Canadian Forest Service employee directory

Research Scientist, Ecosystems Analyst
Atlantic Forestry Centre
26 University Drive, P.O. Box 960
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H 6J3

Tel.: (709) 660-3607

Profile

Areas of Knowledge:

Geomatics, Spatial Analysis, Web-Mapping for Ecosystem-based Management (EBM) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
Land-Use, Resource Analysis and Regional Development
Sustainability, ecological and socio-economic indicators
Multidisciplinary Integration and Mixed Methods Frameworks
Information Ecology, Geospatial Information, Spatial Analysis

Committees:

Recipient of a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Ph.D. Level, Carleton University (2006)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship (2003-2005)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research Assistant under Dr. Fraser Taylor’s Cybercartography and the New Economy Project, funded by the Initiative on the New Economy (2003-2006)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Statistics Canada Scholarship – Summer Program in Data Analysis, York University (2004)
Jack F. Fleming Scholarship, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University (2003-2004)
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Research Assistant (Funded to Dr. G.F. Bonham-Carter) (1993-1994)

Ecosystems-based Management (EBM) in the Humber River Basin (HRB), western Newfoundland
Development of a national GIS database and map of Forest-Dependent Communities/Regions (for Forest Change initiative and Adaptive Capacity)
Development of ‘Areas of Influence’ methodology for spatially-explicit analysis of multi-stakeholder values in EBM/SFM planning
Development and application of principles of Information Ecology for use in integrated framework development