Experience

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  Elevate Environmental Inc.

  • Western Canada

  • Environmental Consultant/Principal

    • Aug 2012 - Present
    • Western Canada

    Elevate Environmental Inc. specializes in environmental assessment, planning, design, permitting and monitoring. We work with our clients and their team to develop custom solutions, for each unique project. Our experienced team is knowledgeable of construction practices and regulatory liaison; and our approach to environmental management is practical. We offer design services for aquatic and terrestrial habitat enhancement and reclamation; and water-wise landscaping.Elevate supports community sustainability initiatives and we incorporate environmentally friendly solutions into our projects and business practices.

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  EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd

  • Environmental Technologist

    • 2005 - 2012

    Conducted environmental assessment, planning, design, regulatory liaison, permitting and monitoring. Managed multidisciplinary projects in municipal, transportation, commercial and private sectors. Planned habitat and landscape restorations; and riparian reclamation projects.

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  University of British Columbia

  • Okanagan

  • Field Technician

    • Jun 2004 - Jun 2004
    • Okanagan

    Collected soil samples from three Okanagan forest ecosystems. The samples were collected to study relationships between mycorrhiza and various Okanagan forest ecosystems. Position involved traveling, traversing forested areas, navigating, identifying trees, sampling soil from specified depths and transporting samples back to the lab and assisting Ph.D. student with design of a protocol for re-sampling.

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  Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology

  • Field Technician

    • Jun 2001 - Aug 2001

    Assisted with beetle pheromone study by collecting, identifying, preserving, and displaying insect specimens. Augmented the college reference insect collection.

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  Canadian Forestry Service, Great Lakes Forestry Center

  • Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

  • Lab Technician

    • Jan 2001 - Mar 2001
    • Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

    Assisted a group of researchers with ongoing forest insect pathogen studies by processing insect samples, preparing slides of insect tissues, administering doses of Microsporidia to larvae, and detecting infection through microscopic examination of tissues. Prepared and diagnosed 300 slide samples of adult budworm tissues. Wrote technical lab reports. Applied lab sanitation protocols.