CURRICULUM VITAE

EMMA WATSON

EDUCATION 2002: Ph.D. Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London,

Ontario, Canada . 1998: M.Sc. Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London,

Ontario, Canada 1996: B.A. Honours Geography in Environmental Resource Management

University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE July 2012- Environmental Assessment Climate Data Analyst Present Climate Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment

Canada Details of Current Position: Responsibilities include provision of expert climate change advice and coordination of the Climate Research Division’s position on the adequacy of Climate Change information in Project EAs. Conduct independent climate research and participate in the development of the Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin. July 2011 Atmospheric Science Advisor (Climate Change) - July 2012 Atmospheric Science Assessment and Integration, Science and

Technology Branch, Environment Canada April 2010 Atmospheric Science Officer (Climate Change) - July 2011 Atmospheric Science Assessment and Integration, Science and

Technology Branch, Environment Canada Nov. 2009 Data Analyst - Apr 2010 Data Analysis and Archives Division,

Weather and Environmental Monitoring Environment Canada

Aug. 2009 Support to Climate Change Science Advisor - Oct 2009 Atmospheric Science Assessment and Integration, Science and

Technology Branch, Environment Canada Jul. 2007 Research Associate - Sep. 2007 Dendrogeomorphology Laboratory, University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada Jan. 2007 Sessional Instructor - Course: Climate Change (3rd year course) - May 2007 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor,

Windsor, Ontario, Canada Jan. 2007 Research Contract Apr. 2007 Climate Research Division, Meteorological Service of Canada,

Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario Jan. 2004 Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellow (NSERC VF) - Jan. 2007 Climate Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada,

Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario Jan.-Feb. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 2002 Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada Nov. 2002 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow -Dec 2003 Dendrogeomorphology Laboratory

Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada 2000-2001 Part-time contract work: Dendroclimatologist

Climate Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario

1997-2000 Teaching Assistant Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada

1996-2002 Research Assistant Dendrogeomorphology Laboratory Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada HONOURS AND AWARDS 2004-2007 NSERC Visiting Fellowship in Government Laboratory 2001-2002 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Special University Scholarship, University of Western Ontario (UWO) 1999-2001 Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology

1998 McIntosh Graduate Fellowship, Department of Geography, UWO 1996-1999 Special University Scholarship, UWO 1996 University of Windsor In Course Scholarship 1996 Board of Governor’s Medal, University of Windsor 1996 Canadian Association of Geographers, Undergraduate Student Award COMMUNITY SERVICE Scientific Reviewer for the journals:

Global Change Biology Climate Dynamics Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research Ecological Monographs Environmental Reviews Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres Geophysical Research Letters Quaternary Research Canadian Journal of Forest Research Arctic Tree-Ring Research Dendrochronologia

Other: Reviewed grant applications for NSERC, CFCAS and the U.S. NSF Scientific reviewer for joint Parks Canada/Natural Resources Canada Climate

Change workshop, Ottawa, Ontario (Jan 12-13, 2006) FIELD EXPERIENCE 2006 Jasper National Park and Kootenays B.C.

Project: Sampling treeline subalpine larch to investigate relationship with winter snowpack; aerial reconnaissance of Columbia Icefield for evaluation of glacial recession

2004 Southern Boreal Forest, Saskatchewan

Project Leader: An assessment of the potential for tree-ring based reconstruction of snow water equivalent from boreal conifers. Collected samples from white spruce, black spruce and jack pine at a variety of sites.

2003 Northern British Columbia

Project: sampling subalpine fir, white spruce, mountain hemlock and lodgepole pine from alpine sites for use in reconstructions of past climate

2000 Yukon Territory and Northern British Columbia

Project: sampling subalpine fir, lodgepole pine and white spruce from upper treeline sites for use in dendroclimatic reconstructions of temperature.

1997-1999 Southern British Columbia and Alberta

Projects: sampling Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine from lower treeline sites; sampling snag material in glacial forefields; sampling Engelmann spruce from upper treeline sites

1996 Bartlett, New Hampshire

Project: Red spruce samples collected during the 7th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek.

FUNDED INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

One of 23 CO-PIs on an international project funded by the Interamerican Institute for Global Change Research. The project is titled “Documenting, understanding and projecting changes in the hydrological cycle in the American Cordillera”

Primary Collaborator on U.S. National Science Foundation Geography and Regional Science program grant for exploratory research on reconstructing snow water equivalent records in the western U.S. and Canada from tree-ring data

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS Refereed Publications Pederson, G.T., Gray, S.T., Woodhouse, C.A., Betancourt, J.L., Fagre, D.B., Littell, J.S.,

Watson, E.., Luckman, B.H. and Graumlich, L.J. 2011. The Unusual Nature of Recent Snowpack Declines in the North American Cordillera. Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1201570.

Matulla, C., Watson, E., Wagner, S. and Schoner, W. 2009. Downscaled GCM

projections of winter and summer mass balance for Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada (2000-2100) from ensemble simulations with ECHAM5-MPIOM. International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.1796.

Villalba, R. Luckman, B.H., Boninsegna, J., D’Arrigo, R.D., Lara, A., Villanueva-Diaz, J.,

Masiokas, M., Argollo, J., Soliz, C., LeQuesne, C., Stahle, D., Roig, F., Aravena, J.C., Wiles, G., Jacoby, G., Hartsough, P., Wilson, R.J.S., Watson, E., Cook, E.R., Cerano-Paredes, J., Therrell, M., Cleaveland, M., Morales, M.J., Moya, J., Pacajes, J., Massacchesi, G., Biondi, F., Urrutia, R. and Martinez Pastur, G. (in press). Dendroclimatology from regional to continental scales: Understanding

regional processes to reconstruct large-scale climatic variations across the Western Americas. In Hughes, M.K., Swetnam, T.W. and Diaz, H.F. (eds.) Dendroclimatology: Progress and Prospects, Springer.

