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• COSEWIC November 2021 Virtual Wildlife Species Assessment Meeting

• Assessment results (May 2021 COSEWIC wildlife species assessment meeting)

• Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 2021

• Canadian wildlife species at risk October 2020

• COSEWIC Annual Report 2019 to 2020

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is an independent advisory panel to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada that meets twice a year to assess the status of wildlife species at risk of extinction. Members are wildlife biology experts from academia, government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector responsible for designating wildlife species in danger of disappearing from Canada.