To champion the rights of Canada’s apex predators by exposing unethical wildlife management practices and regulations, educating the public, raising awareness, and advocating for a fair, science-based approach to wildlife governance.
Read our 2025/2030 Strategic plan to learn more about what's next.
We want Canada to become a country that celebrates its apex predators—a nation that honours and appreciates bears, wolves, and cougars for their natural beauty and intrinsic value to our ecosystems. We envision a future where visitors continue to travel from around the world to Canada for the unique opportunity to see these impressive predators in the wild and to learn how Canadians coexist with them.
More broadly, we envision a Canada that entrusts its wildlife and biodiversity with a balanced approach including both Western Science and traditional indigenous ecological knowledge, resulting in an overhauled wildlife management system that better represents public values.
Maggie Spizzirri (she/her) leads the organization’s strategic growth and policy/advocacy efforts. She brings over 15 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, ethical marketing, and social impact strategy.
Lance Andersen is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Alberta. He is EWC's creative and technical director.
Sam Foster is EWC’s Outreach and Communications Specialist, bringing nearly two decades of brand, design and communications experience with a focus on purpose-driven organizations and non-profits.
John E. Marriott is one of Canada’s premier professional wildlife and nature photographers and is an Associate Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers.
Colleen Gara is a lawyer, wildlife advocate, and nature photographer based in Calgary, Alberta. Focusing on Canadian wildlife, she is passionate about photographing animals in their natural surroundings, promoting science-based and ethical conservation efforts, and giving wildlife a voice through her photography.
Kim Odland is a co-founder of the original Exposed with John E. Marriott web series and is the owner of KO Productions in Edmonton, Alberta. He is an established amateur cinematographer and photographer.
