Initial Steering Committee

The need for a network has been recognized by many people in BC for a long time. An initial steering committee has gotten things going with some seed funding from BC Conservation Fund and UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research.

Jennifer Sunday, McGill, UBC Affiliate, Biodiversity Research Centre
Mary O’Connor, UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
Diane Srivastava, UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
Cole Burton, UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
Warren Cardinal-McTeague, UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
Matthew Mitchell, UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
Duncan MacNaughton, UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
David Castle, University of Victoria
Roxan Chicalo, University of Victoria
Dezene Huber, University of Northern British Columbia
Evan Muise, UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
Reyna Broadhurst, University of Victoria

Summer 2026 – we are growing and will have more information soon on our structure and activities.