Data Organization
Advisor: Dr. Jane Waterman
University of Manitoba
September 2019-December 2019
Volunteer work - 90 hours
- Organized and formatted data on 13 years worth of research on Cape Squirrels in a single Excel spreadsheet.
- Looked for discrepancies and errors within each individual animal and fixed or highlighted the issues.
Early Childhood Educator II
Pre-school, Infants, School-aged children summer program.
Garderie Les P'tits Brisous
February 2012-December 2019
Narwhal Research
Advisors: Dr. Courtney Shuert, Dr. Marianne Marcoux & Dr. Jane Waterman
DFO & University of Manitoba
September 2021-Current
Honours Thesis: Using aerial photogrammetry to access the body condition of narwhals in Tremblay Sound, Nunavut
- Successfully defended my honours thesis in April 2023. Currently working on publishing the manuscript.
Using aerial photogrammetry to access the body condition of narwhals in Tremblay Sound, Nunavut
2023 UM Undergraduate Research Showcase
Poster presentation
October 2023
Using aerial photogrammetry to access the body condition of narwhals in Tremblay Sound, Nunavut
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2023 Student Seminar Day
Oral presentation
May 2023
Using aerial photogrammetry to access the body condition of narwhals in Tremblay Sound, Nunavut
Honours Thesis Symposium
Honours defense
April 2023
Churchill Research Centre Project
Ocean Wise National Summit
Speakers: Kirsten Desorcy & Kaitlin Richard
March 2021
Ocean Bridge Ambassador Program
Ocean Wise
February 2020-March 2021
480 hours of volunteer work
"Ocean Bridge connects Canadian youth from coast to coast empowering them to make a difference towards ocean conservation. Each year 40 -160 youth (ages 18-30) form a national team engaged in co-creating and delivering service projects for their home communities and two immersive expeditions to address Ocean Health and Ocean Literacy in Canada. Ocean Bridge is comprised of three key elements to support youth as they adopt a culture of service for our ocean: Community & Capacity Building, Ocean Health Extended Service, and Ocean Literacy Extended Service" (Ocean Wise)
My Projects:
- #Covid19pickupthattrash Challenge
BCI in Polar Bears
Advisor: Dr. Jane Waterman
University of Manitoba
May - August 2022
Undergraduate Summer Research Award
- Used ImageJ to take body measurements on images of polar bears
- Organized data in spreadsheets
- Compared two different BCI methods
Teacher's assistant (TA)
BIOL 2200 (The Invertebrates) - two sections
University of Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. Joy Stacey
September 2022 - December 2022 & September 2023 - December 2023
- Assisting professor in weekly laboratories
- Answering course related questions, providing academic support and encouragement to students
- Grading weekly quizzes and exams
Fieldwork in Churchill & Wapusk National Park
Advisor: Dr. James Roth
University of Manitoba
June 2022
14-day trip to Churchill & Wapusk National Park, Manitoba to conduct fieldwork associated with the Arctic Ecology field course
- Data collection using a variety of methods including: goose nest searches using line-transect methods, snowshoe hare pellet counts using plots, fox den surveys, and small mammal (lemmings, voles & red squirrels) live captures using the mark-recapture method
- Data entry
- Live mammal handling
- Wildlife identification
- Setting up and removing small mammal traps
- Trap checks
- Using equipment such as: traps, All-terrain vehicles, GPS, laser rangefinders, binoculars, and kestrel
- Fox and American marten dissections
- Sterilization and cleaning of equipment
- Writing a final report of our findings
Teacher's assistant (TA)
BIOL 2210 (The Chordates) - two sections
University of Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. Joy Stacey
January 2023 - April 2023 & January 2024 - April 2024
- Assisting professor in weekly laboratories
- Answering course related questions, providing academic support and encouragement to students- Grading exams
Research Technician
Advisor: Dr. James Roth
May-August 2023
Churchill (6 weeks) & Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Data entry
- Live mammal handling (red squirrels)
- Setting up and removing live traps
- Trap checks every 4 hours
- Using equipment such as: traps, All-terrain vehicles, GPS, collar tracking systems, pit tags
Laboratory Technician
Advisor: Dr. James Roth
September 2023 - December 2023
University of Manitoba
- muscle sample preparation for stable isotope analysis
- canine extractions for aging
- skull preparations
- storage organization
- cleaning, maintenance and sterilization of equipment