NSBS Apr 23, 2026: Emergency Response and Avian Influenza surveillance: the role of the CWS

Emergency Response and Avian Influenza surveillance: the role of the Canadian Wildlife Service in Atlantic Canada NSBS meeting Thursday, April 23rd at 7pm Atlantic Rob Ronconi lives in Halifax where he has worked for the Atlantic Region of Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) since 2014. His career has been focused on the ecology, conservation, and management of marine birds, including a PhD at University of Victoria studying marbled murrelets on the west coast and post-doctoral research positions at Dalhousie and Acadia Universities studying shearwaters, gulls, terns, and storm-petrels. Currently with CWS he acts as the Wildlife Emergency Response Coordinator. This presentation will explain CWS’s role in emergency response, like oil spills, and provide an overview of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s role in Avian Influenza surveillance.