St. George, S., Meko, D.M., Girardin, M.-P., Nielsen, E., Pederson, G., Sauchyn, D.J.,

Tardif, J., Watson, E. (2009) The tree-ring record of drought on the Canadian Prairies. Journal of Climate, 22: 689-710.

MacDonald, G.M., Stahle, D.W., Villanueva-Diaz, J., Beer, N., Busby, S.J., Cerano-

Paredes, J., Cole, J.E., Cook, E.R., Endfield, G., Gutierrez-Garcia, G., Hall, B., Magana, V., Meko, D.M., Méndez Pérez, M., Sauchyn, D.J., Watson, E. and Woodhouse, C.A. 2008. Climate Warming and the Early 21st Century Drought in Southwestern North America EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89 (9): 82-84.

Pederson, G.T., Whitlock, C., Watson, E., Luckman, B.H. and Graumlich, L.J. 2007.

Climate change and ecosystem history. In: D. Fagre and T. Prato (Eds.) Sustaining Rocky Mountain Landscapes: Science, Policy and Management of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, RFF Press, Washington D.C.

Watson, E., Pederson, G.T., Luckman, B.H. and Fagre, D.B. 2007. Glacier mass

balance in the northern U.S. and Canadian Rockies: paleo-perspectives and 20th century change. In B. Orlove, E. Weigand and B.H. Luckman (Eds.) Darkening Peak: Glaciers, Science and Society, University of California Press.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2006. Long hydroclimate records from tree-rings in

western Canada: potential, problems and prospects. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 31: 205-228.

Watson, E., Luckman, B.H. and Yu, B. 2006. Long-term relationships between

reconstructed seasonal mass balance at Peyto Glacier, Canada and Pacific sea surface temperatures. The Holocene, 16: 783-790.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2005. Spatial patterns of pre-instrumental moisture

variability in the southern Canadian Cordillera. Journal of Climate, 18: 2847-2863. Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2005. An exploration of the controls of pre-instrumental

streamflow using multiple tree-ring proxies. Dendrochronologia, 22: 225-234. Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Tree-Ring based mass-balance estimates for the

past 300 years at Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada. Quaternary Research, 62: 9-18.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Tree-Ring based reconstructions of precipitation

for the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Climatic Change, 65: 209-241. Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2002. The dendroclimatic signal in Douglas-fir and

ponderosa pine tree-ring chronologies from the southern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 32: 1858-1874.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2001. The development of a moisture-stressed tree-ring

chronology network for the southern Canadian Cordillera. Tree-Ring Research, 57(2): 149-168.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2001. Dendroclimatic reconstruction of precipitation for

sites in the Canadian Rockies. The Holocene, 11(2): 203-213. Stahle, D.W., Cook, E.R., Cleaveland, M.K., Therrell, M.D., Meko, D.M., Grissino-Mayer,

H.D., Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2000. Epic 16th century drought over North America. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81 (12): 121, 125.

Non-refereed Reports Luckman, B.H., Kenigsberg, M., Moser, K. and Watson, E. 2007. Field investigations in

the Canadian Rockies, 2006-7. Report submitted to Parks Canada, Jasper and Mount Robson Provincial Park, B.C., June 2007, 12pp.

Daniels, L.D. and Watson, E. 2003. Climate-Fire-Vegetation Interactions in the Cariboo

Forests: A Dendrochronological Analysis. Report to Forest Innovation and Investment Research Program, April 2003, 56p.

Luckman, B.H., Watson, E, and Youngblut, D.K. 2001. Dendrochronological and

Dendroclimatic Investigations in the Cordillera: Southern Yukon and British Columbia. Meteorological Service of Canada, Collaborative Research Agreement Report 2000-2001, 36p.

Watson, E. Youngblut D.K., Luckman B.H. and Froelich N, 2000. Dendroclimatic

Investigations in British Columbia, Alberta and the southwest Yukon. Meteorological Service of Canada, Collaborative Research Agreement Report099DD-011, 73p.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 1999. Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Precipitation

Patterns in British Columbia and Alberta. Final Report, Contract No KM040-8-6484, Precipitation Records Analysis Services, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, March, 1999, 24p.

Luckman, B.H., Wilson, R.J., Watson, E., Colenutt, M.E., Youngblut, D., and Robinson,

B.J. 1998. Field Investigations in the Southern Canadian Cordillera in 1998. Report Submitted to B.C. Parks Service and Parks Canada, 15p.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 1998. Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Precipitation

Patterns in British Columbia and Alberta. Interim Report, Contract No KM040-8-6484, Precipitation Records Analysis Services, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, April, 1998, 17p.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 1998. Developing Precipitation Reconstructions from

Tree Rings in the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Final Report, Contract No KM040-7-

6233, Precipitation Records Analysis Services, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, January, 1998, 79p.

Luckman, B.H., McCarthy, D.P., Watson, E., St.George, R.S., Kavanagh, T.A.,

Robinson, B.J., and Colenutt, M.E. 1998. Field Investigations in the Canadian Rockies in 1997. Report Submitted to Parks Canada, Alberta Parks and B.C. Parks Service, 66p.

Luckman, B.H., Robinson, B.J. Watson, E., and Colenutt, M.E. 1997. Field

Investigations in the Canadian Rockies in 1996. Report Submitted to Parks Canada, Alberta Parks and B.C. Parks Service, 27p.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2010. Paraglacial landslide at Columbia Glacier, Jasper

National Park, Canada. World Dendro 2010 – 8th Conference on Dendrochronology, Rovaniemi, Finland, June 13-18, 2010.

