Winnie Hwo Archives

Senior Public Engagement Specialist

Expertise: Project management, butterfly and pollinator blogs, diversity and engagement, and Chinese media

Credentials: B.A. in History, Simon Fraser University. B.A.A. in Journalism, Ryerson University. Former news and current affairs director for Fairchild Television, and reporter for the Vancouver Sun and CBC Vancouver; won the first Chinese language Jack Webster Award

Passion: Connecting people, learning about different cultures, food, butterflies and patio gardening

As a journalist, I was trained to keep an open mind. As a public engagement specialist, I learned to never under-estimate the generosity of people. Working with volunteers from the Butterflyway Project and Sustainable Diversity Network, I am hopeful we will be the solution to nature as we all want the same thing – a clean and vibrant environment for ourselves and our loved ones.

Articles by Winnie

Community and culture

The BIMBY story is about human empowerment through connecting nature with science and policy

Community and culture

Where are all the monarchs? B.C. Butterflyway Rangers to use citizen science in 2019 to find out

Charged Up

Building a renewable city, one neighbourhood at a time — Richmond, B.C.

Community and culture

East China Sea supertanker disaster shows dangers of carrying toxic substances in open water

Impact

REaDY Summit 2017 offers hope for a friendlier, greener future

Impact

Richmond Rangers come together to plough and plot Butterflyways

Community and culture

When it comes to engaging diverse audiences, the messenger matters

Science and Learning Centre resources

Biodiversity

November 2023

Butterflies in My Backyard Report — Twenty thousand reasons to celebrate

Michelle Tseng, Stephen Deedes-Vincke, Winnie Hwo, Alex Wong, Steve Ansell

More than 500 B.C. residents signed up to participate in BIMBY this year. They took part in online training sessions on how to photograph butterflies in their communities and submit them to the iNaturalist platform. Dozens of participants also documented the plants butterflies interacted with, making more than 4,000 plant and butterfly submissions.

Biodiversity

December 2022

Butterflies in My Backyard (BIMBY) — The Great B.C. Butterfly Search report

Winnie Hwo, Stephen Deedes-Vincke, Alex Wong, Michelle Tseng

Although insects around the world are rapidly disappearing because of habitat loss, urbanization, pesticide use and climate change, much can be done to reverse the alarming trend. The David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project is an excellent example of how people from all walks of life can positively affect butterfly populations by planting butterfly habitat. In addition to creating or restoring insect habitat, we also need a better understanding of where beneficial insects such as bees and butterflies are found, and which species may need extra conservation efforts.

Senior Public Engagement Specialist

Articles by Winnie

The BIMBY story is about human empowerment through connecting nature with science and policy

Musqueam artist helped create the first Indigenous Pollinator Plant Map

Citizen scientists help track endangered butterfly species in B.C.

B.C.’s 2020 Butterflyway season wrap-up

Where are all the monarchs? B.C. Butterflyway Rangers to use citizen science in 2019 to find out

Building a renewable city, one neighbourhood at a time — Richmond, B.C.

East China Sea supertanker disaster shows dangers of carrying toxic substances in open water

REaDY Summit 2017 offers hope for a friendlier, greener future

Richmond Rangers come together to plough and plot Butterflyways

When it comes to engaging diverse audiences, the messenger matters

Science and Learning Centre resources

Butterflies in My Backyard Report — Twenty thousand reasons to celebrate

Butterflies in My Backyard (BIMBY) — The Great B.C. Butterfly Search report

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