Pollinator Appreciation Day in Ottawa

 Written on: June 10th, 2019

by Renate Sander-Regier and Sandy Garland, photos by Amy MacPherson Mayor Jim Watson proclaimed June 7 as Pollinator Appreciation Day 2019 at the Mayor’s Rural Expo ...

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Students meet pollinators

 Written on: June 10th, 2019

by Mira K.K., photos by Edgar Rene Hernandez & students In early May, Renate Sander-Regier, a professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics ...

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Pollinator superheroes

 Written on: May 6th, 2019

text by Sandy Garland, photos by Edgar R. Hernandez The City of Ottawa’s first Wildlife Speaker event of the season was a big success. WPP brought a display ...

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Our first colloquium

 Written on: April 5th, 2019

by Sandy Garland The WPP is just over 2 years old and growing rapidly. This winter we asked members to fill in a short survey so that we could get a better idea of ...

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Another good reason to hold back on “cleaning up” the garden

 Written on: March 28th, 2019

by Renate Sander-Regier With spring in the air, and snow and ice in full retreat, the temptation can be strong to get out there and “clean up” the jumbled leaves, ...

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Our annual report for 2018-19

 Written on: March 20th, 2019

by Renate Sander-Regier and Sandy Garland Because we receive funding from OPIRG (Ontario Public Interest Research Group), we submit an annual report to this group ...

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