Luckman, B.H., Earles, S., Morimoto, D., Watson, E. and Kenigsberg, M. 2007.

Divergence in ringwidth chronologies from the Yukon Territory, Canada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 10-14, 2007.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2007. Relationships between tree growth in western

Canada and the Pacific Ocean. American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25, 2007.

Watson, E., Pederson, G.T., Luckman, B.H. and Fagre, D.B. 2006. Evaluating the

potential for snowpack reconstruction in interior British Columbia and the northern U.S. Rockies using Larix Lyalli (Subalpine larch). MTNCLIM 2006: Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains. Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon, September 19-22, 2006.

Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2006. Pacific variability, climate and glacier fluctuations

in the American Cordillera. 36th AMQUA Biennial Meeting. Bozeman, Montana. August 18-20, 2006.

Villalba, R., Luckman, B.H., Boninsegna, J., D’Arrigo, R.D., Lara, A., Villanueva-Diaz, J.

Masiokas, M., Argollog, J., Soliz, C., LeQuesne, C., Stahle, D., Roig, F., Aravena, J.C., Wiles, G., Hartsough, P., Wilson, R.J.S., Watson, E., Cerano-Paredes, J., Therrell, M., Cleaveland, M., Moya, J., Pacajes, J., Massacchesi, G., Biondi, F. and Martinez Pastur, G. 2006. Coherent modes of climate variability across the Western Americas during the past centuries: Tropical and high-latitude climate forcings. Climate Change- Organizing the Science for the American Cordillera (CONCORD), Mendoza, Argentina, April 4-6, 2006.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2006. Dendrohydrological reconstructions for the

southern Canadian Cordillera. IAI-CRNII_047: Documenting, understanding and projecting changes in the hydrological cycle in the American Cordillera, First Science Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, April 2-3, 2006.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2006. Tree-ring based climate reconstructions for the

southern Canadian Cordillera from multiple tree species. North Pacific Science workshop, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., March 1-3, 2006.

Luckman, B.H., Watson, E., Kenigsberg, M. and Youngblut, D.K. 2006. Recent

dendrochronological studies in the Yukon territory and adjacent areas of British Columbia. North Pacific Science workshop, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., March 1-3, 2006.

Luckman, B.H., Watson, E. and Wilson, R. J. S. 2005. Drawing climatic inferences from

glacier fluctuations in the Canadian Cordillera. Open Science Conference, Global Change in Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland October 2-6, 2005

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2005. Tree-ring based records of precipitation and

streamflow in the southern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Quaternary Association conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 5-8, 2005. (Invited)

Neumann, N. and Watson, E. 2005. Extracting a snow record from tree rings – southern

boreal forest, Saskatchewan, Canada. Eastern Snow Conference, Annual Meeting, Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, Ontario, June 8-10, 2005.

Watson, E. and Neumann, N. 2005. Evaluating the climate signal in conifers from the

southern boreal forest, Saskatchewan. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, London, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2005.

Watson, E. Luckman, B.H., Pederson G.T. and Yu B. 2005. Comparing tree-ring

proxies of environmental variability in the Canadian Rockies. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, London, Ontario, May 31-June 4, 2005.

Luckman B.H., Watson, E., and Wilson R.J.S. 2005. Glaciers, tree-rings and

Environmental change in the Canadian Rockies. Glacier change in Western Canada, Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, 8-11 May, 2005

Luckman B.H., Watson, E. and Wilson R.J.S. 2005. Reconstructing the environmental

history of the last millennium using multiproxy data in the Canadian Cordillera. Program with Abstracts “New Approaches to Quaternary Sciences in Fuego-Patagonia” Puerto Natales, Chile, April 4-9, 2005, p 17-18.

Luckman B.H., Watson, E., Wilson R.J.S. and Van Dorp, R.D. 2005. Recent

Dendrochronological investigations in the Canadian Cordillera. 5th Annual Science Meeting IAI CRN03, Akumal, Yucatan, 28 March-1 April 2005.

Watson, E., Luckman, B.H., Pederson, G.T and Wilson, R.J.S. 2005. Environmental

changes in the southern Canadian Rockies from multiple tree-ring proxies.

MTNCLIM 2005: Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains. Chico Hot Springs Resort, Pray, Montana, March 1-4, 2005. (Invited)

Pederson, G.T, Watson, E., Luckman, B.H., Fagre, D.B., Gray, S.T., Graumlich, L.J.

2005. Tree ring based estimates of glacier mass balance for the northern Rocky Mountains for the past 300 years. Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains. Chico Hot Springs Resort, Pray, Montana, March 1-4, 2005.

Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2004. Tree rings, mass balance and glacier history:

observations from the Canadian Cordillera. International and Interdisciplinary Workshop: Mountain Glaciers and Society. Hotel Regina, Wengen, Switzerland, October 6-8, 2004.

Luckman, B.H. and Watson, E. 2004. Developing proxies for mass balance in data-poor

regions. Conference on Recent Glacier Shrinkage in the Andes and consequences for Water Resources, Huaraz, Peru, July 6-9 , 2004

Luckman, B.H, Wilson, R.J.S. and Watson, E. 2004. How did climates vary during the

"Little Ice Age" in the southern Canadian Cordillera? 49th Annual Meeting of the Geological Association and the Mineralogical Association of Canada. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, May 12-14, 2004.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Tree-ring based estimates of mass balance at Peyto Glacier over the last three centuries. 49th Annual Meeting of the Geological Association and the Mineralogical Association of Canada. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, May 12-14, 2004. (Invited)

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2004. Using moisture-stressed tree-ring chronologies to

study environmental changes in the southern Canadian Cordillera. Tree-Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus, Tucson, Arizona, April 6-9, 2004. (Invited)

Luckman, B.H., Youngblut, D.K. Wilson, R. J. S., Watson, E., Colenutt, M. E. and St.

