Our Team

Staff

Thomas Saleh

Policy Advisor, Data and Technology

Bio

Blake Cooney

Chemist I

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Paul Trevenen

Facilities Maintenance Technician

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Chris Hay

Scientific Data Officer

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Emily Kroft

Water Policy and Youth Engagement Officer

Bio

Marco Haust

Fisheries Research Technician

Bio

Louis St-Cyr

Director, Philanthropy

Bio

Jose Luis Rodriguez Gil

Research Scientist

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Heather Jovanovic

Toxicology Research Assistant,

Bio

Erin Bend

Officer, Philanthropy

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Murray MacKay

Research Fellow

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Hisham Osman

Research Fellow

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Sarah Warrack

Outreach and Education Officer

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Lauren Timlick

Biologist II - Ecotoxicology

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Sumeep Bath

Editorial & Communications Manager

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Paul Blanchfield

Research Fellow

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Paul Fafard

Field Sampling Technician II

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Pauline Gerrard

Deputy Director

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Lauren Hayhurst

Fisheries Research Biologist II

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Sonya Havens

Research Chemist

Bio | CV

Scott Higgins

Research Scientist

Bio | CV

Lee Hrenchuk

Senior Biologist

Bio | CV

Donna Laroque

Administrative Assistant

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Matthew McCandless

Executive Director

Bio | CV

Roger Mollot

Operations Manager II

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Grace Mota

Chief Financial Officer

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John Neall

Facilities Manager

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Vince Palace

Head Research Scientist

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Michael Paterson

Senior Research Scientist

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Michael Rennie

Research Fellow

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Ken Sandilands

Biologist - Field Coordinator

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Dilber Yunus

Outreach Officer

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Board of Directors

Kevin Obiero

Board Member

Bio

Andrew A. Lennox

Board Member

Bio

Martha Casey

Vice President, Operations and Business Transformation, IISD; Chair of the Board, IISD-ELA

Bio

Matthew McCandless

Executive Director

Bio | CV

Stephanie Cairns

Board Member

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Glenn Crook

Board Member

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Andrea Moffat

Board member

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Jeffrey Ross

Board Member

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Research Advisory Board

• Trisha Westman, Director, Science & Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
• Matthew McCandless, Executive Director
• Kathy McKague, Director, Environmental Monitoring & Reporting Branch Ministry of the Environment & Climate Change
• Raymond Hesslein, retired Research Scientist, Fisheries & Oceans Canada (former Section Head, Experimental Lakes Area)
• Robert (Bob) Hecky, retired Professor, University of Minnesota at Duluth, University of Waterloo, and Research Scientist at Fisheries & Oceans Canada (former Section Head, Experimental Lakes Area)
• Stephen Murphy, Professor, University of Waterloo, Director, Centre for Ecosystem Resilience & Adaptation (ERA) and Chair, Centre for Applied Science in ON Protected Areas (CASIOPA), Chair, Society for Ecological Restoration Ontario (SERO)
• Karen Kidd, Professor, Jointly in SGES and Department of Biology, McMaster University; Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Environment and Health
• Vince Palace, Head Research Scientist