WE THANK…/Nous remercions les membres suivants du comité consultatif scientifique
Michael Bradstreet – Michael Bradstreet’s career goals are to protect and enhance Canada’s natural heritage through research, management, and public policy development. Michael currently is Vice President of Conservation at the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), where he has oversight for delivery of NCC’s conservation programs and contributes to its conservation policies. Previous positions include Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bird Studies Canada (1989 to 2004), as well as 14 years as a biologist with LGL Ltd consulting and managing research on high arctic ecosystems. Michael has served on the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), as well as on numerous boards including Canadian Nature Federation, Ontario Heritage Foundation, Federation of Ontario Naturalists, BirdLife International, North American Migration Monitoring Council, North American Bird Conservation Initiative, Long Point Bird Observatory, and the United Nations Biosphere Committee on Long Point.
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Michael Bradstreet — Les objectifs de carrière de Michael Bradstreet sont de protéger et d’améliorer le patrimoine naturel du Canada par l’entremise de la recherche, la gestion, et à l’élaboration de politiques publiques. Michael est Vice-Président de Conservation à la Conservation de la Nature Canada (CNC), où il gère les programmes de conservation de la CNC et contribue aux politiques de conservation. Auparavant, il était le Directeur et Chef de la Direction des Études d’Oiseaux Canada (1989 à 2004). Pendant 14 ans, il était un biologiste de LGL Ltd où il a consulté et géré la recherche sur les écosystèmes de l’arctique. Michael était également un membre du Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada (COSEPAC) ainsi que de nombreux conseils, notamment le Canadian Nature Federation, la Fondation du patrimoine ontarien, la Federation of Ontario Naturalists, le BirdLife International, le North American Migration Monitoring Council, le North American Bird Conservation Initiative, le Long Point Bird Observatory, et la biosphère des Nations Unies Comité de Long Point.
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John Madden – John Madden is a management consultant and author from Vancouver, BC. He studied physics at the University of British Columbia, and completed a D. Phil., also in physics, at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. Previously, John was Chairman of the Canadian Ocean Frontiers Research Initiative, a forerunner of two large-scale Canadian undersea research projects, Neptune Canada and Venus, both hosted and managed by the University of Victoria. He is a past President of Microtel Pacific Research Ltd., Science World and of the Vancouver Institute, and a past board member of a number of organizations, including Simon Fraser University, the National Research Council (Canada), Discovery Enterprises Inc. (a venture capital company), ISE Research Ltd., the B.C. Advanced Systems Institute, and the Science Council of B.C. For over a decade, he served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. John is the co-author of Gutenberg Two – The New Electronics and Social Change and author of The Davey Dialogues – An Exploration of the Scientific Foundations of Human Culture.
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John Madden— John Madden est un consultant en gestion et auteur de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique. Il a étudié la physique à l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique, et a obtenu un D. Phil., également dans le domaine de la physique, à Oxford avec une bourse Rhodes. Auparavant, John a été président du Canadian Ocean Frontiers Research Initiative, un précurseur de deux grands projets canadiens de la recherche sous-marin, Neptune Canada et Venus, qui sont gérés par l’Université de Victoria. Il a été président de Microtel Pacific Research Ltd., Science World et Vancouver Institute, et a été membre du conseil d’un certain nombre d’organisations, dont l’Université Simon Fraser, le Conseil national de recherches du Canada, Discovery Enterprises Inc. (une société de gestion des risques), ISE Research Ltd., B.C. Advanced Systems Institute, et Science Council of BC. Depuis plus d’une décennie, il a servi au Conseil scientifique de l’Institut canadien de recherches avancées. John est le co-auteur de Gutenberg Two – The New Electronics and Social Change et l’auteur du The Davey Dialogues – An Exploration of the Scientific Foundations of Human Culture.
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Jonathan Moore – Liber Ero chair of Coastal Science and Management at Simon Fraser University. He is an aquatic ecologist; active areas of research include invasive species, watershed dynamics, and the diversity and stability of Pacific salmon and their ecosystems. He received his Ph.D. from University of Washington and a B.A. from Carleton College.
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Andrew Wright – Andrew S. Wright is a former high technology entrepreneur. Since 2007 he has actively engaged in promoting enhanced inner city childhood education programs and ecological conservation efforts. In addition to directly supporting the Great Bear Rainforest agreement via donation he has played a direct technical role in advancing land based closed containment salmon aquaculture in BC. The development of the Namgis FinFish aquaculture farm is a direct result of these efforts. He is involved in a wide range of conservation endeavors and sits on the boards of various groups and initiatives, including conservation boards (Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society, Jane Goodall Institute Canada, Liber Ero), advisory panels (SOS Marine Conservation Foundation, Tides Canada Aquaculture Innovation Fund, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics), science boards (Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences), and corporate boards (Actenum Corporation and Zymeworks). Andrew S. Wright graduated from Hull University (UK) with a PhD in microwave engineering in 1990.
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Louis Provencher – Director of Conservation Ecology of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Nevada since January 2002, TNC’s Project Ecologist for the Kissimmee River Conservation Area in Florida (2001), and TNC’s Research Ecologist for the Longleaf Pine Restoration Project at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (1994-2001). He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and his PhD in Ecology at the University of Tennessee. His current responsibilities primarily include Nevada and cross-boundary (Utah-Nevada and California-Nevada) projects that integrate remote sensing and cost-effective conservation planning with computer state-and-transition modeling with the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and private industry to find land management solutions to the challenges of limited budgets, climate change effects, and threatened and endangered species habitat decline.
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Louis Provencher — Directeur de Conservation Ecology pour The Nature Conservancy (TNC), dans le Nevada, depuis janvier 2002; écologiste du projet de conservation de la région de la rivière Kissimmee (TNC, Floride, 2001); et chercheur écologiste pour le projet de restauration du pin des marais à la base aérienne Eglin (TNC, Floride, 1994-2001). Il a effectué son baccalauréat et sa maîtrise en biologie à l’Université du Québec à Montréal, son doctorat en écologie à l’University of Tennessee. Il est actuellement responsable de projets au Nevada et aux frontières Nevada-Utah et Nevada-Californie. Ceux-ci intègrent la télédétection, des méthodes de conservation à faible coût et de la modélisation, et engagent le Bureau of Land Management, l’United States Forest Service, le National Park Service et le secteur privé afin de trouver des solutions de gestion adaptées aux défis posés par les budgets limités, les effets des changements climatiques, et le déclin des habitats des espèces en péril.
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Liber Ero Fellow Board member (one-year term held by past Liber Ero fellows):
2022 – Eduardo Martins was a 2014 Liber Ero fellow. Eduardo is presently an Associate Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia studying the ecology and conservation of fishes in temperate and tropical rivers specifically to understand the thermal ecology, movement ecology and population dynamics of freshwater fishes.
2023 – Christina Davy was a 2013 Liber Ero fellow. Christina is presently an Associate Professor at Carleton University studying the factors that determine the extinction or persistence of threatened species at local and landscape scales, and the synergistic effects of environmental changes including habitat modification, invasive species, disease, and pollution.