George, S. 2004. Dendroclimatology in the Canadian Cordillera. Tree Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus. Tucson, Arizona, April 6-9, 2004.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Tree-ring based estimates of Peyto Glacier mass

balance, 1673-1995. Annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Seattle, Washington, November 2-5, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Tree-ring based estimates of Peyto Glacier Mass

Balance for the last three centuries. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Victoria, B.C., May 26- June 1, 2003.

Daniels, L.D. and Watson, E. 2003. Climate and fire history in the Cariboo Region of

B.C. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Victoria, B.C., May 26- June 1, 2003.

St. George, S., Watson, E. and Wolfe, S. 2003. Tree-ring and eolian evidence for

hydroclimatic variability in western Canada during the last several centuries. A multi-millennia perspective on drought and implications for the future. CLIVAR/PAGES/IPCC, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, November 18-21, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Tree-ring based precipitation reconstructions for

the southern Canadian Cordillera. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, May 26 – June 1, 2003.

Luckman, B. H., Watson, E. and Wilson, R.J.S. 2003. Multiproxy characterisation of

regional paleoclimates from mountain areas. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly. Nice, France, April 7-11, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2003. Precipitation Reconstruction in the Southern

Canadian Cordillera. 20th Pacific Climate Workshop (PACLIM), Pacific Grove, California, April 5-9, 2003.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2002. Tree-Ring Based Reconstructions of Precipitation

for the Southern Canadian Cordillera. Dendrochronology, environmental change and human history, 6th International Dendrochronology Conference, Laval University, Quebec. August 22-27th, 2002.

Luckman, B.H., Wilson, R.J.S., Youngblut, D.K. and Watson, E. 2002. Recent

Investigations in the Canadian Cordillera. Third Annual Science Meeting IAI CRN03, Oaxaca Mexico, 19-23 April, 2002. (Invited)

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2001. Tree-Ring Records of Precipitation Variability in

the Southern Canadian Cordillera. 18th Pacific Climate Workshop (PACLIM), Pacific Grove, California, March 18-21, 2001.

Luckman, B.H., Wilson, R.J., Watson, E., Colenutt, M.E., St. George, R.S., and

Youngblut, D.K, 2001. The IAI “Treelines” Project: Recent Developments in the Canadian Rockies and Adjacent Areas. HIGHEST Conference, Davos, Switzerland.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2000. An exploration of precipitation variability in the

southern Canadian Cordillera over the past four centuries. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 34th Congress: The Role of the Pacific in Climate and Weather, Victoria, British Columbia, May 29-June 2, 2000.

Watson, E. and Luckman, B.H. 2000. Moisture-stressed chronologies from the western

Canadian Cordillera. International Conference on Dendrochronology for the Third Millennium, Mendoza, Argentina, April 2-7, 2000.

Luckman B.H. and Watson E. 1999. Precipitation Reconstruction in the Southern

Canadian Cordillera. Preprints 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, 79th Annual Meeting, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15th January, 1999, 296-299.

OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS Watson, E. 2008. Evaluating environmental changes in the southern Canadian

Cordillera using tree-ring proxies. Invited presentation in the School of Environmental Studies Seminar Series, Queen’s University, January 18, 2008.

Watson, E. 2007. Evaluating environmental changes in the southern Canadian

Cordillera using tree-ring proxies. Invited presentation in the C.P. Gravenor Lecture Series, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Feb. 15, 2007.

Watson, E. 2004. Tree-ring based estimates of Peyto Glacier Mass Balance for the last

three centuries. Invited presentation in the University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, speaker series, November 17th, 2004.

Watson, E. 2003. Tree-ring based precipitation reconstructions for the southern

Canadian cordillera. Invited speaker at the Climate Research Branch Seminar Series, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, May 1, 2003.

Watson, E. 2001. Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Precipitation in the Southern

Canadian Cordillera. Ph.D. Colloquium, Department of Geography Speaker Series, University of Western Ontario.

Watson, E. 2001. An Exploration of Precipitation Variability in the southern Canadian

Cordillera over the Past Four Centuries. Invited speaker at the Climate Research Branch Seminar Series, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada.

CURRICULUM VITAE Andrew Gordon Robinson

July 22, 2013 EDUCATION 1996 Diploma, Environmental Technology Protection, Kwantlen University College, British Columbia 1991 Bachelor Science Degree, Zoology, University of British Columbia WORK EXPERIENCE 2006 to present: Senior Environmental Assessment Officer, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2 - Most recent environmental assessment review: Site C Clean Energy Project - Relevant historical environmental assessment review: 2009 Prosperity Gold-Copper

Mine Project environmental assessment process, including participation in the Panel Hearings Topic-Specific Session for Terrestrial Ecosystems

2005 to 2006: Acting Senior Environmental Assessment Officer, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2 2004 to 2005: Senior Program Officer, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Suite 320, 757 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1A1 2000 to 2004: Environmental Assessment Officer, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, 5421, Robertson Road, RR1, Delta, B.C. V4K 3N2 1998 to 2000: Environmental Assessment Officer, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Lands & Trust Services, 600 1138 Melville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4S3 TRAINING - Justice Institute of BC: conflict resolution, negotiations, on- and off-road

driving - Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency: Cumulative Effects

Assessment - Wilderness First Aid Training (Slipstream)

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Manon N. Lalonde 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA, Senior Project / Program Engineer – Surface Water Hydrology 

 

 

EDUCATION 

University of Guelph, 1996 ‐ 1998 ‐ M.Sc. (Water Resources Engineering)  

University of Ottawa, 1985 ‐ 1989 ‐ B.A.Sc. (Civil Engineering, Cooperative Education Program)  

 

 

EXPERIENCE IN WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING 

 

2008 to present ‐ Senior Project / Program Engineer – Surface Water Hydrology,  Environment Canada (National Capital Region) 

Provides expert support to the federal environmental assessment program for surface water 

hydrology and hydraulics components of major resources development projects and 

determines the adequacy of proponents' analyses and the validity of their conclusions.     

