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Vancouver

• Collaborating with my colleagues and the community to protect and enhance the ecological health and ecosystem services of Iona Island and the Fraser River estuary.
• Interpret and integrate environmental legislation, regional policies, ecological data, and best management practices into processes, plans, policies, and projects.
• Draw on a wide breadth of environmental knowledge, including local ecosystems, ecological processes, nature-based solutions, habitat restoration, and resource recovery.
• Evaluate consultants, keep consultant-led projects on track, and provide input to improve reporting, recommendations and designs.
• Initiated a multi-disciplinary team to investigate the use of reclaimed water.
• Lead the evaluation of an effluent heat recovery project consultant supported multi-disciplinary team.

Vancouver

Catalyze more sustainable practices through strategic solutions development, policy analysis, writing, workshops, and public speaking:* Give story rich and inspiring talks on what nature can teach us about sustainability. * Deliver workshops to teachers to provide the skills they need to inspire 3000+ students to care about the environment and be hopeful.

Vancouver

I work with Vancouver teachers to give them the tools and ideas they need - in the classroom and in the garden - to inspire the next generation of green innovators.Together, we’ve grown the ecological literacy skills of 350+ students.Each year brings new stories of students discovering the wonder of nature. One of my favourites was watching a class of.

Richmond, British Columbia

At the City of Richmond, I implemented a wide variety of greener practices, legislation, and policies which required a significant breadth of environmental knowledge, an understanding of how municipalities work, as well as knowledge of municipal, regional, provincial and federal environmental legislation and responsibilities. Some of the projects I.

Research, education and promotion of sustainable fisheries, agricultural watershed management, bird conservation, water-wise gardening and habitat mapping.Favourite memories: Sharing with City of Vancouver residents how to grow a garden that uses water wisely 15 years before Vancouver ever hit stage 2 water restrictions.

Facilitated discussion and learning of undergraduate students in agroecological principles, critical thinking, team work, feedback and presentation skills.Favourite memories: Being in a roomful of 18 year-olds excited about B.C. apple farming and pastured-raised beef before the 100 mile diet was conceived of.

Researched the effects of forestry on birds, amphibians and plants through a variety of projects.Favourite memories: Early mornings spent searching for woodpecker nests, afternoons spent measuring plants and evenings spent calling for owls. Ah, the life of a field biologist.

Msc., Resource Management And Environmental Studies

Thesis: Developed a method to quantify the effectiveness of riparian buffers to protect stream habitat and water quality in the.

Bsc., Biology And Environmental Studies