RESEARCH SKILLS
Project skills
-Conducting field work in a remote locations for long stints, where resources are often limited, supervision is minimal, and physical conditions are demanding
-Wet lab and enclosure experience
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Animal handling
-Black bear trapping and den checks
-Medium and small mammal live-trapping and handling: morphometrics, ear-tagging, collaring, reproductive assessment
-Capture and handling of adult and juvenile sturgeon; morphometric data, PIT tagging, surgically implantation of tracking units
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Bio-logging, physiology, statistics, etc.
-Extensive VHF-telemetry knowledge; ~1000 hrs logged​
-In depth knowledge of GPS telemetry and accelerometry
-Physiological assays: hematocrit, immunological smears, total/bound/fecal cortisol (I-125/H-3 radio-immunoassay and enzyme-immunoassay)
-Administration and processing of stable isotopes for field metabolic rate
-Collection and processing of invertebrate samples; invertebrate ID and biomass measurement
-Diet content analysis
-Standardized mark-recapture, visual count, transect, and video methods for population density estimation
-Classification of landcover imagery in ArcGIS
-Knowledge in classic statistical methods (e.g., ANOVA, GLMs, path analysis) and complex spatial and behavioral analyses using GPS and accelerometer data; all completed in R
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Other skills
​-Substrate composition and water quality measures
-River bottom substrate sampling
TEACHING AND MENTORING
Teaching Experience
- Biology Tutor, Trent University 2014-present
- Teaching Assistant, 2010, 2014-2018 - 13 courses across 11 semesters
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Workshops
R Intensive Workshop - Topics include data exploration, data visualization, univariate and multivariate analyses; workshop all based in program R
Course Design
Principals in Environmental Monitoring - Topics include environmental ethics, working with stakeholders, public and private lands, ecosystem impact mitigation and recovery
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Mentoring Experience
Honors students (x2) - helped with project design and implementation, data analysis, manuscript write-up (publications can be found here)
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Field Technicians (x4) - leader of effective and dependable teams; hired and trained, provided work expectations, plans and schedules, sampling protocols, and feedback on work progress and quality
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High school students (x2) - helped with project design and implementation, data analysis, project write-up and presentations
PRESENTATIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND VOLUNTEERING
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Conference Presentations
Missouri Natural Resources Conference 2020
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution 2018-2019
Northern Studies Colloquium 2016 - 2018
Benthic Ecology Meeting 2011
Atlantic Canada Costal & Estuarine Science Society 2010 - 2011
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Invited Academic Presentations
-Departmental Seminar. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture. Mississippi State. 2019
-Graduate Student Association. Mississippi State. 2019.
-Departmental Seminar. Biology Department, Univ. of Saskatchewan. 2018.
-Departmental Seminar. Biology Department, Univ. of Hradec Králové. 2018.
-Wildlife Population, Conservation, and Behavioural Ecology Lab. Western. 2017.
-Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. Colorado State. 2017.
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Public Outreach and Education
- Skype a Scientist 2019-2020. 6 classroom sessions.
​ - Stirling Public School. Webtalk. 2018. ​
- 3 Minute Thesis. 2018.
- Symons Seminar Series. 2018.
- Peterborough Field Naturalists. 2017.
- Mammal Session Leader, Rare Bioblitz 2017
- School Group Educator, Boreal ecology, Kluane field camp 2015-2016
- Waterfowl Session Leader -Presqu’ile Waterfowl Weekend 2014
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Peer Review - 15 manuscripts in 11 journals
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Volunteering
Graduate Student Representative – Animal Care Council
Science Co-Chair – Northern Studies Colloquium Organizing Committee
Symons Graduate Student Presentation Series – Judge & Abstract Selection
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Grants
May 2015 Collaboratively obtained NSERC RTI to support PhD research
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Academic Awards
May 2018 French American Scholarship
May 2017 Northern Studies Training Program Award
May 2017 E. Curtin & I. E. Curtin Graduate Scholarship
May 2016 Northern Studies Training Program Award
May 2015 Northern Studies Training Program Award
May 2015 E. Curtin & I. E. Curtin Graduate Scholarship
September 2014 O’Brien Humanitarian Trust Scholarship
May 2014 NSERC AGB CGS-D Postgraduate Scholarship
May 2010 NSERC CGS M Postgraduate Scholarship
September 2009 HMSC Graduate Scholarship
September 2007 Norman Brougham Miller Scholarship
September 2004 William and Lois Paine Founder’s Scholarship
September 2004 James Somerville Scholarship
September 2004 Jean R. Stewart Memorial Scholarship
June 2004 Governor General’s Medal
