Sarah Yoshida Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

In her role as an ecologist at Burnside, Sarah is responsible for delivering natural heritage studies, assessing, and analyzing development impacts on environmental and natural heritage features, preparing developing mitigation plans, and species at risk permitting. Sarah has worked on a variety of projects including capital works projects, Municipal Class.

Ontario, Canada

As a Junior Ecologist at EcoTec, I have worked on numerous projects for the public and private sectors including transportation infrastructure projects for the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), municipal construction projects, and private property development. These have included fisheries surveys, environmental monitoring and compliance, wildlife surveys.

As an aquatic resources technologist at the Hamilton Conservation Authority, I was responsible for leading an aquatic field sampling crew to conduct routine monitoring throughout the watershed. My responsibilities included the following:- Completed pre-field planning for daily field activities (i.e., safety planning, mapping preparation, equipment.

Vineland

In this position, I supported on-going integrated pest management (IPM) research projects for improving the management of pests in fruit crops. My duties included the following:- Insect rearing, sample preparation, insect sorting, counting - Aided with research trials for the control of European chaffer beetle (Amphimallon majale) using commercially.

As an aquatic resources technician at the Hamilton Conservation Authority, I conducted routine aquatic biomonitoring throughout the watershed. My responsibilities included the following:- Conducting fisheries surveys in the eastern end of the Hamilton watershed, demonstrating knowledge of fish ecology, morphology, and identification as well as river.

Dorset, Ontario

In this position, I primarily assisted with water quality monitoring of 20 intensively studied lakes in the Muskoka-Haliburton region. I also assisted the hydrology group with sampling tributaries throughout the area. My responsibilities were as follows:- Water sampling (discrete and composite samples of lake profiles);- Zooplankton and phytoplankton.

Ontario, Canada

- Created a database with all the aquatic species at risk in Canada- Assisted with a joint research project between the Biodiversity Institute and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency regarding seafood adulteration by assisting with literature searches, data collection and data management- Supported ongoing research projects regarding environmental DNA.

Guelph, ON

- Assisted with data collection, data analysis, data QA/QC, and writing technical report writing for projects supporting policy development regarding nutrient management around Lake Erie- Assisted with ongoing projects with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support the development of a tablet application

Toronto, Canada Area

- Responsible for sample reception of phytoplankton samples submitted for analysis, sample preparation, submission, shipment, and storage- Lab responsibilities included reagent preparation, sample preparation, maintenance of the lab space and equipment- Assisted with QA/QC analyses and data entry

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Demonstrated good customer service even when faced with communication and language barriers when engaging with travelers - Worked in fast-paced environment, performing tasks such as scanning and inputting data into computer systems quickly and efficiently - Exhibited good problem-solving skills when faced with unique situations regarding immigration and.

Ecosystem Restoration Graduate Certificate, Ecology, 85% +

Activities and Societies: Society for Ecosystem Restoration (Niagara College Chapter)

B.Sc (Environmental Sciences), Ecology (Co-Op), 80% +

Activities and Societies: Board Member of the College of Biological Sciences Student Student Council and the Environmental Sciences.