​About Me

Originally from Halifax Nova Scotia I'm a maritimer with a passion for landscape ecology and wildlife conservation. You'll often find me birding or photographing wildlife around the beautiful places where I work.

I have previously collaborated with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, Bird Studies Canada, Acadia University, the UWSS, the University of Guelph, and Rocky Point Bird Observatory in the field on community conservation projects and species at risk research across Canada.  

I recently completed my M.Sc. thesis at the University of Victoria, BC in partnership with InnoTech Alberta modeling white-tailed deer movement and landscape disturbance in Alberta's boreal forest. Currently I am working as a research assistant with fRI Research in Hinton, AB.

Field Work

These are some of the field skills I have been lucky to develop in the past few years
  • Large mammal capture & collaring
  • Reconyx camera trap set-up
  • North America bird ID by sight and sound
  • Breeding bird surveys/nest monitoring
  • 1500+ birds of 87 species banded, aged and sexed
  • MOTUS nano tag deployment & station set up​
  • Manual VHF telemetry tracking 
  • Old growth forest tree coring
  • Community engagement

BLOG

Time to switch things up - I've moved to Hinton!

I recently completed my Master's degree and moved to Hinton Alberta (near Jasper) to work for the Foothills Research Institute.
Read about the projects I'll be working on, and the cool field work I'll be doing in -20 C!