Included is an excerpt from Bojana Videkanic’s exhibition essay:

"In the series of three prints entitled the true bird helps the world (r); the true insect helps the world (g); the true fish/mammal helps the world (b) which feature statements about the relationship of a single animal to the world, Andison reminds us that in order to survive humans need to drastically reorder our value system in which a single bee is not given any significance."

 

The research for this work, which focuses primarily on North America, was culled from multiple online sources that recorded threats to species. Many of the website accessed are included below:

the true bird:

Ambassadors, G. (2023, October 3). The historic roots and modern connotations of "Canary in the Coal Mine" The Gale Review. https://review.gale.com/2020/09/08/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/#:~:text=It%20was%20soon%20discovered%20that,managing%20hazards%20in%20the%20mine

Canada, N. R. (2025, September 8). Birds. Natural Resources Canada. https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/sustainable-forest-management/conservation-and-protection-canadas-forests/birds/13191

Comprehensive Guide to birds of the Canadian Boreal Forest. (n.d.). Boreal Songbird Initiative. https://www.borealbirds.org/comprehensive-boreal-bird-guide

Davidson, P., Wilson, S., Bears, H., Camfield, A., Birdwatch Canada, & Martin, K. (n.d.). Birds in high places. Special Report, 5(FALL 2007, NUMBER 41). https://alpine.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2013/02/Bird_Studies_Canada_paper.pdf

Herman, C. (2022, June 22). Press release: EU nature restoration law - Huge opportunity to fight biodiversity and climate crises. BirdLife International. https://www.birdlife.org/news/2022/06/22/press-release-eu-nature-restoration-law-huge-opportunity-to-fight-biodiversity-and-climate-crises-ngo-reaction/

Li, X., Liu, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2022b). The effects of climate change on birds and approaches to response. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, 1011(1), 012054. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1011/1/012054

Major threats to birds in Canada. (2022, January 31). Birds Canada | Oiseaux Canada. https://www.birdscanada.org/conserve-birds/major-threats-to-birds/

National Audubon Society. (2024, September 17). Climate change is pushing bird boundaries, community scientists confirm. Audubon. https://www.audubon.org/news/climate-change-pushing-bird-boundaries-community-scientists-confirm

Overfishing threatens the survival of seabirds. (2012, February 12). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228123852.htm

Pacific Seabird Group. (n.d.). Our Concern is Seabirds. https://pacificseabirdgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PSG_OurConcernIsSeabirds_20170206.pdf

Red-winged blackbird - Hinterland Who's Who. (2025, July 24). Hinterland Who’s Who. https://www.hww.ca/wildlife/birds/red-winged-blackbird

Tlb. (2021, January 9). Are we losing the loons? https://www.thelandbetween.ca/2021/01/are-we-losing-the-loons

Tribune, G. (2020b, May 13). Study: Birds shifting north; global warming cited. Greeley Tribune. https://www.greeleytribune.com/2009/02/10/study-birds-shifting-north-global-warming-cited

the true insect:

Agence France-Presse - AFP. (2022, April 25). Insect populations plummet to half with global warming, agriculture. Daily Sabah. https://www.dailysabah.com/life/environment/insect-populations-plummet-to-half-with-global-warming-agriculture

Beneficial insects. (n.d.). https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/encyclopedias/fauna/insects/beneficial-insects.html

Bøhn, T., & Lövei, G. L. (2017). Complex Outcomes from Insect and Weed Control with Transgenic Plants: Ecological Surprises? Frontiers in Environmental Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00060

CityNews Toronto. (2022, April 20). Climate change, big agriculture combine to threaten insects. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/04/20/climate-change-big-agriculture-combine-to-threaten-insects

Could moths be the secret to understanding climate change? (2020, October 17). Euronews. https://www.euronews.com/green/2020/10/17/could-moths-be-the-secret-to-understanding-climate-change

Ecosystems  - NABU beyond borders. (n.d.). NABU - Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. https://en.nabu.de/topics/ecosystems/index.html

Evan. (2017, December 5). Monocultures in America: a system that needs more diversity – Debating science. https://websites.umass.edu/natsci397a-eross/monocultures-in-america-a-system-that-needs-more-diversity

Hance, J. (2023, February 4). New assessment finds dragonflies and damselflies in trouble worldwide. Mongabay Environmental News. https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/new-assessment-finds-dragonflies-and-damselflies-in-trouble-worldwide

Henriques, S. (2019). Spiders are threatened by climate change – and even the biggest arachnophobes should be worried. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/ab.mp5h7qcyg

Ladybugs. (n.d.). Wild Animals News & Facts. https://www.adoptananimalkits.com/advocate/wild-animals/params/post/1297319

Leahy, S. (2022, January 26). Insect “apocalypse” in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides. Environment. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/insect-apocalypse-under-way-toxic-pesticides-agriculture

Lohan, T. (2023, April 14). Climate change threatens insects — and us. The Revelator. https://therevelator.org/insects-climate-change/

Marshall, M. (2020, February 22). Why the lights are going out for fireflies. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/22/why-lights-going-out-fireflies-conservation-pollution

Raven, P. H., & Wagner, D. L. (2021). Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002548117

Seven insect heroes of pollination | Natural History Museum. (2021, July 23). https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/insect-pollination.html


the true fish:

American eel - Nature Canada. (2022, August 3). Nature Canada. https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/endangered-species/american-eel

Clemente, S. (2020, July 24). How fish are being affected by climate change - The National Wildlife Federation blog. The National Wildlife Federation Blog. https://blog.nwf.org/2020/07/how-fish-are-being-affected-by-climate-change

Climate change — WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative. (n.d.). WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative. https://wwfwhales.org/climate-change

Dahlke, F. T., Wohlrab, S., Butzin, M., & Pörtner, H. (2020). Thermal bottlenecks in the life cycle define climate vulnerability of fish. Science, 369(6499), 65–70. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz3658

Gaworecki, M. (2019, March 28). Ocean acidification could impact Atlantic cod populations more severely than previously thought. Mongabay Environmental News. https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/ocean-acidification-could-impacts-atlantic-cod-populations-more-severely-than-previously-thought/#:~:text=The%20researchers%20determined%20that%2C%20at,percent%20for%20the%20Western%20Baltic

Harvey, F. (2021, October 29). Global freshwater fish populations at risk of extinction, study finds. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/23/global-freshwater-fish-populations-at-risk-of-extinction-study-finds

Hughes, K., Ian Harrison, Will Darwall, Richard Lee, Dean Muruven, Carmen Revenga, Julie Claussen, Abby Lynch, Adrian Pinder, Robin Abell, Paula Martinelli, Mike Baltzer, Michele Thieme, Sonja Jähnig, Jeff Opperman, Herman Wanningen, Jeremy Monroe, Harmony Patricio, Richard van der Laan, . . . Matt Gollock. (n.d.). THE WORLD’S FORGOTTEN FISHES. https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/world_s_forgotten_fishes__report_final__1.pdf

Marahhardt. (2025, June 30). How wastewater affects nearshore fisheries. Our Shared Seas. https://oursharedseas.com/how-wastewater-affects-nearshore-fisheries

Smith, Z., Gilroy, M., Eisenson, M., Schnettler, E., Stefanski, S., & Natural Resources Defense Council. (2014). Net loss: the killing of marine mammals in foreign fisheries. In NRDC Report. https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/mammals-foreign-fisheries-report.pdf

The Decline and Impending Collapse of the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) Population in the North Atlantic Ocean: A Review of Possible Causes: Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture: Vol 30, No 2, www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23308249.2021.1937044. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.