The Wildlife Society UBCO Chapter

Hello TWS friends, we hope this finals season is treating you well!

We're inviting you all to an end-of-term TWS + friends get together this Sunday, April 20th at Three Lakes Brewing. Take a break from studying to hang out and enjoy some live music, food, and games! Come support a student band (Deep Sea Phishing) and a local business! Bring a friend and your pool skills, and we hope to see you there!

WHEN: Sunday, April 20th, 7pm
WHERE: Three Lakes Brewing
WHAT: TWS + friends get-together with live music, a food truck, and a pool table

This event is all ages (only 19+ if you wish to purchase drinks) and no membership or registration needed. This is a casual social - not associated with the SUO.

Stay safe and stay wild!🌺🦊🦌

Hi everyone, it’s just about time for the Spring iNaturalist Bioblitz!

The challenge is to get outside, enjoy the beautiful spring weather, and take pictures of all the wildlife, insects, and plants you see! Then you can upload these photos on iNaturalist to our project “The Wildlife Society (TWS) Okanagan Student Chapter Bioblitz 2025” and try to make an identification (doesn’t have to be perfect!).

This year is extra special since we’re competing with student chapters across the USA and Canada! The team with the most total observations will be awarded prizes!

You can find the link to the iNaturalist project in our bio. The challenge will be running from April 6th to May 30th, so lots of time to rack up those observations for our team!

Stay safe and stay wild!🌼🐢🐞

Hey wildlifers, we have a really excellent opportunity for you all to learn more about getting a career in fish, wildlife, and conservation with the BC government!

We have Rob Stewart from the Ministry of Land, Water, and Resource Stewardship to discuss with you about upcoming job opportunities with the BC government. This will be a great chance to learn more about these positions, co-op opportunities, and how to apply for them! This is relevant to undergraduates, recent grads, and graduate students - there will be discussion for positions available at various stages in your career.

No registration needed, the event will be held in SCI 337 on April 4th starting at 2 and ending at 4:30pm.

We hope to see you all there!

Stay safe and stay wild!🌵🦁🪿

Hi Wildlifers, it’s time to vote for next year’s executive team!

Check out the link in bio to read about each nominee and cast your vote for each executive position. Good luck to all the candidates! Voting closes 11:59pm April 2nd and winners will be contacted on April 3rd.

Stay safe and stay wild!🦅🌻🐻

Hey everyone, it’s about time for our annual bighorn sheep survey!

On April 3rd we will be heading down to Penticton where we will meet up with a regional biologist who will guide us to view some of the sheep, use monitoring equipment, and learn more about the population. This will be a full day outdoor event, so please prepare for some walking/hiking, dress weather appropriate, and pack lunch and water (and money for ice cream!).

Details about meeting time and location will be provided to the participants, but please prepare for a full day.

Spots are limited so make sure to get your registration in, drivers will be given priority! Link in bio to register on rubric.

We hope to see you there!

Stay safe and stay wild!🐏⛰️🍦

Hey Wildlifers, it’s time for the 2025/26 executive team elections!

From now until March 28th, you can nominate yourself to run for an executive position (you can run for more than 1 position). What you’ll do is fill out the google form in our bio and write a brief blurb about yourself and your fit for the position (you can fill it out multiple times if running for multiple positions).

Then, from March 29th to April 2nd we will run elections. All members will have a chance to read your blurbs and vote for who they would like to win for each position. On April 3rd, the election winners will be contacted.

This is a great way to share your creativity and passion for wildlife with a really fun team! It is also super valuable leadership experience for your resume, and can help you get experience with new skills (ex managing social media pages, finances). The time commitment for executives is 1 meeting per week + time to complete duties (ex. Making posts, forms, emails, etc) - so around 1 to 2 hours per week.

We hope you will consider running and look forward to learning more about all the candidates!

Stay safe and stay wild!

🌼🐑🦔

Hey Wildlifers, we’re getting close to wrapping up the semester and want to get together for our last general meeting of the term!

Join us on Monday, March 17th from 5-6:30 pm in FIP 139 to learn more about our last upcoming events, share your feedback on this year, discuss future ideas, and go over elections for next year’s executive team! We appreciate your engagement and any feedback, your participation in these meetings shape our club! If you’re looking to become more involved, this is a great chance to learn about how to run for an executive position.

Come out and enjoy free pizza and good company! We hope to see you there!

Stay safe and stay wild! ☘️🪲🦫

Hey everyone, happy spring! We have a super fun merch making event coming up for all TWS members!

The TWS executive team has made a bunch of custom wildlife themed linocut stamps for you to use and make your own wildlife merch and prints! This event is drop in anytime on Friday March 14th from 3-6pm in ART365!

To keep this event as sustainable as possible, we are encouraging everyone to bring their own shirts/pants/totes or whatever other fabrics you’d like to customize! We will be providing free printing paper and a limited number of patches and T-shirts, which we’ll be selling for between $2 and $5, and these will be given out on a first-come-first-serve basis.

We’re looking forward to seeing all the awesome merch you make!
Stay safe and stay wild! 🌿🐭🐦

Hi Wildlifers, come join us for a fun day snowshoeing and identifying wildlife tracks!

On Saturday February 8th we will be leaving campus at 8am and heading to Kelowna Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Club. On our snowshoe, we will be looking for tracks of iconic wildlife like snowshoe hare, lynx, deer, wolf, grouse, and more! Maybe we’ll get lucky and be able to observe these species in the wild! The event will be wrapping up around 3pm.

Please remember to pack your own lunch and water. Dress warm and with proper footwear for a full day outside.

Number of spots for the event is limited and dependent on driver availability - drivers will be given priority spots.

Link in bio to sign up on Rubric!

Stay safe and stay wild! 🐇❄️🐺

Hey Wildlifers! We’re bringing you all another great career development event with EZCU!

Come out to SCI 247 on February 5th from 5-7:30pm to learn from two professional biologists and graduate students in ecology/zoology. They will share their stories and advice on building a career in the wildlife field, followed by a Q&A. This is a great opportunity to learn more about what is out there for potential career paths and how you can achieve your career goals!

Link in bio to sign up on rubric, we hope to see you all there!

Stay safe and stay wild! 🦌🐜🌳

Hey Wildlifers, looking to apply to jobs in ecology or wildlife biology this summer? The job ads are already starting to come out, so set yourself up for success by attending our career workshop event with EZCU!

You will learn what skills, certifications and experience helps with jobs, how to format your resume, CV and cover letter, and you will get a glimpse into what fieldwork and lab jobs are like and how to prepare yourself for them.

There will also be free pizza and students that have experience with research jobs to ask questions!

The event is up on rubric NOW and sign up closes on January 10th.

Stay safe and stay wild! 🐸🌷🦀

Hey Wildlifers, if you’re looking to relax and destress heading into exam season, we have the event for you!

On Tuesday December 3 from 5:30-7:30 we’ll be hosting an art, pizza, and movie night on campus in ART 102. Paints, canvases, and pizza will be provided, but feel free to bring whatever arts/crafts supplies you like. We hope this can be a chance for you to chill with friends, enjoy free dinner, and take some pressure off yourself during this busy time of year!

Please register by sending an email to [email protected] so we have an idea of how much pizza to order (also let us know if you have dietary restrictions).

We hope to see you there!

Stay safe and stay wild!🌳🪲🐭