Mentor Biographies

David Angus

Degree: MRM Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Director, Integrated Flood Management, Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship
Company/Organization: Government of BC
Other Areas of Education/Training: Structured Decision Making, Environmental Assessment, Marine Protected Areas
Professional Organization Membership: None
Career Interests: Applying SDM and emerging AI tools in natural resource management.
Hobbies: Skiing, Mtn. Biking, Kite Surfing, and raising my children to be good people.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Increase professional development opportunities between REM generations and carry on its good work to date.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Roughly 15 years of combined experience as a private consultant (Compass Resource Management - 5 years) and provincial natural resource manager (10 years).
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Douglas Baker    

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering
Company/Organization: Queensland University of Technology
Other Areas of Education/Training: PhD - University of Waterloo
Professional Organization Membership: PIBC/CIP - no longer registered
Career Interests:
present career: academic/head of department/research director 
former careers: Manager - Environmental Affairs, BC Hydro, Regional Terrain Analyst - Ministry of Transportation.
Hobbies: Mountain biking, building houses
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Support young graduates in both career and thesis development.
What could you offer as a mentor?
I have worked in government and industry as a manager. I am a senior academic in a large Australian university and I have mentored masters and doctorate-level students. 
Mentor Bio: Queensland University of Technology

Katherine Beavis

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Federal public servant
Company/Organization: Transport Canada
Other Areas of Education/Training: Facilitation, conflict resolution, partnerships and negotiation, public policy, public participation and engagement, consultation and accommodation
Professional Organization Membership: International Association of Public Participation (IAP2)
Career Interests: Support Indigenous self-government and sustainable communities
Hobbies: Skiing, mountain biking, hiking, music, travel.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Help students understand the opportunities and challenges of public service work
What could you offer as a mentor?
Networks, experience, navigating public service selection processes.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Jenna Bedore

Degree: MRM Planning Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Senior Policy Advisor, Indigenous Partnerships Initiative
Company/Organization: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Federal)
Other Areas of Education/Training: Conservation Biology (BSc.), Land use Planning (Did planning stream of REM, Acted as President of REM team that hosted the national level Canadian Association of Planning Students (CAPS) conference, spent  4+yr on Planning Institute of BC (PIBC), South Coast Chapter, worked as Land Use Planner for Agricultural Land Commission  of BC  (ALC), and worked for ENGO to integrate species at risk into  municipal planning), Conflict Negotiation, Collaborative Communication in Conflict, Conflict Coaching
Professional Organization Membership: None. Let PIBC candidate membership lapse as it was not required for the jobs I held.
Career Interests: Exploring ways to reduce/eliminate enduring colonial impacts  in the conservation space. Supporting the advancement of Indigenous-led conservation
Hobbies: Hiking & camping, skiing & snowboarding, hanging with my awesome 5 year old, community building in the Housing Co-op I live in.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
- provide support to new/impending REM grads in whatever way I can, including helping them to identify/clarify their goals, connect them to resources that can held advance their goals, and provide a sounding board for questions or ideas they have.
- When I graduated REM the networks I had built were important in figuring out what came next/my path but I was always worried about asking too much of them. I would have benefited from having someone who had explicitly offered to provide advice/act as a sounding board. I'd like to do that for someone.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Support, advice, suggestions for resources, access to my network.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Aimée Brisebois

Degree: MRM Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Senior advisor - Treaties and Agreements
Company/Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Other Areas of Education/Training: Cumulative effects, contaminated site and risk assessment
Professional Organization Membership: RPBio
Career Interests: Unit head/executive. Senior analyst
Hobbies: Skiing, reading, music, cooking.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Support REM students as they navigate what to do next or ways to set themselves up for after REM
What could you offer as a mentor?
I could offer insight into the various paths I’ve seen post grad, tips on how to get integrated into your field of interest, conversation about hobbies and interests, general coaching.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Dionne Bunsha

