Cormorant Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Wed, 13 May 2026 14:05:00 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 From Rubble to Refuge: Advancing sustainability of the Leslie Street Spit /euc/research-spotlight/from-rubble-to-refuge-advancing-sustainability-of-the-leslie-street-spit/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 23:13:00 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=2956 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’s auspicious location […]

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]]> Ontario's cormorant hunt and what it means for its future /euc/research-spotlight/ontarios-cormorant-hunt-and-what-it-means-for-its-future/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:59:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=16834 by Gail Fraser For the last 14 years, I’ve studied double-crested cormorants at Tommy Thompson Park on the east side of Toronto’s 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 […]

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]]> CBC Radio interview with Prof Gail Fraser on the cormorant hunt /euc/news-story/cbc-radio-interview-with-prof-gail-fraser-on-the-cormorant-hunt/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:18:44 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=news-story&p=2094 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.

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]]> Open Season on Cormorants /euc/news-story/open-season-on-cormorants/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:13:57 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=news-story&p=2102 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 91ÑÇÉ«, specializes in water birds and discusses the hunt and what it could mean for the cormorant's future. Watch now. Episode: Culture, Identity, and […]

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