Experience

Big River Analytics

• Canada
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Relationship Lead

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Squamish, BC



University of Victoria

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • May 2021 - Present

  Victoria, BC



Self-Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Consulting

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Clients include Big River Analytics, Coastal First Nations - Great Bear Initiative, Pinna Sustainability, Parks Canada, the Marine Plan Partnership, Eclipse Consulting, and Dovetail Consulting.


Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance
• Program Director, Fisheries Management & Science

  • Jul 2020 - Mar 2023


Pacific Salmon Foundation

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager, Salmon Watersheds Program

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

  Vancouver, Canada Area

• PhD Candidate

  • Sep 2014 - Nov 2019

  Marine Ethnoecology Lab, School for Environmental Studies, Victoria, BC My dissertation research looked at adaptation solutions to climate change impacts on the west coast of BC, and includes both theoretical and empirical components touching on adaptive capacity, marine conservation planning, and applied community-based adaptation actions developed with Indigenous partners.



Resort Municipality of Whistler

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fish & Wildlife Technician

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

  Whistler, BC



Okanagan Nation Alliance

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fisheries Biologist

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2014

  Nelson, BC - Proposal/grant writing and submission - Field data collection and management - Report writing and data input/analysis - Liaising with other contractors/collaboration with independent consultants - Independent, unsupervised work situation



CIDA

• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Researcher, Sustainable Aquaculture, Bunda College, Malawi

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  Lilongwe, Malawi Developing fish processing business for value addition to benefit smallholder aquaculture producers; teaching research methods and fisheries biology courses; supporting the ongoing projects at the College



The University of British Columbia

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MSc Student

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

  Vancouver, BC I completed my MSc in Fisheries Ecology and Conservation with Dr. Scott Hinch in the Pacific Salmon Conservation and Ecology Lab. My work focused on juvenile sockeye salmon thermal tolerance, in order to explore population-level differences in response to climate change, specifically for rising river temperatures during egg incubation and juvenile growth. I also worked with colleagues in ocean studies related to adult migration conditions using physiology and telemetry to track… Show more I completed my MSc in Fisheries Ecology and Conservation with Dr. Scott Hinch in the Pacific Salmon Conservation and Ecology Lab. My work focused on juvenile sockeye salmon thermal tolerance, in order to explore population-level differences in response to climate change, specifically for rising river temperatures during egg incubation and juvenile growth. I also worked with colleagues in ocean studies related to adult migration conditions using physiology and telemetry to track migration patterns and behavioural response to rising water temperatures and recreational fisheries. Show less



Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference

• Organizing Committee

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

  Bamfield, BC The Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) is an annual conference for graduate, post-doctoral, and advanced undergraduate students conducting ecological and evolutionary research at Western Canadian and American universities.



University of British Columbia

• Canada
• Health, Wellness & Fitness

• Research Technician

  • May 2009 - May 2010

  Vancouver, Canada Area Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation

• Research Assistant (NSERC)

  • May 2007 - Sep 2008

  I worked on multiple projects at the Centre for Forest Gene Conservation in the Faculty of Forestry. I collected and analyzed data for three studies: a Pacific dogwood population differentiation study, a temperature and CO2 modeling experiment for lodgepole pine and sitka spruce, and finally, a study assessing the potential for facilitated migration of whitebark pine, a keystone alpine tree species that is seriously threatened by climate change.