Aranya Iyer Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I work on the Science, Knowledge and Innovation (SKI) team at WWF-Canada to conduct foundational research and analyses, propose innovative tools and assist with knowledge mobilization and science communication. In this unique role, I perform data analyses, do literature reviews, synthesize information and do outreach with community organizations to create.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I started Field Research in Ecology and Evolution Diversified (FREED) with Mariel Terebiznik alongside a group of other students in 2021. Our goal is to increase access to field work and research in ecology, evolution and conservation for Indigenous, Black and/or Racialized undergraduate students. Since 2022, I have been co-director for4 events, overseeing.

I have worked with a diverse array of audio-visual and written formats to share my knowledge and experience with birds. To show the diversity and range of my experience, I have highlighted a few here:- Toronto Bird Celebration, hosted by BirdsCanada, featured speaker for talk about community, kinship and birding (May 2022)- Invited speaker at Bird Friendly.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Animalogic brand originates on YouTube and is part of the Blue Ant Media family. It is primarily a Youtube channel guiding the audience through the wonderful and often wacky animal kingdom. Animlogic creates high-quality, engaging and informative content for viewers to encourage robust conversation around nature and ecology.I am the host of the series.

Canada

The Canadian Science Fair Journal is an online, open-access journal that showcases science projects conducted and written by students from across the country. I started as a volunteer social media associate and entered the co-director role after a year alongside Kirti Vyas. I created content for the journal including call for applicants, educational.

London, Ontario, Canada

I have been a teaching assistant for the following courses:- Spatial Ecology (Winter 2022): 2 hour tutorials for ArcMap and R in alongside marking and lab-set up (ie., camera traps)- Animal Geographies (Winter 2021): Marking TA - Introduction to Biogeography (Fall 2020,2021): 1 hour tutorial sessions as well as guest lecture for Fall 2021 ("Connection.

Toronto, ON

Citywide Notes Ltd is an all-around learning hub stationed in downtown Toronto providing accessibility services to schools and companies to foster equal opportunity environments. They provide support to people who are D/deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, and deafblind, blind, low vision, vision impairment, person with learning or cognitive disability as well.

Parry Sound, ON

• Club Kodiak is a resort for adults with ADD/ADHD, learning disorders and high functioning autism spectrum disorder. Its focus is to provide space for individuals to learn skills for independent living. As an advisor my.
• Have a strong rapport with the 10 guests under my supervision and provide them with prompts to complete morning, lunch and dinnertime routines
• Lead daily electives and life-skills like career prep, nature hikes, stargazing, Zumba, yoga, birdwatching, and many more
• Create, plan, and manage evening programs like karaoke, dance, camp-wide hide-and-seek for 50+ guests

Hamilton, ON

• 541 Exchange and Eatery is a non-profit, volunteer-run, “pay-it-forward” café located in a low-income neighbourhood where customers and volunteers alike come from diverse socio-economic standings.
• Take on a more managerial position and train 5 new high-school students each week to become front-of-house volunteers
• Supervise students to guarantee professional service to customers while balancing the friendly ambiance of the café
• Create, apply and oversee teen-friendly activities and discussions that address questions of poverty, gentrification, and mental health
• Set-up and lead games and activities for neighbourhood pre-teens through “541 Fun Club” and “541 Youth Bible study”

Hamilton, ON

• I started at this organization as a Front-of-House volunteer and received all the necessary training as a barista:
• Perform front of house duties including greeting and interacting with customers, working at the till, preparing and serving drinks and food, restocking supplies and upholding high standards of cleanliness
• Manage a high influx of people in a fast-paced environment while maintaining amiable connections with customers and staff

Hamilton, ON

• As a Team Leader for the 2018 Horizons Conference (a 3-day, 2-night leadership conference held in July at McMaster University) and 2016-2017 Science Society Mentor, my tasks were to:
• Lead a group of 10 first year students through various sessions and activity based on relevant topics like time-management, study techniques, healthy active living, positive mental heath practises, and substance use.
• Encourage open and non-judgemental discussions of relevant issues relating to body image and self-care
• Address concerns by asking questions, actively listening and sharing personal anecdotes to help make the transition from high school to university as effortless as possibl

Port Rowan, ON

• Long Point (LPBO) is the oldest bird observatory in the Western Hemisphere and I was involved in two of its longest running projects. My role during the Migration Monitoring (May to early June) was to:
• Work with 2-7 volunteers to operate 13 or more mist nets for 6 hours of standardized banding and daily observations
• Complete all bird capture processes, including setting up and taking down net lanes, net extraction and banding, collecting, recording, proofing and digitizing dataFor the Tree Swallow Project (3 weeks in June), my.
• Design a daily schedule for checking approximately 150 Tree Swallow nest boxes and create a database for information
• Monitor, band, record and ensure health and safety of the eggs, chicks, and incubating females
• Train all volunteers using new protocol and write a Tree Swallow Manual for future volunteers

Klamath, Oregon

• Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) is located in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion bordering Oregon and California that provides a unique composition of avian populations. Working with KBO instilled a lifelong passion for.
• Operate 10 constant-effort mist netting bird monitoring stations during a 10-day cycle
• Complete all bird capture processes, including setting up and taking down net lanes, net extraction and banding, collecting, recording and proofing data
• Digitizing data through a banding software
• Complete species breeding status checklists, incidental observations, plant phenological surveys and the daily journal in scientific field notebook every morning
• Work closely with the team leader to organize and run a week-long banding workshop that summarized the works of Peter Pyle and C.J Ralph for safe bird handling, ageing and sexing, molt patterns and the administrative.

Master Of Science - Ms, Geography And Environment

I completed my research under the supervision of Dr. Jed Long in his Geospatial Analysis lab. We are a group of diverse, dedicated and.

Honours Bachelor Of Science, Minor In French, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Completed with Honours Thesis Project (see attached) with Dr. Chow-Fraser. The Chow-Fraser Lab is a multi-disciplinary lab researching.