Administration of the International River Improvements Act. 

2003 to 2008 ‐ Project Manager, Delcan Corporation (Ottawa)  

Managed a team of project engineers, drafters, GIS specialists and sub‐consultants for the 

delivery of water resources engineering studies including environmental assessments, 

watershed plans, municipal infrastructure plans, flood control, and resources protection 

plans for municipalities, provincial government and private contractors.  Planned, organized, 

supervised, and approved the components involving hydrologic and hydraulic analyses.  

Responsible for writing proposals, contracts, liaising with clients, budgeting, invoicing, 

report writing, overall quality control, and presenting technical results to clients and the 

public.  

1999 to 2001 ‐ Project Manager / Engineer, J.F. Sabourin and Associates Inc., (Ottawa) 

Planned, coordinated, supervised and conducted water resources engineering projects.  

Applied hydrologic and hydraulic computer models for the delivery of subwatershed studies, 

master drainage plans, and storm water management analyses.   Designed hydraulic 

structures such as culverts, weirs, sewers, storm water management ponds.  Technical 

report writing. 

 

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1996 to 1998 ‐ Research Associate, University of Guelph, School of Engineering (Guelph) 

Planned field experiments, supervised the work of four technicians, organized the 

development of test equipment in laboratory, implemented research plot in situ, and 

coordinated the research team's activities. 

1990 to 1994 ‐ Paul Wisner and Associates (Ottawa) 

Applied hydrologic models to rural and urban watersheds, characterizing watersheds from 

basic topographical, land use and soil maps.  Developed design storms from synthetic 

distributions and rainfall charts.   Performed statistical analyses of hydrologic data including 

flood frequency analyses. 

Applied hydraulic models to infrastructure and natural streams applications.   Conducted 

field surveys and built models from field measurements/observations and topographical 

maps.  Backwater computations for floodline delineations, channelization studies, and 

hydro‐electric facility operations.  

Calibrated and validated hydrologic and hydraulic models. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) 

Working knowledge of the following mathematical models: 

1) SWMHYMO‐OTTHYMO, XP‐SWMM, DDSWMM, OTTSWMM: models used for runoff generation and 

transportation in urban and rural watersheds. 

2) HEC‐2, HEC‐RAS: models used to determine water surface profiles for sub‐critical and super‐critical 

flow conditions.    

3) CFA, Consolidated Frequency Analysis: to perform flood frequency analyses 

 

PUBLICATIONS and CONFERENCES 

"Federal licensing of projects on international rivers and transboundary rivers".  Manon N. Lalonde and 

Raimo Kallio.  Presented at the 2012 Annual CWRA‐CGU National Conference in Banff, Alberta. 

"Understanding Surface Drainage for Flood Control in Downtown Ottawa".  Chapter 6, Monograph 15:  

Intelligent Modeling of Urban Water Systems, Published by CHI, Guelph, Ontario. 2006. 

"Vegetative Filter Strips:  Impact of Design Parameters on Removal of Non‐Point Pollutants from 

Ontario's Cropland Runoff".  Presented at the 1998 ASAE Annual International Meeting.  Paper no. 

982106, 2950 Niles Road, St.Joseph, MI 49085‐9659 USA. 22 pages. 

Tanmay Praharaj, Ph.D.

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EXPERIENCE RECORD

ENVIRONMENT CANADA, GATINEAU Senior Program Engineer, (October 2007 - Present) Technical reviewer for the environmental assessments of metal mining projects in the areas of

mine waste and effluent characterization and management, and assessment of alternatives for mine waste disposal (July-November, 2011)

Technical lead within the mining section for the environmental assessment review of new coal mining proposals (2010-current)

Contributed to the department’s regulatory agenda for the mining sector by providing expert technical advice to the management on methods to minimize environmental impacts of new mining projects. (2008-current)

Technical lead for the coal mining sector within the mining section and contributor to the development of a discussion paper on Canadian Coal Mining effluents for providing informed feedback to senior management as part of the 10-year review of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER). (2011-current)

Responsible for communicating periodically with Environment Canada’s regional environmental assessment and mining contacts to keep up-to-date with all metal mining projects in Canada with a focus on those proposing the use of a natural water body for the storage of waste rock and mine tailings. (2008-current)

Lead with the mining section for tracking all mining projects in Canada in order to provide up-to-date information to senior management on these projects. (2008-current)

Participated in the regulatory amendments to the MMER (administered under the Fisheries Act) in the context of reviewing and providing advice on a proponent’s assessment of alternatives to the use of fish-bearing waters as a tailings impoundment area and other relevant background information on the project. (2007-2009)

Developed background documentation and participated as a technical expert in the multistakeholder consultation process related to the MMER regulatory amendments for mining projects. (2007-2009)

Assessed information on scientific and engineering aspects of mining and waste disposal to stay up-to-date with the best practices in mine waste management aspects. (2007-2008)

Reviewer of technical documents related to mine waste and effluent management and geochemistry for mining projects. (2007-2010)

