About Me

I'm originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia and am passionate about landscape ecology and wildlife conservation. My research interests are primarily focused on understanding how animals move in response to human disturbance and climate change. In my free time, you'll often find me birding or photographing wildlife around the beautiful places where I live and 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.
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Field Work

These are some of the field skills I have been lucky to develop in the past few years
  • Large mammal capture & collaring
  • Aerial ungulate surveys
  • 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 Post

I'm wrangling and collaring deer, and it's awesome

I recently completed my Master's degree and moved to Hinton Alberta (near Jasper) to work for fRI Research's Caribou Program.
Learn what deer trapping is like, and why we're doing it