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Golden, Bc

- Conduct wildlife surveys (sign surveys, camera trapping, small mammal trapping, etc.)- Manage and analyze wildlife data (GIS mapping, spatial analyses, statistics, modelling, etc.)- Write reports, wildlife management plans, policy documents, work plans, budgets, etc.- Collaborate with Indigenous partners (e.g. species at risk, ecology and health, caribou habitat restoration, wildlife monitoring, fieldwork instruction)

- Support and build volunteer collaboration of the Girls on Ice Canada Society- Inspire scientific thinking and curiosity during 12 day tuition-free, science-immersion wilderness expeditions- Develop program curriculum and instruct science, art and technical movement alongside ACMG certified guides

Coats Island, Nunavut

- Responsible for research staff safety and rescue on a remote, uninhabited island in the Arctic Ocean- Installed, maintained and improved roped-cliff access for seabird research (thick-billed murres and glaucous gulls)- Trained staff on rope access, safety and rescue protocols - Technical access on seacliffs for seabird handling (GPS monitors, banding, blood sampling, measurements, egg and chick monitoring, etc.)

Golden, British Co

- Acquire diverse landscape scale data (landcover, forest harvest, food sources, etc.) from multiple jurisdictions (British Columbia, Alberta, federal and provincial) for spatial and genetic analyses in wolverine research- Collaborate with scientists, researchers and managers across provinces (e.g. government agencies, national parks, research institutes, etc.)- Create habitat layers for wolverine analyses (e.g. prey species food source maps)

Lake Louise, Yoho, Kootenay Field Unit

- Conduct wildlife winter snow tracking surveys along longterm transects in major movement corridors- Backtrack focal carnivore species tracks (wolf, cougar, lynx, wolverine) for fine scale information

Hinton, Alberta

- Organized and coordinated field projects (e.g. equipment, logistics, budgets, samples, data, reports)- Supervised field crews and conducted population inventories using non-invasive sampling techniques- Managed crews and mentored junior staff for a translocated grizzly bear project (cluster and den visits)- Participated in grizzly bear trapping (site set-up, checks and take down) and deer capture (live capture and processing using clover traps, trap checks and take down)

Hinton, Alberta

- Five member crew, 9 days shifts in remote areas, camp based, self-catered- Collected ecological data during GPS cluster visits of radio-collared grizzly bears to identify predation sites- Conducted ungulate (caribou, moose, elk, deer, sheep and goat) pellet surveys

Hinton, Alberta

- Analyzed movements of translocated radio-collared grizzly bears and assembled reports and presentations- Published a peer-reviewed article on grizzly bear use of riparian zones and presented at a conference

Grande Prairie, Alberta

- Two member remote crew, 11 day shifts with helicopter access and wilderness camping- Collected biodiversity data in remote boreal forests (forest stand, wetlands, soil, birds and vegetation)- Sorted and identified specimens (plants, moss, lichens and invertebrates)

Attawapiskat In Northern Ontario, Ontario

- Three and six week shifts, based out of a remote mine, remote helicopter access to study sites- Collected wetland and climate change research field data (gas exchange, hydrology and vegetation surveys)- Managed data and performed statistical analyses

Panama

- Collaborated with a local environmental NGO, governmental agencies and other stakeholders - Researched conservation, management and general scientific information of a local protected area - Published a comprehensive report, presented our results and raised public awareness at community events

Montreal, Canada

- Educated visitors about local history, flora and fauna in a federal migratory bird sanctuary- Conserved wildlife through species and habitat monitoring, and invasive species control- Designed and led scientific activities for young biologists in summer camp programs

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental Science, M.Sc. Thesis 98%, Course Average 95%, Top 10% Of Students

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Environmental Science: Landscape Processess And Environmental Change, Course Average 95%, Top 25% Of Students