FRANZ ENVIRONMENTAL INC., OTTAWA Senior Environmental Professional, (Jan. 2006 - Sept. 2007) Technical Reviewer for a proposal on the implementation of remediation, reclamation, monitoring

and reporting activities required for the decommissioning and reclamation plan for the reclamation closure status of the United Keno Hills Mines (UKHM) Site, Yukon. This was carried out in response to an invitation from INAC’s Contaminated Sites Program to be part of the technical team to aid in the review of the overall site management, goals and technical evaluation of the reclamation plans and implementation associated with the UKHM properties. (2006)

Team Leader for the environmental assessment and delineation of contaminants at an abandoned gold mine site and an uranium and hydrocarbon contaminated site in Northwest Territories. (2007)

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Preliminary quantitative risk assessment (PQRA), Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) and Ecological Risk Evaluation (ERE) Level assessment of the Fort Nelson Airport Area, B.C. for Transport Canada. (2007)

Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan assessment of the Whitehorse Airport Parking Lot Area, Yukon for Transport Canada including remedial work for future expansion. (2007)

CCME National Classification System evaluation and re-classification of contaminated Mid-Canada Radar sites in northern Canada for a National Defence project. (2006)

Preliminary quantitative risk assessments prepared for National Defence sites in Eastern Ontario. Activities included modelling using the Health Canada Guidance, data analysis and report writing. (2006)

Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment of a Transport Canada Park and Ride facility in Ottawa. Activities included chemical data screening, statistical analysis and preparation of data for risk assessment. (2006)

Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment of Lyons Creek and Coyle Yard in the Well and Area, Ontario for a PWGSC project. Activities included chemical data screening, statistical analysis and preparation of data for risk assessment. (2006)

Developed a technical bulletin for Ontario Ministry of Environment on Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Subsurface. (2006)

Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Landfill Monitoring Program at Fox-4 Cape Hooper, Nunavut for a Defence Construction Canada project. Provided expert services for the contaminated site, which is located in a rugged permafrost terrain north of the Arctic Circle. The project involved geochemical, geotechnical and thermal monitoring of soil and groundwater in various landfill. (2006)

JACQUES WHITFORD LIMITED, OTTAWA Environmental Technologist, (May 2005 - Dec. 2005) Field Team Leader for an INAC consulting project on sediment quality investigation and arsenic

remobilization in the Baker Creek, Giant Mine, Yellowknife, NWT. (2005) Radiological Risk Assessment in the Gatineau Park Residential Properties for the National Capital

Commission and the Minto Developments Inc., Ottawa. Activities included chemical data screening, statistical analysis and preparation of the risk assessment report. (2005)

Conducted several Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) to assess potential areas of environmental concerns, including supervision of borehole drilling, monitoring well installation, and test pitting in Ontario. (2005)

Supervised and conducted subsurface investigations and groundwater monitoring and sampling at industrial, commercial and residential properties in Ontario and Quebec. (2005)

Supervised the installation of various groundwater-monitoring wells to determine direction of migrating contaminants and their effect on downstream surface water. (2005)

Investigated arsenic levels in the sediments and water in a river receiving mine drainage and effluent discharge from several coal mines located in the Central Coalfields, Bihar, India. (2000)

Remedial investigation at a major railway yard in eastern Ontario. Supervised test pitting and remedial testing. Conducted groundwater monitoring. Prepared a comprehensive final report with results. (2006)

Field technologist for groundwater remediation using chemical oxidation at chlorinated volatile organic compounds impacted sites in Ottawa, Ontario. (2006)

Environmental Technologist for remedial investigation at several crude oil spill locations in eastern Ontario. Supervised test pit excavations, overburden and rock drilling, and core evaluation. Conducted groundwater monitoring. (2005)

Field Technologist for the remediation/removal of petroleum hydrocarbon impacted soils from residential and commercial properties in Ontario and Quebec. (2005)

Field supervisor for removal of underground storage tanks (USTs) from residential and commercial properties in Ontario and Quebec. (2005)

Supervised and conducted soil cleanup operations at a several gas stations in Ontario. Soil and

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water sampling conducted and degree of remediation assessed. (2005-2006) DEPT. OF EARTH SCIENCES, UNIV. OF OTTAWA, OTTAWA. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Nov. 2001 - March 2005) Post-doctoral researcher for an environmental research project on the potential for geochemical

and microbial remobilization of arsenic from sediments and porewater in Yellowknife Bay, Great Slave Lake, NWT. (2003-2004)

Post-doctoral researcher for several research projects on environmental biogeochemical studies on sulfide mine tailings, mining-impacted lake sediments and acid mine drainage in Northern Ontario and Quebec. (2002-2004)

Post-doctoral researcher for a research project on the potential for methylation of mercury in base metal mine tailings, Timmins, ON. (2003-2004)

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT), INDIA Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, (July 1994 - Sept. 2001) Investigated topsoil, river sediment, and surface and groundwater quality around a coal fly ash

disposal site in Eastern India and delineated contaminated areas with spatial mapping. (1998-2001)

Investigated and monitored the surface water quality in a river receiving effluent from coal mines and thermal power plants in Eastern India. (2000)

Co-managed a research project on geochemical characterization of feed coal and its combustion by-product (fly ash) to determine their leachability and potential to contaminate the surface water and groundwater, Angul, India. (1998-2001)

Conducted detailed environmental assessment of topsoil and groundwater contamination around a thermal power plant and its waste disposal site in Eastern India. (1998-2000)

Investigated the low-temperature weathering of ultrabasic rocks and the release of hexavalent chromium to the soil surface water and groundwater around open pit chromite mines in Eastern India. (1996-1997)

