Conservation

Prof. Peter Arcese, MSc, PhD

Prof. Peter Arcese, MSc, PhD

Professor

FRBC Chair in Applied Conservation Biology

Conservation biology, spatial planning, birds, mammals, plants, small populations, cultural uses, evolution, ecology, wildlife ecology, invasive species, overabundant species, inbreeding, rapid evolution, climate change, habitat change,

Dr. Scott G. Hinch

Dr. Scott G. Hinch

Professor

Director, Natural Resources Conservation Program

Salmon migrations, salmon ecology, salmon fisheries, fish conservation, land use impacts (e.g. forestry) on fish and habitat

John Innes

John Innes

Professor

Forestry, forest management, forest certification, aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, ecosystems, forest management, forest policy, social impact, sustainability, drought, forest fires, wildfires, heat waves, people’s responses to heat waves, impact of heat waves on forests, adaptation of forests to climate change, responses of resorts (such as Whistler) to climate change, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Diane Srivastava

Diane Srivastava

Professor

Dept. of Zoology

Biodiversity Research Centre

ecology, freshwater, tropics, food webs, predator-prey interactions, data synthesis, Canadian ecology and evolution research community

Douglas Altshuler

Assistant Professor

Animal flight, biomechanics, motor control, vision, hummingbirds, biological diversity

Dr. Farah Shroff, BSc, MEd (Primary Health Care), PhD

Dr. Farah Shroff, BSc, MEd (Primary Health Care), PhD

Public Health Researcher and Educator

public health, social equity, women’s health, global politics, social determinants of health, anti-racism, anti-imperialism, integrative health, holistic health practices, yoga, meditation, indigenous systems of health, health policy,

Kai Chan, PhD

Kai Chan, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, biodiversity conservation, sustainability science, social-ecological systems, environmental assessment, environmental policy, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Tara Moreau, PhD

Tara Moreau, PhD

Sessional Instructor

Associate Director, Sustainability and Community Programs

Sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, urban agriculture, community-based research, biodiversity, integrated pest management, best management practices, climate change, mitigation, adaptation, resilience, food policy, non-profit organizations, social enterprise, biological diversity, sustainable development, crop farming, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Joleen Timko, PhD

Joleen Timko, PhD

Research Associate

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), forests, livelihoods, Indigenous people, Africa, community engagement, conservation social sciences

Sara Dubois, MSc, PhD

Sara Dubois, MSc, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Animal welfare, conservation, Wild animals, animal welfare, animal science, biology of urban wildlife, oil spill, trophy hunting, wildlife management, exotic animals, zoos, aquariums, captive wildlife, animal cruelty, human dimensions, values, public engagement, humane pest control, wildlife contraception, animals in research, teaching and testing

Cecil Konijnendijk

Cecil Konijnendijk

Professor

Urban Forestry

Urban forestry and the greening of cities; green infrastructure planning; the relations between people and nature in urban areas

Lael Parrott

Lael Parrott

Professor

Natural resource management, land use change, biological conservation, ecological modelling, human-environment systems, complex systems, ecological complexity, human wildlife interactions, sustainability, sustainable development

Dr. Adam Ford, PhD

Dr. Adam Ford, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology

Assistant Professor

Wildlife ecology, large mammals, conservation, deer, elk, bears, wolves, antelope, leopards, predators, human-wildlife conflict, ecology, biodiversity, road ecology, wildlife-vehicle collisions, road kill, wildlife corridors, wildlife management, science communication, citizen science, restoration, national parks, forestry, ranching, biological diversity, wild animals,

William Cheung

William Cheung

Professor

Canada Research Chair (Tier II, Ocean Sustainability and Global Change)

Director, Changing Ocean Research Unit

Director of Science of Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program

Global change, climate change, oceans, fisheries, biodiversity, marine and coastal, ecosystems, conservation, adaptation, impact assessment, fisheries management, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Edward Kroc, PhD

Edward Kroc, PhD

Assistant Professor

measurement, statistics, research methodology, reproducibility, replication, causal inference, causality, conservation, environment, ecology, urban wildlife, wildlife management, human-wildlife conflict, waterbirds, seabirds, seagulls, gulls, cormorants

Dr. Cole Burton

Dr. Cole Burton

Associate Professor

wildlife ecology, terrestrial mammal conservation, human-wildlife coexistence, recreation ecology, carnivore management, caribou conservation, recreation ecology,

Dr. Karen Hodges, PhD

Dr. Karen Hodges, PhD

Professor, Conservation Biology

wildlife, wildfire, fire, conservation, mammals, birds, owls, habitat loss, habitat, predators, carnivores, snowshoe hares, boreal forest, biosolids, restoration ecology, conservation biology, ecology,

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Research Associate & Principal Investigator

marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,

Prof. Terry Sunderland, Dip. Hort. Kew, MSc, PhD

Prof. Terry Sunderland, Dip. Hort. Kew, MSc, PhD

Professor, Tropical Forestry

Tropical forests, livelihoods, food security, biodiversity, landscape management, ecosystem services, rights-based approaches, conservation,

Dr. Greg Garrard, PhD

Dr. Greg Garrard, PhD

Professor of Environmental Humanities

Culture and climate change, animals in society, environmental literature, environmental communication, climate scepticism, ecocriticism,