2023 Executive
- President - Alexia Constantinou
- President-elect - VACANT
- Treasurer - Bill Harrower
- Secretary - Rod Davis
- Director - Krysia Tuttle
- Director - Jason Fisher
- Director - Student Liaison: Agnes Pelletier
- Director at Large - Communications: Cayla Naumann
- Director at Large - Catherine Denny
- Director at Large - Erin Tattersall
- Director at Large - Joanna Burger
Alexia Constantinou - President
Alexia is an instructor in the Department of Renewable Resources at BCIT, teaching Wildlife Ecology and Management. Alexia’s work has mainly focused on the intersection between forest harvesting, wildlife habitat and First Nations-led conservation and stewardship. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with her BSc in Forest Sciences and MSc in Forestry in the Wildlife Coexistence Lab led by Dr. Cole Burton, and co-supervised by Dr. Suzanne Simard. Alexia absolutely loves working with The Wildlife Society and feels strongly about supporting students and early career professionals in their journey. When she’s not teaching or playing with camera traps, you can find her on a bike, with a paddle in hand or on skis.
Alexia is an instructor in the Department of Renewable Resources at BCIT, teaching Wildlife Ecology and Management. Alexia’s work has mainly focused on the intersection between forest harvesting, wildlife habitat and First Nations-led conservation and stewardship. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with her BSc in Forest Sciences and MSc in Forestry in the Wildlife Coexistence Lab led by Dr. Cole Burton, and co-supervised by Dr. Suzanne Simard. Alexia absolutely loves working with The Wildlife Society and feels strongly about supporting students and early career professionals in their journey. When she’s not teaching or playing with camera traps, you can find her on a bike, with a paddle in hand or on skis.
President-elect - VACANT
Please contact bctws@gmail.com if you are interested in this position.
Please contact bctws@gmail.com if you are interested in this position.
Bill Harrower - Treasurer
(Past - President 2020)
Bill has been conducting applied research of wildlife in British Columbia in British Columbia for 20+ years. Each project focused on how to improve conservation and management of rare species or ecosystems typically of carnivores. He has helped run major field projects on wolverine in northern BC, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the US, and helped run field projects for Fisher in Dawson Creek. Bill also played a major role in research on Northern Goshawks in the East Kootenays and worked in close collaboration with other project in northern BC and coastal BC. These projects provided key data supporting two major management documents outlining Best Management Practices for northern goshawks. Bill recently completed a long-term experimental study on trophic cascades in grasslands including collecting extensive data sets on songbirds, small mammals, plants and insects, and continues to work to conserve wildlife habitat and preserve hunting, fishing, and trapping opportunities in British Columbia and beyond. His current projects include ecology and conservation of sockeye impacted by hydroelectric dams, wolverine diet and population genetics with the Yukon and BC Governments, population genetics of fisher, grazing impacts of restored bison populations in the Yukon and new long-term projects on landscape connectivity for lynx in northern BC.
(Past - President 2020)
Bill has been conducting applied research of wildlife in British Columbia in British Columbia for 20+ years. Each project focused on how to improve conservation and management of rare species or ecosystems typically of carnivores. He has helped run major field projects on wolverine in northern BC, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the US, and helped run field projects for Fisher in Dawson Creek. Bill also played a major role in research on Northern Goshawks in the East Kootenays and worked in close collaboration with other project in northern BC and coastal BC. These projects provided key data supporting two major management documents outlining Best Management Practices for northern goshawks. Bill recently completed a long-term experimental study on trophic cascades in grasslands including collecting extensive data sets on songbirds, small mammals, plants and insects, and continues to work to conserve wildlife habitat and preserve hunting, fishing, and trapping opportunities in British Columbia and beyond. His current projects include ecology and conservation of sockeye impacted by hydroelectric dams, wolverine diet and population genetics with the Yukon and BC Governments, population genetics of fisher, grazing impacts of restored bison populations in the Yukon and new long-term projects on landscape connectivity for lynx in northern BC.
Rod Davis - Secretary
Chair, Conservation Affairs Committee
(Past - President 2018)
Rod Davis is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at UVic, and a past President of the BC Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Prior experience includes a career with the provincial government working on fish and wildlife conservation, forest and range practices, land use planning, and environmental protection. He has a PhD from the University of Victoria focused on wildlife conservation and is a Registered Professional Agrologist (re red). His interests relate to implications of resource development and climate change on wildlife and ecosystem conservation.
Chair, Conservation Affairs Committee
(Past - President 2018)
Rod Davis is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at UVic, and a past President of the BC Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Prior experience includes a career with the provincial government working on fish and wildlife conservation, forest and range practices, land use planning, and environmental protection. He has a PhD from the University of Victoria focused on wildlife conservation and is a Registered Professional Agrologist (re red). His interests relate to implications of resource development and climate change on wildlife and ecosystem conservation.
