As a budding Ecologist I am passionate about improving community based conservation initiatives involving land stewardship. Over the years I've had the opportunity to develop skills in behavioural sampling, radio telemetry, conducting species at risk (SAR) surveys, aquatic invertebrate surveys, ageing methodologies in aquaculture, grant and manuscript writing, and scientific outreach.My graduate research has largely focused on the investigation of how the reproductive behaviour of male & female reindeer varies with differing sex ratios and male age. The coursework of my two graduate programs has largely focused on conservation policy, scientific literacy, invasive species ecology, advanced statistics and modelling in ecology, approaches in conservation science, and project management.