WHY WE FIGHTBiodiversity is on the losing end of our fantastic climb in population and in prosperity.
Conserving biodiversity requires that we understand how species respond to landscape and climate change. 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. I research mammal 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.
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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.
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.
Experience
Chief of the Applied Conservation Macro Ecology (ACME) Lab, 2019 - present
Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, 2011-present
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.
Chief of the Applied Conservation Macro Ecology (ACME) Lab, 2019 - present
Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, 2011-present
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.
Research in the News
CBC DOCS: THE NATURE OF THINGS
• Mongabay (Wolverines and coyotes)
• CBC Radio - What on Earth (Wolverines)
• CBC Online: What on Earth (wolverines)
• Canadian Press: Nature's Big Year
• 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
• 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
• Mongabay (Wolverines and coyotes)
• CBC Radio - What on Earth (Wolverines)
• CBC Online: What on Earth (wolverines)
• Canadian Press: Nature's Big Year
• 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
• 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