Krysia Tuttle - Director
Krysia is a wildlife biologist with 15+ years experience conducting applied research of wildlife in British Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest Territories. She has a M.Sc. in Biology (specializing in Herpetology) and is a Registered Professional Biologist. She has worked at LGL Limited environmental research
associates since 2008, contributing to a variety of wildlife and fish projects for government, First Nations, and resource industries, including species at risk monitoring (Western Toad, Western Painted Turtle), wildlife population monitoring, fish inventory and assessment, wetland restoration, and environmental assessments. Her current research projects and passion include long-term amphibian monitoring and amphibian underpass restoration, small mammal monitoring, remote camera work, Species at Risk conservation projects, wetland assessments, caribou-lichen habitat assessments, and environmental monitoring. She has been involved with several educational and outreach programs, including elementary school programs, UVic Biology Dept., BC Park Naturalist, Let’s Talk Science program coordinator, UVic Learning and Teaching Centre, and community guest speaker. She lives on the beautiful west coast and when not at work she is often out on hiking, camping, or paddling adventures with her husband and two daughters.
Krysia is a wildlife biologist with 15+ years experience conducting applied research of wildlife in British Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest Territories. She has a M.Sc. in Biology (specializing in Herpetology) and is a Registered Professional Biologist. She has worked at LGL Limited environmental research
associates since 2008, contributing to a variety of wildlife and fish projects for government, First Nations, and resource industries, including species at risk monitoring (Western Toad, Western Painted Turtle), wildlife population monitoring, fish inventory and assessment, wetland restoration, and environmental assessments. Her current research projects and passion include long-term amphibian monitoring and amphibian underpass restoration, small mammal monitoring, remote camera work, Species at Risk conservation projects, wetland assessments, caribou-lichen habitat assessments, and environmental monitoring. She has been involved with several educational and outreach programs, including elementary school programs, UVic Biology Dept., BC Park Naturalist, Let’s Talk Science program coordinator, UVic Learning and Teaching Centre, and community guest speaker. She lives on the beautiful west coast and when not at work she is often out on hiking, camping, or paddling adventures with her husband and two daughters.
Jason T Fisher - Director
Jason T Fisher (M.Sc. Ph.D.) works with wildlife across western Canada, including coastal, mountain, boreal, and arctic landscapes. Jason has a long history with The Wildlife Society; he was former Director and then President of the Alberta Chapter, and helped resurrect the BC Chapter in 2017. Jason is head of the Applied Conservation Marco Ecology (ACME) Lab at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies. Jason’s focus is on mammals and how they respond to landscape and climate change. He has worked with bears, canids, moose, deer, caribou, and mustelids, but his favourite is wolverines. He is a member of the Terrestrial Mammals Specialist Subcommittee of COSEWIC, and works with governments, industry, and agencies across Canada to translate research into effective wildlife conservation decisions. When not chasing mammals he is chasing salmon and halibut on the west coast, or that perfect moment alone on a hiking trail.
Jason T Fisher (M.Sc. Ph.D.) works with wildlife across western Canada, including coastal, mountain, boreal, and arctic landscapes. Jason has a long history with The Wildlife Society; he was former Director and then President of the Alberta Chapter, and helped resurrect the BC Chapter in 2017. Jason is head of the Applied Conservation Marco Ecology (ACME) Lab at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies. Jason’s focus is on mammals and how they respond to landscape and climate change. He has worked with bears, canids, moose, deer, caribou, and mustelids, but his favourite is wolverines. He is a member of the Terrestrial Mammals Specialist Subcommittee of COSEWIC, and works with governments, industry, and agencies across Canada to translate research into effective wildlife conservation decisions. When not chasing mammals he is chasing salmon and halibut on the west coast, or that perfect moment alone on a hiking trail.
Agnes Pelletier - Director, Student Liaison
Agnès has been involved with TWS since 2010. She facilitated the creation of two student Chapters, one at Trent University (Ontario), and one at the University of Winnipeg. She has formed strong bonds with other Leadership Institute alumni, and considers that many of her professional successes are tied to people she has met through TWS. She strives to provide mentoring and networking opportunities to current Student Chapter members so that they can reach their goals in the wildlife field.
Agnès is originally from France, where she conducted her M.Sc. on migratory patterns of humpback whales and “divorce” in alpine marmots. She had a keen interest for science-based wildlife management and conservation of large mammals, so she moved to Canada to pursue a Ph.D. on gene flow patterns of American black bears at Trent University. After teaching university biology courses and developing an environmental consulting business in Winnipeg, she is now working as a wildlife biologist for the provincial government in Northeast BC.
Agnès has been involved with TWS since 2010. She facilitated the creation of two student Chapters, one at Trent University (Ontario), and one at the University of Winnipeg. She has formed strong bonds with other Leadership Institute alumni, and considers that many of her professional successes are tied to people she has met through TWS. She strives to provide mentoring and networking opportunities to current Student Chapter members so that they can reach their goals in the wildlife field.
Agnès is originally from France, where she conducted her M.Sc. on migratory patterns of humpback whales and “divorce” in alpine marmots. She had a keen interest for science-based wildlife management and conservation of large mammals, so she moved to Canada to pursue a Ph.D. on gene flow patterns of American black bears at Trent University. After teaching university biology courses and developing an environmental consulting business in Winnipeg, she is now working as a wildlife biologist for the provincial government in Northeast BC.
