Jason T Fisher
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Jason

Biodiversity is on the losing end of our fantastic climb in population, and in prosperity.

Conserving biodiversity in the face of rapid landscape and climate change requires that we understand how species respond to those changes. That's my passion. I am a wildlife ecologist with an eye for the big picture: a field grandiosely called macroecology. 


Wolverines, bears, wolves, moose, deer, squirrels, and all the furry things living in the woods capture my imagination. Maybe the 70s cartoon The Green Forest is to blame? I think it may be. Thanks TVO.
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I research terrestrial and coastal wildlife ecology in large, complex, often human-altered landscapes. I examine the spatial features and ecological processes that help species persist, or send them into declines. I help apply this research to conservation challenges, such as managing landscape disturbance and enhancing species-at-risk recovery. 

Education
Ph.D., University of Victoria, Dept. of Biology. 2010. NSERC Scholar.

M.Sc., University of Alberta, Dept. of Biology. 1999. NSERC Scholar.


​B.Sc.H., Carleton University, Dept. of Biology. 1995.
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​Director, ACME Lab, University of Victoria, School of Environmental Studies.

Google Scholar Profile


Past Experience
  • Senior Research Scientist (Wildlife Ecology), Alberta Research Council / Alberta Innovates, 2001-2019.
  • Big Game Management Biologist (Caribou, Moose, and Black Bears), Newfoundland & Labrador Inland Fish & Wildlife Division, 1999-2001.

Academic Service
COSEWIC Terrestrial Mammals Specialist Subcommittee
Section Editor, Ecology and Evolution journal.
Director at Large, British Columbia Chapter - The Wildlife Society
Former President of the Alberta Chapter - The Wildlife Society. 
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution.
Ecological Society of America.
Society for Conservation Biology.
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Major Funders

• Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring
• Government of Alberta
• Government of British Columbia
• Government of Yukon

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Township of Esquimalt
• Whitefish Lake First Nation
• ​Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society


GRAD STUDENT FUNDERS
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• MITACS Canada
• University of Victoria

OTHER HELPFUL PAST FUNDERS
• Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative
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• Beaver Hills Initiative
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• Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund
• Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada
• MEG Energy
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• Friends of Elk Island Society
• Fur Institute of Canada
• TD Friends of the Environment
• Royal Geographical Society

Research Partners

• Dr. John Volpe, UVIC
• Dr. Eric Higgs, UVIC
• Dr. Brad Anholt, UVIC
• Dr. Brian Starzomski, UVIC
• Dr. Trevor Lantz, UVIC
• Dr. David Atkinson, UVIC
• Dr. Chris Bone, UVIC
• Dr. Cole Burton, UBC
• Dr. Steve Bradbury, Gov. Alberta
• Dr. Tony Clevenger, Montana State
• Dr. Laura Finnegan, fRI
• Dr. Joyce Gould, GOA
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Dr. Mark Hebblewhite, U. Montana
• Dr. Scott Heckbert, GOA
• Dr. Glynnis Hood, UA - Augustana
• Dr. Darryl MacKenzie, New Zealand
• John Paczkowski, GOA
• Drajs Vujnovic, GOA
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Dr. Margo Pybus, GOA
• Dr. Robin Steenweg, CWS
• Dr. Jo Treweek, TEC UK
• Jesse Whittington, Parks Canada
​• Dr. Brian Eaton, InnoTech Alberta
• Dr. Shauna-Lee Chai, Gov. BC.

Research in the News

​CBC DOCS: THE NATURE OF THINGS
• Mongabay (Wolverines and coyotes)
• ​CBC Radio - What on Earth (Wolverines)
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• CBC Online: What on Earth (wolverines)
• ​Canadian Press: Nature's Big Year
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• The Revelator (Oil sands mammals)​
• The Revelator (Wolverines)
• CBC and syndication nationwide (Wolverines)
​• CBC Radio Calgary (Wolverines)   
• CBC Radio Edmonton (Wolverines)   
• CHED Radio (Wolverines)  
• TV: CBC's The National (Urban Deer)
​• TV: Check News: Urban Deer
• ​Times Colonist: Urban Deer
• BBC Earth - Truth about Wolverines
• National Post - Wildlife in Oil Sands
• Global News - Oil sands wildlife
• CBC - Invasive white-tailed deer
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• ​CBC (Caribou restoration)
• ​CBC (Urban Deer Research)
• ​CBC's The National - TV (Urban Deer)
• CBC​ (Wolverine research)
• CBC (Marten recovery)
• CBC Radio Canada (Francaise)
• CTV News (Wildlife activity patterns)
​• Science Borealis (Wolverine research)
• Calgary Herald
• Canadian Geographic
• The Globe and Mail
• Canwest Journals 
• CBC: Protected Areas Research
• Huffington Post
• Outside Magazine
• Last, not Least: The Colbert Report

COMMENTARY
• New York Times
• National Geographic
• Discovery Channel News
• Inside Science
• Tech Times
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