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Eastern Ontario

Placed with NCC through the Canadian Conservation Corps program, run by the Canadian Wildlife Federation. During this full-time placement, I worked with the Eastern Ontario team around the Frontenac Arch and Ottawa Valley to assist with a variety of conservation activities, including:- Property Management Plan updates: updating vegetation communities.

Scarborough, Ontario

Led educational interpretive hikes in Rouge National Urban Park for school and community groups, from kindergarten to university level, on a range of topics including outdoor survival, water species, trees and plants, climate change, species at risk, and more.Assisted with organization and coordination of community outreach events such as the Rouge Valley.

Toronto, Ontario

Resumed a leadership role from the previous summer on the Zoo's pollinator program by:- Delivering informative and interactive presentations as a guest speaker to groups of both children and adults, through events such as a corporate planting, paint night, and movie night- Attracting and engaging with guests to pollinator outreach booth- Developing.

Toronto, Ontario

Assisted the Curatorial Keeper in caring for the Zoo's various insect and invertebrate collections in the Invertebrate Breeding Centre, including feeding the animals a regimented diet, maintaining enclosures, and practicing husbandry procedures.I also worked closely with the Curator for Birds and Invertebrates to successfully develop and launch the Zoo's.

Oshawa, ON

Working in the lab of Dr. Andrea Kirkwood, I assisted on a number of projects over the course of the summer, including:- A Lake Scugog study on invasive macrophytes and water quality- A nutrient study within the tributaries of the Lake Simcoe watershed- A microbial study in urban storm water pondsThrough this position I've developed algal and invertebrate.

Scarborough, ON

As lead water monitor, I conducted regular site visits to the main Rouge and Little Rouge rivers to monitor their health through data loggers. I was involved in the maintenance of a number of restoration projects around the Rouge Park. I worked with and supervised community volunteers, students, and elementary classes during outreach, stewardship, and.

Master Of Environmental Science, Environmental Science

Courses include: Freshwater Ecology and Biomonitoring, Fundamentals of Ecological Monitoring, Environmental Change and Human Health.

Bachelor Of Science And Management (Honours), Biological Science

Obtained a diverse degree: a four-year focus on biological science, with both environmental and human biology courses, and an additional.

Ontario Secondary School Diploma

Ontario Scholar (attained an average of 80% or greater in my six best Grade 12 courses)