Graduate assistant for geological field investigations in northern and western India.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Doctorate degree (2002) o Discipline: Geosciences (Area: Environmental Geochemistry of Industrial Waste) o University name: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Masters degree (1998) o Discipline: Civil Engineering o University name: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Masters degree (1996) o Discipline: Applied Geosciences o University name: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

Bachelors degree (1994) o Discipline: Geology (Hons.) o University name: Utkal University, India

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

NSERC Visiting Fellowship for Canadian Government Laboratories, 2005 Institute Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1998-2001 Ministry of Human Resources Scholarship for graduate studies, Indian Institute of Technology,

India, 1996-1997 Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Award, 1996

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MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario Member, Ottawa Geotechnical Group (OGG)

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae

Michael E Hagen Senior Program Scientist

Environment Canada

Education: MRM Natural Resources Management, 1986 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. B.A. Geography (First Class Honors) 1980 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Professional Experience: Environment Canada 1992 – present. Senior Program Scientist, Expert Support and Contaminated Sites Unit Section, Environmental Protection Operations, Environment Canada. Provide expert water quality and aquatic biology advice including potential impacts of development, conduct of baseline monitoring programs, and design of environmental effects monitoring programs. Coordinate programs regarding industrial discharge effects on water quality and biological systems. Promote regulatory environmental monitoring requirement compliance by industry. Provide water quality advice to Environmental Assessment and other core EPOD

sections regarding both new projects and contaminated sites. Regional EEM Coordinator for BC metal mines 2002 – 2012. Regional EEM Coordinator for BC pulp and paper mills 1996 – 2002. Conduct occasional field studies. 1986 – 1992: Waste management consultant specializing in waste management and assessment. Clients included Fraser River Estuary Program’s Waste Management Activity Plan.

Expert Testimony:

Northgate, Kemess North Copper-Gold proposal. Joint Review Panel. November 2006. Prosperity Copper-Gold proposal. Federal Review Panel. April 2010. Cohen Commission into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.

Commission of Inquiry. June 2011.

Publications: Hagen, ME. 1992. Sediment Quality of Streams Surrounding Operating or Proposed

Mines in British Columbia: Summary Report. Regional Data Report DR 92-12. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Hagen, M., R. McCandless, B. More, and A. Colodey. 2004. Nearshore Contaminated Sediment Investigations at Britannia Beach, British Columbia. Regional Program Report 03-06. Environmental Protection Branch, Environment Canada, Vancouver.

Colodey, A.G., M.E. Hagen, J.M. Boyd and A.E. Redenbach. 1999. Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring (1993-1996): British Columbia Cycle 1 Synopsis and Cycle 2 Changes. Environmental Protection Branch, Environment Canada, Pacific & Yukon Region. Regional Program Report 99-03.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Catear Project - July 31, 1989. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Dome Mountain Project - July 21, 1987. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Dome Mountain Project - June 27, 1988. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Quesnel River Project - June 27, 1989. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Skyline Gold Mine - July 29, 1989. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Skyline Gold Mine - July 22, 1990. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Sulphurets Project - July 31, 1989. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

Godin, B. and M. Hagen. 1992. Baseline Monitoring Windy Craggy Project - September 8, 1988 - March 21-22, 1990. Unpublished Regional Data Report. Environmental Protection, Environment Canada.

C. DESHIELD RESUME - 1

Coral G. deShield, B.Sc., M.Sc. email: WORK EXPERIENCE Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada Delta, BC Head, Program and Planning Coordination Unit (Nov/07 - present)

Managed a multi-disciplinary unit with responsibilities including environmental assessment, treaty negotiation, permitting, consultation, and office administration.

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada Delta, BC Acting Habitat Protection Biologist (Coordinator, Ecological Gifts Program) (Sept/07 – Nov/07)

Coordinated EC’s Ecological Gifts Program within Pacific and Yukon Region. Worked with individual and corporate donors as well as land trust organizations and other recipients of land donated for conservation in order to administer the Eco-Gift Program in the region.

Fraser Basin Council Vancouver, BC Program Manager - Fisheries (Interchange Assignment) (Sept/06 – Aug/07)

Managed, on behalf of Fraser Basin Council (FBC), a multi-partnered program focused on salmon and watersheds (the Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program, co-managed by FBC and Pacific Salmon Foundation). Worked with various organizations and individuals in order to develop the overall structure for the program, including developing tools and processes to operationalize the vision, goals and objectives. .

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada Delta, BC Acting Aboriginal Liaison Officer (June/05 – Aug/06)

Responsible for program development related to Aboriginal peoples and lands and conservation of species at risk (SAR) in BC. Activities included development of the regional framework for the Species at Risk Aboriginal Program, chairing of the interdepartmental working group, development of a First Nations SAR strategy, and other activities related to the development of the Aboriginal component of the regional species at risk program.

C. DESHIELD RESUME - 2

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada Delta, BC Stewardship Coordinator (Feb/01 – June/05)

Responsible for development, implementation, coordination, and administration of the regional Habitat Stewardship Program, a national conservation program for endangered species implemented regionally across three departments and with multiple project partners. As a part time assignment, developed Aboriginal program regarding species at risk (SAR), including preliminary development of the Aboriginal Capacity Building (SAR) Program, chairing the interdepartmental working group, developing a First Nations SAR strategy, and other related activities.

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada (Management Trainee Program) Delta, BC Habitat Conservation Planner (Dec/98 – Oct/99; May/00 – Feb/01)

Coordinated multi-agency committee to identify current plans, develop new directions, elaborate projects, and report against performance measurements as part of a major conservation initiative (Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative).

Science Policy Division, Environment Canada (Management Trainee Program) Ottawa, ON Science & Technology (S&T) Policy Analyst (Jan/98 – Dec/98)

Drafted analytical documents as part of the Science Policy Division, Ecosystem Sciences Directorate, Environmental Conservation Service. Developed, in collaboration with others in the department, reports and other documentation on S&T Partnering in EC, consistent with federal S&T policy.

