Introduction to `R` Software
2025-05-27 09:00 - 2025-05-30 12:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
An introduction to the programming language R. This course will provide tips and tricks to programming in R, installation of R packages and libraries, introduction to base R objects and data types, assign a value to a name, identify functions, for loops, and conditional statements, read in data from common file types (csv/xlsx), and perform mathematical operations and linear regression.
This course spans four half-days. Students are not expected to have any previous experience in R or any other programming languages, this is a true intro level course.

Biophysical Bootcamp (S25) Offering Bragg Creek, AB, May 29
2025-05-29 | Online
This one-day-long, hands-on field course, designed for environmental practitioners at all levels, will enhance your biophysical field skills.

ABWRET-A Field Course (Spring 2025 Offering) – Calgary, Alberta
2025-06-02 07:30 - 16:30 | Calgary (3 wetlands within the City), Canada
Learn to assess wetland hydrologic health, water quality, wildlife habitat and human use functions for three different types of wetlands in Southern Alberta.

ABWRET-A Field Course (Spring 2025 Offering) – Red Deer, Alberta
2025-06-03 07:30 - 16:30 | Red Deer (3 wetlands within the City), Canada
Learn to assess wetland function indicators for hydrologic health, water quality, wildlife habitat and human use at three different types of wetlands in Central Alberta.

In-person Pesticide Applicator Certification Workshop - Kamloops, BC
2025-06-03 09:00 - 2025-06-05 16:30 | Thompson Rivers University – Alpine Room, 1055 University Dr, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 0C8, Canada
Kamloops PAC Poster, ISCBC is hosting in-person Pesticide Applicator Certification Course, running June 3rd–5th in Kamloops. This course is designed for professionals managing industrial vegetation and noxious weeds in rights-of-way, restoration areas, and other regulated landscapes. Whether you’re working along transportation corridors, utility lines, railways, or disturbed sites, this certification delivers the tools and knowledge to apply pesticides safely, effectively, and in compliance with provincial legislation. It’s a key step in protecting B.C.’s ecosystems while advancing your technical capacity.
What You’ll Learn:

B.C. and federal legislation governing pesticide use
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles and decision-making
Herbicide selection, mixing, application, and equipment calibration
Emergency response protocols and correct use of PPE
Identification and management of priority invasive plant species in B.C.

*Includes three days of instruction, calculations practice, a backpack sprayer demo, and the provincial certification exam

In-person Pesticide Applicator Certification Workshop - Williams Lake, BC
2025-06-03 09:00 - 2025-06-05 16:30 | Thompson Rivers University – WL Campus, Room 1254, 250 Western Ave, Williams Lake, British Columbia, V2G 1H7, Canada
Williams Lake PAC Poster, ISCBC is hosting in-person Pesticide Applicator Certification Course, running June 3rd–5th in Kamloops. This course is designed for professionals managing industrial vegetation and noxious weeds in rights-of-way, restoration areas, and other regulated landscapes. Whether you’re working along transportation corridors, utility lines, railways, or disturbed sites, this certification delivers the tools and knowledge to apply pesticides safely, effectively, and in compliance with provincial legislation. It’s a key step in protecting B.C.’s ecosystems while advancing your technical capacity.
What You’ll Learn:

B.C. and federal legislation governing pesticide use
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles and decision-making
Herbicide selection, mixing, application, and equipment calibration
Emergency response protocols and correct use of PPE
Identification and management of priority invasive plant species in B.C.

*Includes three days of instruction, calculations practice, a backpack sprayer demo, and the provincial certification exam

Wetland Plant Identification – Online – June 9th & June 16th, 2025
2025-06-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This course is intended for students, young professionals, or plant enthusiasts with a beginner level of knowledge of plant identification looking to improve their skills and become more effective at wetland plant identification.

BC Native Bee Course
2025-06-11 - 2025-06-15 | Penticton, BC
This course is a deep dive into the biology and taxonomy of the diverse and amazing native bees of BC. We will spend three days in the lab at Okanagan College Penticton with Lincoln Best and Bonnie Zand looking at bee specimens under the microscope. You will learn to ID bumble bees to the species level, and all other BC bees to genera. This will be followed by two field days in the South Okanagan learning field survey methods and observing a great diversity of native bees and plants. This course is an amazing resource for professionals looking to expand their knowledge and skills and also a wonderful and accessible course for entomology enthusiasts and students alike.
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Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & Mayo, June 12th, 2025
2025-06-12 | Online (Self-paced) & Mayo, Canada
By registering for the Electrofishing Certification Mayo Field Session, you will also be registered in the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training. Please note that the online Self-Paced Training must be completed before attending the Field Session. If the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training is not completed at least 5 days prior to the Field Session, you will be automatically deregistered from the Field Session. Your tuition fee will be held and can be applied to another course.

Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & Cranbrook, June 13th, 2025
2025-06-13 | Online (Self-paced) & Cranbrook, Canada
By registering for the Electrofishing Certification Cranbrook Field Session, you will also be registered in the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training. Please note that the online Self-Paced Training must be completed before attending the Field Session. If the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training is not completed at least 5 days prior to the Field Session, you will be automatically deregistered from the Field Session. Your tuition fee will be held and can be applied to another course.

Fish Habitat Assessment – Theory (Online) June 13th & Nova Scotia (Central) – June 23rd & 24th, 2025
2025-06-13 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-23 - 2025-06-24 | Online & Nova Scotia, Canada
This course is an intensive, ‘hands-on’, online, and field-based two-day review of standard North American fish and fish habitat assessment and evaluation methods. In this course, participants will learn first-hand how to conduct measurements, assessments and evaluations of stream morphology, fish habitat features, substrate, pebble counts, stream impacts and habitat limiting factors.

Fish Habitat Assessment – Theory (Online) June 13th & Fort St. John – June 19th – June 20th, 2025
2025-06-13 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-19 09:00 - 2025-06-20 16:00 | Online & Fort St. John, Canada
The Fish Habitat Assessment course is an intensive, ‘hands-on’, online, and field-based two-day review of standard North American fish and fish habitat assessment and evaluation methods. In this course, participants will learn first-hand how to conduct measurements, assessments and evaluations of stream morphology, fish habitat features, substrate, pebble counts, stream impacts and habitat limiting factors.

Fish Habitat Assessment – Theory (Online) June 13th & Kamloops – June 26th – June 27th, 2025
2025-06-13 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-26 09:00 - 2025-06-27 16:00 | Online & Kamloops, Canada

Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & Whitehorse, June 16th, 2025
2025-06-16 | Online(Self-paced) & Whitehorse, Canada
By registering for the Electrofishing Certification Whitehorse Field Session, you will also be registered in the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training. Please note that the online Self-Paced Training must be completed before attending the Field Session. If the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training is not completed at least 5 days prior to the Field Session, you will be automatically deregistered from the Field Session. Your tuition fee will be held and can be applied to another course.

Species at Risk – Online, June 17th – 18th, 2025
2025-06-17 09:00 - 2025-06-18 16:00 | Online
Species at Risk is an applied, two-day, online with a student led field component course focusing on how to determine which species at risk are known to occur in a particular area, how to identify potential habitat opportunities, and how to assign a relative potential for that species to be present.

Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & Kelowna, June 18th, 2025
2025-06-18 | Online (Self-paced) & Kelowna, Canada
By registering for the Electrofishing Certification Kelowna Field Session, you will also be registered in the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training. Please note that the online Self-Paced Training must be completed before attending the Field Session. If the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training is not completed at least 5 days prior to the Field Session, you will be automatically deregistered from the Field Session. Your tuition fee will be held and can be applied to another course.

9th Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference
2025-06-18 - 2025-06-20 | Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 101 Gordon Street, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5J8, Canada
The conference will focus on sharing success stories of First Nations, resource developers and the Government working together to advance positive projects.

Field Soil Description & Classification Course
2025-06-18 09:00 - 2025-06-20 17:00 | Okanagan College, 1401 1 St W, Revelstoke, BC, Canada
This course covers procedures for observing, measuring, and describing soils in the field. The goal is to produce consistent data for soil inventory, mapping and classification using techniques that improve the consistency of determining soil properties in the field. Students gain experience with describing and classifying forest and wetland soils in the Revelstoke area using soil horizons and properties measured in the field. Students discuss how soil data collected in the field can inform soil management practices relating to conservation, agriculture, forestry, mining, and oil & gas activities.

Communicating Environmental Science – Online – June 18th, 2025
2025-06-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Online
In this interactive four-hour MicroCourse, you’ll learn practical strategies to simplify scientific concepts, craft compelling narratives, and navigate common communication challenges with confidence.

Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & Cochrane, June 20th, 2025
2025-06-20 | Online (Self-paced) & Cochrane, Canada
By registering for the Electrofishing Certification Cochrane Field Session, you will also be registered in the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training. Please note that the online Self-Paced Training must be completed before attending the Field Session. If the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training is not completed at least 5 days prior to the Field Session, you will be automatically deregistered from the Field Session. Your tuition fee will be held and can be applied to another course.

Electrofishing Certification – Online (self-paced) & West Vancouver, June 20th, 2025
2025-06-20 | Online (Self-paced) & West Vancouver, Canada
By registering for the Electrofishing Certification West Vancouver Field Session, you will also be registered in the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training. Please note that the online Self-Paced Training must be completed before attending the Field Session. If the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training is not completed at least 5 days prior to the Field Session, you will be automatically deregistered from the Field Session. Your tuition fee will be held and can be applied to another course.

Wetland Classification: An Introduction
2025-06-23 09:00 - 2025-06-25 17:00 | Okanagan College, 1401 1 St W, Revelstoke, BC, Canada
This course is designed to introduce students to the basics of wetland identification and classification. Students will be introduced to the foundations of how to recognize, map, classify, and describe wetlands using the Canadian Wetland Classification System and will provide an overview for identifying common wetland ecosystem sites and plant associations using the Wetlands of British Columbia and other updated Land Management Handbooks (LMH). Other topics such as wetland delineation and assessment (function and condition) will be introduced but are not the focus of this course.

Construction Monitoring — Wildlife Mitigation – Online – June 24th, 2025
2025-06-24 08:30 - 12:30 | Online
Emphasizing hands-on learning, you’ll navigate timing considerations for various species and explore terrestrial and aquatic isolation methods. By course end, you’ll master the art of assessing, executing, and refining wildlife mitigation to uphold environmental regulations and foster sustainable construction practices.

Electrofishing Certification - Online (self-paced) & Prince George, July 3rd, 2025
2025-07-03 | Online (Self-paced) & Prince George, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
By registering for the Electrofishing Certification Prince George Field Session, you will also be registered in the Electrofishing Certification Self-Paced Training. Please note that the online Self-Paced Training must be completed before attending the Field Session.

Avian Nest Sweeps and Monitoring Methods - Online - July 3rd - 4th, 2025
2025-07-03 08:30 - 2025-07-04 16:00 | Online
The two-day, fully online Avian Nest Sweeps and Monitoring Methods training program provides information on conducting nest sweeps for breeding birds. Participants will be introduced to regulatory and environmental considerations relevant to nest surveys and will gain insight into the methods commonly used to plan and carry out these activities.

Survey Methods and Health Training: Advance Your Expertise in Whitebark & Limber Pine Restoration
2025-07-10 - 2025-07-11 | Manning Park, 7500 BC Hwy 3, Manning Park, BC, V1K 1P3
Join the leading experts in whitebark and limber pine recovery for an immersive, field-based training experience. WPEFC has been at the forefront of delivering specialized training for consultants, field staff, and professionals committed to restoring these endangered keystone species.
Our accredited two-day field courses offer a rare opportunity to learn directly from the best in the field, build a strong professional network, and gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge restoration techniques.
What You’ll Gain:
Expert-Led Training – Learn from top specialists in whitebark and limber pine conservation.
Field Experience That Matters – Develop the technical skills needed to collect high-quality field data.
Professional Development Accreditation – Earn a recognized certificate from WPEFC to showcase your expertise.
Course Overview:
📍 Day 1: Comprehensive introduction to whitebark and limber pine ecosystems, threats, and recovery strategies.
📍 Day 2: Fieldwork focused on species identification, disease and pest assessment, plus-tree selection, and precise data collection.
Accurate field data is the foundation of effective restoration. Without the right skills, costly errors can lead to setbacks for these fragile ecosystems. Whether you’re a consultant, land manager, or researcher, this training equips you with the knowledge and competency to make a real impact.
Hands-On Learning Topics Include:

Identifying whitebark & limber pine and differentiating them in the field
Detecting white pine blister rust and mountain pine beetle damage
Understanding why rust ID is critical for endangered species recovery
Selecting plus trees for rust resistance potential
Collecting high-quality field data for conservation and long-term monitoring
Best practices for cone collection, handling, and transport

Take the next step in your professional development while contributing to the recovery of these iconic high-elevation forests. Join us and be part of the movement leading the way in whitebark and limber pine conservation.
Our 2025 Training Session will take place in Manning Park, BC on July 10th & 11th (register by July 1st).
Registration Fees:
Professional = $620 + GST/ Members $550 + GST
