- Hometown:
- Mississauga, ON
- What conservation issue is closest to your heart?
- Overexploitation of natural resources, habitat loss, plastic pollution, and inappropriate garbage disposal.
- What are you hoping to learn from CCC?
- I hope to learn about different conservation issues in Canada and how to tackle them, while maturing as an individual and a member of society by learning more about myself, my peers and the community.
- Who/what inspired you to care about conservation?
- I grew up with a passion for animals with a special interest in marine organism, which subsequently led me to pursue a degree in biology focusing on marine biology, ecology, and evolution. I was going to pursue higher degrees through grad school but after teaching abroad for a year then interning at Mote Marine Laboratory for a season, I realized my interest lied with conservation and not academic research.
- If you could sit down with anyone in the world and have tea or coffee, who would it be? And why?
- I would sit down with my supervisor from Mote, Dr. John Reynolds III, who passed away in 2017, because he was the first person that taught me to look at conservation problems on a bigger scale and from different perspectives.
My Experience So Far
Doing the Carleton
Stage 1
CCC Group 7’s exciting14-day outdoor expedition takes place in New Brunswick’s Mount Carleton area, which is an Appalachian wilderness region located mainly within Mount Carleton Provincial Park. Using a chalet base for introduction training, the course then leads CCC members on a snowshoe expedition with snowmobile support linking a network of backcountry rustic cabins. Training will cover a range of winter outdoor living skills. The training goals relate to outdoor leadership, environmental stewardship and backcountry competencies.
Conservation Field Learning
Stage 2