Join Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative to experience an evening of wild stories and big possibilities at the Y2Y Wild Film Fest!

Through inspiring films and lively conversation with conservation experts, explore the wildlife, landscapes and people that make the Yellowstone to Yukon region extraordinary. Featuring On the Landscape, the film fest offers a hopeful look at how communities are helping wildlife thrive — and how we can all be part of a more connected future.

 

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Event Details:

When: Sunday, November 15, 2026, 11 AM – 2 PM Alberta Time (10 AM – 1 PM PCT and MT)

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free

 

Film Schedule:

11:00 AM – Welcome and introduction to Bruce the Lynx

11:10 AM – Earthshot screening

The Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative was named a 2026 finalist for The Earthshot Prize in the Protect and Restore Nature category. Discover how Y2Y is working with over 800+ partners to lead one of the largest conservation collaborations in history, reconnecting a wildlife corridor across two countries so wildlife can roam free.

11:20 AM – Bruce video and northern conservation conversation

Meet everyone’s favourite lynx, Bruce Canowski! Bruce the puppet lynx has packed his snacks and is travelling across B.C.’s backroads, exploring wild places as he goes. As part of the Wildly Serious campaign in B.C., Bruce is on a mission to bring the people and organizations who live and work in the province together to advocate for its outdoors.

11:40 AM – Room to Roam screening and wildlife crossings discussion

How do animals navigate a changing world? A new animation from the Room to Roam: Y2Y Wildlife Movements project explores one of the most compelling questions in conservation science — and the answer is visible from space.

12:00 PM – Planet Wild screening and discussion

What does it take to reconnect the Rockies? Join Planet Wild for a behind-the-scenes look at how Y2Y and our partners are helping wildlife move safely across busy highways. From Banff’s wildlife crossings to efforts along Highway 3, discover how science and collaboration are creating a more connected future for wildlife and people.

12:20 PM – Audience questions and discussion, followed by a brief intermission

12:45 PM – On the Landscape screening

Along the highways of British Columbia’s East Kootenay region, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are at risk from the roads and railways that cut through their ancestral range. On The Landscape follows the scientists, First Nations guardians, wildlife managers, and grassroots conservationists fighting to save struggling herds before it’s too late.

From a herd reduced to just eleven animals near Golden, to a landmark wildlife overpass rising above Radium Hot Springs, this is a story about what we stand to lose, and what ordinary people can do when they refuse to let it happen.

Director: Tash Baycroft

1:45 PM – Film discussion and Q&A, thank you and wrap up

 

Photo credits: Top left, K. Zenkewich; top right, Shutterstock; bottom, Shutterstock