Originally from the small northern community of Ft. Nelson, obtaining a UNBC Scholars award, and attending UNBC marked a turning point in my professional life.

The training I received at UNBC was instrumental in allowing me to pursue an academic career that has, so far, taken me from coast to coast across Canada. My seminar will track the journey of my academic career, beginning with the MSc research I did at UNBC. This research attempted to elucidate the impact of beaver foraging upon riparian willows in central BC. Following my MSc I moved across the country to the University of New Brunswick where I obtained a PhD in Marine Biology. I will share my thesis work that explored the ecosystem inter-actions that structure the intertidal mudflats of the Bay of Fundy. I am now a Visiting Scholar at UNBC, as I completed a MITACS Elevate postdoctoral fellow-ship (partnered with the Hakai Institute) at the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University. The marine research that I am conducing from UNBC focuses upon the central and northern coast of BC, and uses intertidal ecosystems to explore human impacts upon marine systems, the effect of climate change on marine systems, and the interaction between the two.

The Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) at UNBC hosts a weekly lecture series at the Prince George campus. Anyone from the university or wider community with interest in the topic area is welcome to attend. Presentations are also made available to remote participants through Livestream. More information will be posted about these presentations as it becomes available.

Past NRESi colloquium presentations and special lectures can be viewed on our video archive, available here.