I am a PhD student studying the movement ecology of seabirds and their trophic interactions with herring in partnership with the Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation.
I have worked as a wildlife biologist and ecologist across Canada, and I am deeply fascinated by the lives of animals and how their behaviour shapes both their own survival and the wider ecological community. I received my MSc in Biology from the University of Windsor where I studied social learning and behavioural ecology of songbirds. I value the collection of sound natural history data and the study of animals within their natural environments as the essential bedrock of theoretical understanding.
I am a dedicated conservationist and come to the ACS lab after 4 years of working as the Research and Engagement Officer for the Ancient Forest Alliance, an environmental charity dedicated to the protection of old-growth forests.
I am a passionate naturalist, birdwatcher, and big-tree hunter, and am happiest when deeply immersed in nature, observing and learning about wildlife.
I am grateful to MITACS, the Geography Department at UVic and the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation for supporting our research. I look forward to developing a project that can help shape effective, ecologically minded stewardship and conservation, and in the process, try to give something back to the wild creatures and wild places that have given me so much.