Cayla Naumann - Director-at-Large, Communications
The path to becoming a wildlife or biological professional is rarely straight, but often interesting. Cayla has a wide and varied background in biological sciences. Cayla began her introduction to The Wildlife Society by attending the Washington Chapter annual conference two years in a row. She completed her undergraduate and Master's degree in biology at the University of Victoria. The highlights of her university education were 6 weeks of field school in Malaysia studying tropical rainforest ecology and 6 weeks of field school studying temperate rainforest ecology at Bamfield Marine Science Centre. Since finishing her Master's degree in 2014 at the University of Victoria, in population genetics of a water mould aquaculture pathogen, she has developed a keen interest in bird biology, particularly raptors. She has worked for Wildlife Preservation Canada on their Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program, Bird Studies Canada on their Long-billed Curlew Monitoring Program and BC Conservation Foundation monitoring for Barred and Spotted Owls. She regularly volunteered bird banding, initially with Rocky Point Bird Observatory in Metchosin, BC and now volunteers with WildResearch at Iona Banding Station in Richmond, BC. Currently, she is based in the lower mainland working for Dillon Consulting Limited where she works as a Professional Biologist on a wide variety of projects in terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments.
The path to becoming a wildlife or biological professional is rarely straight, but often interesting. Cayla has a wide and varied background in biological sciences. Cayla began her introduction to The Wildlife Society by attending the Washington Chapter annual conference two years in a row. She completed her undergraduate and Master's degree in biology at the University of Victoria. The highlights of her university education were 6 weeks of field school in Malaysia studying tropical rainforest ecology and 6 weeks of field school studying temperate rainforest ecology at Bamfield Marine Science Centre. Since finishing her Master's degree in 2014 at the University of Victoria, in population genetics of a water mould aquaculture pathogen, she has developed a keen interest in bird biology, particularly raptors. She has worked for Wildlife Preservation Canada on their Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program, Bird Studies Canada on their Long-billed Curlew Monitoring Program and BC Conservation Foundation monitoring for Barred and Spotted Owls. She regularly volunteered bird banding, initially with Rocky Point Bird Observatory in Metchosin, BC and now volunteers with WildResearch at Iona Banding Station in Richmond, BC. Currently, she is based in the lower mainland working for Dillon Consulting Limited where she works as a Professional Biologist on a wide variety of projects in terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments.
Catherine Denny - Director-at-Large
Catherine (she/her) has been involved with BCTWS since the spring of 2022, and is a wildlife biologist with the provincial government. She is grateful to have grown up in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She completed her undergraduate studies in natural resources conservation at UBC, followed by her MSc in conservation biology at the University of Alberta where her research focused on grizzly bear habitat selection and landscape patterns of fruit resources. In her free time, Catherine enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, birding, looking at forest plants, and finding a peaceful spot in nature with a view. She is looking forward to continuing to connect with and support the community of wildlife professionals across BC through her role on the Executive.
Catherine (she/her) has been involved with BCTWS since the spring of 2022, and is a wildlife biologist with the provincial government. She is grateful to have grown up in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She completed her undergraduate studies in natural resources conservation at UBC, followed by her MSc in conservation biology at the University of Alberta where her research focused on grizzly bear habitat selection and landscape patterns of fruit resources. In her free time, Catherine enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, birding, looking at forest plants, and finding a peaceful spot in nature with a view. She is looking forward to continuing to connect with and support the community of wildlife professionals across BC through her role on the Executive.
Erin Tattersall - Director-at-Large
Erin is a PhD student in the Wildlife Coexistence Lab at the University of British Columbia. She first joined the Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society as a MSc student in 2017, followed by the BC Chapter in 2019. Erin served the UBC Vancouver Chapter of the Wildlife Society as Treasurer in 2018-2019.
Erin's PhD work focuses on developing a long-term biodiversity monitoring program in the Northwest Territories in collaboration with the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Government of the Northwest Territories. Erin’s research interests include Indigenous data sovereignty, multi-species modelling, and community responses to landscape change. Prior to her PhD, Erin researched caribou recovery and large mammal responses to anthropogenic disturbances in northern Alberta, and also worked as a Wildlife Information Specialist for the BC government’s Caribou Recovery Program. Erin lives in Sinixt territory near Nelson, BC.
Erin is a PhD student in the Wildlife Coexistence Lab at the University of British Columbia. She first joined the Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society as a MSc student in 2017, followed by the BC Chapter in 2019. Erin served the UBC Vancouver Chapter of the Wildlife Society as Treasurer in 2018-2019.
Erin's PhD work focuses on developing a long-term biodiversity monitoring program in the Northwest Territories in collaboration with the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Government of the Northwest Territories. Erin’s research interests include Indigenous data sovereignty, multi-species modelling, and community responses to landscape change. Prior to her PhD, Erin researched caribou recovery and large mammal responses to anthropogenic disturbances in northern Alberta, and also worked as a Wildlife Information Specialist for the BC government’s Caribou Recovery Program. Erin lives in Sinixt territory near Nelson, BC.