November 6, 2025
ednasurveillance.ca is proud to announce its new publications page! The page contains a table of publications relevant to eDNA & eRNA surveillance by Canadian authors associated with iMicroSeq and the eDNA Surveillance Program. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to have a publication added.
October 1, 2025
Environmental/eDNA surveillance activities in Canada now has this new resource: https://ednasurveillance.ca/ This site is the start of efforts to integrate eDNA (and eRNA) resources, protocols, and projects. eDNA monitoring offers a non-invasive, cost-effective, rapid, and more wholistic way to assess health, including population health, agricultural health, and ecosystem health. Integrating efforts that are developing or using this more integrative monitoring technology makes sense! Thanks to Genome Canada and Genome British Columbia for key support. This work brings together different major projects, including iMicroSeq.ca, eDNAExplorer.ca, and others, with partners including DNAstack, Koonkie, the One Yukon Coalition, Simon Fraser University, CANUE, CARD, and more. If there’s anything you would like to see added, do contact us.
May 9, 2025
Genome Canada announced a total of $11.3M in funding for 12 new projects in its eDNA Surveillance Program. Projects will build Canada’s eDNA surveillance capacity across the country. You can view a complete list and descriptions of all projects on Genome Canada’s website. An overview of the program and its projects is also available here on this site. The projects cover a range of topics including biodiversity monitoring, surveillance for antimicrobial resistance and First Nations-partnered initiatives that aim to address community priorities.