French Training (with Government of Canada, Management Trainee Program) Vancouver, BC (Jan/97-Dec/97) Private Consulting Vancouver, BC Consultant for Department of Fisheries and Oceans (May/95 – Dec/96)

Conducted studies and prepared reports on topics relating to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ involvement in integrated resource management and planning.

Landscope Consulting Corporation Lillooet, BC Planner (1993-1995 – part time)

C. DESHIELD RESUME - 3

Conducted land use planning studies, analyzed material and drafted recommendations and final reports based on data pertaining to land, land use information, and input from planning committees.

Integrated Rural Development Office Saquisilí, Ecuador Volunteer Work Partner (1990)

Planned and coordinated forestry projects with local communities and school groups in a local government office.

EDUCATION School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC (1991-1995) M.Sc. (Natural Resource Management and Regional Planning, 1995) Thesis conducted on using traditional and local knowledge of salmon in the St’at’imc

area (Lillooet, BC), drawing on theories of common pool resources, co-management, and community development.

Specialty in Natural Resource and Regional Planning supplemented basic coursework in theory, law, and methods of planning

Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC (1985-1989) B.Sc. (Biology) emphasis on ecology, including ecological principles and processes.

STEVEN DOUGLAS WRIGHT

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY May, 2013 – Present Regional Director Environmental Protection Operations Environment Canada

Providing leadership for the regional delivery of the assigned environmental protection portion of the Environmental Stewardship Portfolio (EPO Portfolio).

January, 2011 – April, 2013 Pacific Lead – Cohen Commission of Inquiry Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collaborating with DOJ to address legal issues, manage DFO staff engagement in hearings process and assist with preparation of Canada’s final submission to the Commission of Inquiry.

Coordinating production of over 500,000 DFO documents for disclosure to the Commission.

April, 2010 – January, 2011 A/RD Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada

Providing leadership for the regional delivery of the assigned Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) elements of the Environmental Stewardship Branch including SARA, Migratory Birds and support to Environmental Assessments;

July, 2009 – April, 20010 A/RD Environmental Protection Operations Environment Canada

Providing leadership for the regional delivery of the assigned environmental protection portion of the Environmental Stewardship Portfolio (EPO Portfolio) including Environmental Emergencies, Environmental Assessments and Compliance and Promotion programs.

April, 2009 – July, 2009 A/Area Director (South Coast) Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Managing an operational organization and directing integrated area and cross sector teams to develop management plans.

January, 2005-July, 2008 A/Director Program Delivery Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Branch Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Directing the development of integrated fishing plans for a variety of fisheries through species based, multi-stakeholder working groups and providing strategic direction to international issues.

November, 2002-January, 2005/July, 2008-April, 2009 A/Director Program Development Unit Fisheries Management Branch Fisheries and Oceans Canada Directing regional studies to identify, promote and achieve conservation based policy

initiatives. Planning and directing the monitoring and evaluation of all resource management activities for regional and national consistency and compliance with management plans, policies, and guidelines.

Developing international negotiating mandates, providing analysis, supporting lead

negotiators, and participating in international consultations and treaty meetings. January, 2002-October, 2002 Head, Policy Unit Policy and Economic Analysis Branch Fisheries and Oceans Canada Developing longer-term planning and strategic direction for DFO Pacific Region,

consistent with Regional and National strategic direction. Conducting regional consultations to identify, promote and achieve conservation

based policy initiatives.

June, 2001 –January, 2002 Director, Economic Programs Fisheries Renewal B.C. Government of B.C. Worked with the CEO to develop strategic policy advice respecting Provincial

involvement in Pacific fisheries. Provided strategic and operational advice to the Board of FsRBC and advised the B.C. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries on matters related to the organization’s economic development objectives.

Managed economic programs of Fisheries Renewal B.C. (FsRBC). June, 1998 –May, 2001 Director, Fisheries Restructuring Fisheries Restructuring and Adjustment Program / Fisheries Management Branch DFO, Vancouver Planned, designed, and implemented measures to restructure the Pacific salmon sector.

This included managing a $195 million Licence Retirement program; a program focusing on alternative, more selective harvesting methods to protect salmon stocks at risk; a diversification program focussing on the development of new and under-utilised species; and providing advice and direction in development of a series of policy papers.

December, 1996 – June, 1998 Chief, Marine Policy Program Planning and Economics Branch DFO, Vancouver Participating in and co-ordinating Marine policy development and analysis with senior

management and Headquarters Policy branch.

November, 1991 - November, 1995(Assignment)

Chief, Economic Studies Legislative and Regulatory Review Branch DFO - Ottawa Assessing the economic impacts of institutional and policy changes in fisheries

management and providing expert advice on legislation to establish a quasi-judicial licensing, allocation and sanctions Board;

November, 1987 - 1990/ 1995 - 1996 Head, Fishing Resource Analysis Unit Program Planning and Economics Branch - Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Analyzed the financial effects of government policies and programs on a diverse set of

industries including ocean science firms, aquaculture companies, fish processors and commercial fishing operations. Participated as the senior economist on the Nisga’a claims working. Assessed impacts of the GATT ruling on unprocessed fish exports.

March, 1984 - November, 1987 Chief, Program Evaluation Unit Program Planning and Economics Branch - DFO Directed benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses for a variety of DFO programs and

management strategies. November, 1981 - March, 1984 Economist Planning Branch of the Salmonid Enhancement Program Supervising three research assistants and preparing socio-economic analyses for senior

SEP managers. EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts: Economics University of Victoria