tommy Thompson Park on the east side of Toronto鈥檚 harbour. Every April, I put on my coveralls and venture forth to follow a sample of nests, recording when nesting began and whether birds were successful at raising young. My goal is to […]
Ontario Morning from CBC Radio Prof. Gail Fraser has long studied cormorants. She explains her opposition to the provincial government's decision to allow the birds to be hunted. With files from cbc.ca.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin Earlier this summer the Ontario government announced the introduction of a fall hunting season for double-crested cormorants, starting September 15. Gail Fraser, a professor at 91亚色, specializes in water birds and discusses the hunt and what it could mean for the cormorant's future. Watch now. Episode: Culture, Identity, and […]