Staying Safe in Bear Country is an educational program for anyone who lives, travels, or works in Grizzly and Black bear country. Leading expertise on bear behaviour is used to promote human safety.

Topics covered:

• Grizzly and Black Bear Distribution
• Grizzly and Black Bear Identification
• Bear Ecology
• Grizzly and Black Bear Behaviour
• Types of Encounters and How to Respond
• Responding to Bear Approaches and Attacks
• Preventing Problems with Bears
• Bear Deterrents

Polar Bears: A Guide to Safety focuses on prevention of negative human encounters with polar bears. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge) and scientific expertise informs material presented on polar bear behaviour and human safety around bears.

Target audiences include those who live, work and recreate in polar bear country, even those indigenous to the area.

Topics covered:

• Polar Bear Behaviour
• Seasonal Distribution
• Preventing Encounters
• Attractant Management
• Detection and Deterrents
• Polar Bear Encounters and How to Respond
• Polar Bear Approaches and Attacks

Working in Bear Country targets people who supervise field crews or manage field camps in bear country.

This bear/human safety program addresses:

1. Field Safety, including: employee responsibilities, helicopter support
2. Camp Safety, including: location & design,attractant management
3. Detection systems
4. Bear Deterrents
5. Firearms
6. Bear Response Planning

Living in Bear Country provides practical advice on how to minimize problems with bears near homes and cottages.

Communities or individuals can make simple adjustments to their daily routines that will reduce property damage and increase human safety.

Topics covered:

1. Bear Biology and Ecology
2. Individual Responsibility
3. Attractant Management
4. Reporting
5. Community Responsibility
   1. Community Planning
   2. Education
   3. Attractant Management
   4. Monitoring Bear and Human Conflict
6. Deterring, Moving, or Destroying Bears