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I study ecological and evolutionary processes - natural and human-caused - that maintain or imperil biological diversity.  Recognizing that measures to conserve biodiversity consistently relate to human behaviour, I am increasingly interested in natural and social science questions relating to how humans interact with the natural world.  

My interests reside in three research domains: 

NEWS

***I am now recruiting highly motivated grad students for our new lab at the University of Victoria - more soon***

My other passion: surfing and new film by Raincoast, Patagonia, and Woodshed Films. Link to trailer here

Our new Huffington Post Op Ed re "Wolves, Caribou, Tar Sands, and Canada's oily ethics"

Summer 2011. Feature article and slideshow on our work with bears in Heiltsuk Territory by Scientific American.

Spring 2011. Link to new popular book, "Following the Last Wild Wolves"

Link to new Conservation Letters paper, 'Salmon for terrestrial protected areas'

Link to 'What's at Stake; the cost of oil on British Columbia's priceless coast' - a report released on the 21st anniversary

of the Exxon Valdez catastrophe.