Hatfield Consultants
June 2020 - August 2021Environmental Technician
• Lead Environmental Monitor managing up to six concurrent infrastructure projects, working independently to conduct routine inspections on site - verified compliance with environmental management plans and applicable regulations
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills by building collaborative relationships with clients and contractors to mitigate environmental risks and maintain compliance with relevant environmental legislature
• Developed concise report writing in forms of daily, weekly, and quarterly written inspection reports documenting compliance with projects’ environmental requirements in a timely manner, maintaining summary of observations
Ontario Nature
November 2019 - June 2020Conservation Projects Intern
• Reviewed, processed, and archived herpetofaunal observations received from organizations and individuals – processed over 35,000 reptile and amphibian observational data from citizen scientists, lead to successful completion of the Ontario Reptiles and Amphibians Atlas publication outlining Ontario’s key trends and conservation priorities
• Assisted projects aimed to protect wild species and habitats through conservation, education and public engagement in form of webinars, distribution of educational information via e-mail, and participating in stewardship meetings
• Engaged public by actively responding to their mail-in and e-mail inquiries on conservation ideas and questions, up to 20 inquiries addressed daily
Environment and Climate Change Canada
May 2019 - November 2019Habitat and Species Annex Support
• Applied concise written skills in form of a gap assessment report of biodiversity conservation in the Great Lakes – report served to meet a Commitment of the Great Lakes Water Quality Act to identify gaps in current binational and domestic initiatives to conserve and enhance native species and habitat
• Reviewed, synthesized, and highlighted critical threats to Great Lakes biodiversity and recommended mitigation strategies derived from biodiversity conservation auditing, scientific research, and community research reports
• Demonstrated effective communication with a wide range of audience including team members, agency and community members, and other stakeholder partners to coordinate meetings and substantiate report findings
CARO Analytical
November 2017 - August 2018Organics Environmental Technician
• Applied knowledge on principles and practices of quality assurance and quality control during review of organic analytical results
• Successfully managed and extracted up to 60 samples per batch, consistently meeting strict deadlines and maintaining at least 95% positive client feedback
• Troubleshooted and calibrated analytical instruments during analysis of water and soil samples, adhered to CALA accreditation audits
University of British Columbia
December 2016 - August 2017NSERC Research Assistant
• Monitored water quality at a headwater stream in a research forest, collecting air and water samples and analyzing for dissolved organic carbon, nitrate, turbidity using field and analytical instruments
• Collaborated with visiting professor to conduct a greenhouse experiment investigating effects of biochar on corn plant growth parameters - contributed to drafting part of methodology and edited manuscript for two papers, both published in peer-reviewed journals
• Assisted with aquatic and terrestrial monitoring research projects – analyzed water quality from research sites to review and assess effectiveness of methodologies in measuring carbon dioxide evasion flux from a headwater stream