COSEWIC news and events
Last updated May 24, 2023
New things are always happening in the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Here you will find information about calls for bids, upcoming meetings, and news from the latest wildlife species assessment meeting. Selected documents produced by, or for, COSEWIC also are posted here.
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Upcoming events
Upcoming calls for expression of interest:
- Species specialist subcommittee membership, fall 2023 (date to be determined)
- COSEWIC membership, winter 2024 (date to be determined)
Upcoming calls for bids:
- COSEWIC call for bids, fall 2023 (date to be determined)
Upcoming meetings:
- June 3 to 5, 2023
Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Subcommittee Meeting
Ottawa, Ontario - July 8 to 10, 2023
Mosses and Lichens Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Brokenhead First Nation, Manitoba - July 10 to 12, 2023
Terrestrial Mammals Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - July 25 to 27, 2023
Freshwater Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
(to be determined) - August 21 to 24, 2023
Arthropods Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Winnipeg, Manitoba - September 8 to 10, 2023
Vascular Plants Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Halifax, Nova Scotia - September 8 to 10, 2023
Molluscs Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - September 12 to 14, 2023
Marine Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Kamloops, British Columbia - September 13 to 14, 2023
Amphibians and Reptiles Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Ottawa, Ontario - September 16 to 18, 2023
Marine Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
Quebec City, Quebec - Birds Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting (date to be determined)
- COSEWIC Wildlife Species Assessment Meeting, fall 2023 (date to be determined)
Recent press releases
Archived press releases
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk December 2022.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 2021.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 2020.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 2019.
- Press release: Original St. Lawrence River Striped Bass Extinct November 2019.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 2019.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 2018.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk September 2018.
- COSEWIC press release: May 2018.
- COSEWIC press release: emergency assessment February 2018.
- COSEWIC press release: November 2017.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 1, 2017.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk December 5, 2016.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 2, 2016.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 30, 2015.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 4, 2015.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk December 1, 2014.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 5, 2014.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk December 2, 2013.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 6, 2013.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk December 3, 2012.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 7, 2012.
- Press release: COSEWIC emergency assessment of the tri-colored bat, little brown myotis and northern myotis in canada February 3, 2012.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 28, 2011.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 9, 2011.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 29, 2010.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 3, 2010.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 30, 2009.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 1, 2009.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 28, 2008.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk April 25, 2008.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk December 3, 2007.
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk April 2007
- Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk November 28, 2006.
COSEWIC's response to wildlife species referrals by the Governor in Council
The COSEWIC marine mammals specialist subcommittee’s response to the referral of the North Pacific population of Humpback Whale in 2006 and 2013 is available upon request by contacting the COSEWIC secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.