Whales With Shiva Javdan

Apr 11, 2025

Dr Shiva Jian-Javdan is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). For more than a decade, Shiva’s dedication to marine mammal science and conservation has led her to projects with NGOs in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Greece. Since returning to Canada, Shiva has focused on large whales, the missing piece in her cetacean bingo card, with current projects aimed at assessing entanglement risk of North Atlantic right whales. Join Shiva in a conversation on Canada’s largest migratory animals and learn what CWF is doing to help conserve the most at-risk whale species, the North Atlantic right whale.

Atlantic Whale Conservation Program

he purpose of this project is to conduct stewardship, monitoring and necessary research activities that will contribute to the recovery of North Atlantic right whales by reducing their likelihood of becoming entangled in fishing gear in Canadian waters. In other words, this project focuses on entanglement prevention.

Coasts & Oceans

Canada is the second largest country in the world; the land area of our country is almost 10 million Km<sup>2</sup>. But what is often forgotten is that our country also includes more than seven million Km<sup>2</sup> of ocean and more than 200,000 Km of coastline!

North Atlantic Right Whale

The North Atlantic right whale is the most endangered large whale on the planet. Historically found throughout the Atlantic Ocean, it was named the “right” whale because its large body and thick blubber made it attractive to hunt – it can weigh up to 70,000 kilograms and measure up to 18 metres. This led to centuries of overexploitation.

Whales With Shiva Javdan

Atlantic Whale Conservation Program

Coasts & Oceans

North Atlantic Right Whale

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