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Kitchener, ON, CA

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

• Conducted 62 VSP (Vegetation Sampling Protocol) surveys in various habitats, identifying all species present.
• Conducted salamander monitoring, assisted with turtle hatchery work and volunteer events.
• Managed VSP project work: prioritized sites, planned field days, called rain days, entered data.
• Recruited, trained, and managed volunteer assistants for VSP and salamander monitoring.VSP involved identifying all vascular plants from groundcover to canopy in 400m2 plots… Show more
• Recruited, trained, and managed volunteer assistants for VSP and salamander monitoring.VSP involved identifying all vascular plants from groundcover to canopy in 400m2 plots, with particular attention to invasive.

Ayr, Ontario, Canada

• Installed naturalized area plantings in construction, residential, and commercial settings.
• Managed invasive species (primarily European Buckthorn and Garlic Mustard).
• Worked as contractor for consulting firms to install projects, followed landscape design plans,encountered various perspectives involved in planning and implementing projects.

Guelph

• Co-facilitated restoration activities for school field-trips according to student level.
• Prepared and delivered a 25-minute session drawing on ELC principles to a university class.
• Helped facilitate an invasive species removal training workshop for a charitable organization.
• Researched and learned to use a GIS software to meet the project’s needs for recording significant species.

Guelph

• Lead a team of new-hires; communicated with supervisors, ensured equipment and materials were prepared, and resolved unexpected situations in the field.
• Conducted digital data-collection tasks related to corn and soybean field-trials throughout the season.
• Completed harvest tasks in teams; had to be flexible and help with priority tasks to meet deadlines and take advantage of weather conditions.

London, Canada Area

• Assisted the Southwest Zone Ecologist and Field Ecologist with field work on various projects undertaken by the ministry in parks across the southwest zone.
• Conducted vegetation inventories, bird surveys, seine netting, nest counts, and BioBlitzes with small teams, and learned first-hand from experts in a number of specialties.
• Applied ELC with a team, contributing strongly to vegetation identification.
• Designed a digital filing system for research conducted in parks, improved… Show more
• Designed a digital filing system for research conducted in parks, improved the research database to make it easy to know what research was active, which reports had been received, and where they were filed. Show less

Bachelor’S Degree, Joint Honours: Environment, Resources And Sustainability; Peace And Conflict Studies, 85

Activities and Societies: University Choir, Conrad Grebel Musical cast, Peace Society I bridged the study of environmental and social.

Semester In Natural Resource Science, Natural Sciences, 86

Activities and Societies: Streamkeepers Salmon Restoration, Gwaii Singers Community Choir Experiential learning semester focusing on.