Degree: MRM Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Climate and Conservation Engagement Coordinator
Company/Organization: UBC Botanical Garden
Other Areas of Education/Training: M.Sc. Development Studies
Professional Organization Membership: None
Career Interests: Conservation planning, stewardship, environmental communication and education.
Hobbies: trail running, hiking, yoga, paddle boarding
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Supporting a REM student
What could you offer as a mentor?
Support, perspective, contacts
Mentor Bio: Linkedin

Maggie Cascadden

Degree: MRM Planning Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Ph.D. at Alberta School of Business
Company/Organization: University of Alberta
Other Areas of Education/Training: Business Ph.D.
Professional Organization Membership: Academy of Management
Career Interests: Academia
Hobbies: Skiing, Reading, Yoga
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Giving back.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Experience moving outside of REM-related fields, specifically to business academia
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Deanna Cummings

Degree: MRM Planning Project
Current Profession/Position: Associate Planner at a planning consulting firm
Company/Organization: EcoPlan International
Other Areas of Education/Training: Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) Anthropology, minor in Environmental Studies
Professional Organization Membership: Candidate member at PIBC
Career Interests: Indigenous community planning, governance, facilitation, engagement, environment and climate change, wildlife, program evaluation
Hobbies: Gardening, travelling, cooking, my cats, hiking, reading
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Building up my network of like-minded folk, and building connections with current students ◡̈
What could you offer as a mentor?
I am still early career, but I can offer advice about early career moves, collegial support (versus top-down, formal mentorship), the process of getting accredited through PIBC, working with Indigenous communities, and facilitation/engagement work.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Courtney Druce

Degree: MRM Planning Project
Current Profession/Position: Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program Physical Scientist
Company/Organization: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Other Areas of Education/Training: Species at Risk Act, Fisheries Act, environmental regulatory oversight, hydroelectric industry
Professional Organization Membership: None
Career Interests: Environmental regulation; protection of species at risk in Canada; fish and fish habitat protection
Hobbies: Cooking/baking, reading, figure skating
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
I'd be happy to share knowledge and experience, especially related to working in a federal regulatory department, and give an idea of what this career path looks like.
What could you offer as a mentor?
A look at both sides of the regulatory world - industry and government. Enthusiasm and support, and a look at a niche career path.
Mentor Bio:

Darryl Finnigan

Degree: MRM Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Science Partnerships Advisor
Company/Organization: Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada
Other Areas of Education/Training: Biology/Agriculture/Facilitation
Professional Organization Membership: 
Career Interests: 
Hobbies: 
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Pass on experience
What could you offer as a mentor?
Advice on career path
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Lindsay Gardner

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Policy Analyst
Company/Organization: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Other Areas of Education/Training: Undergrad Arts degree in Political Science from UBC
Professional Organization Membership:
Career Interests: Subject matter expertise
Hobbies: Climbing, cycling, cooking, reading, hiking, camping
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Help students.
What could you offer as a mentor?
I can offer advice and support for career direction, cover letter and resume support, interview skills practice and advice, and my experience through REM and professional life.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Viviane Gauer

Degree: Ph.D.
Current Profession/Position: Research Associate, Adaptation
Company/Organization: Canadian Climate Institute
Other Areas of Education/Training: My undergraduate degree focused on Sociology and Social Anthropology. I brought a social science lens to my research in REM.
Professional Organization Membership: 
Career Interests: I am broadly interested in climate policy, quantitative & qualitative research, and climate resilience
Hobbies: Hiking, running, yoga, and exploring Okanagan lakes and wineries!
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
I would love to stay connected to the REM community, which was such a big part of my life in the last decade. And I hope I can pass on some of the things I have learned through being a graduate student.
What could you offer as a mentor?
My experiences as someone who went through both the MRM and PhD programs. I might be especially able to help guide prospective and current PhD students as they navigate this particular journey.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Tyler Gray

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Environmental Consultant
Company/Organization: PGL Environmental Consultants Ltd.
Other Areas of Education/Training: 
Professional Organization Membership: CAB, IAIA
Career Interests: impact assessment, natural resource decision making, major project agreements - conditions and implementation of conditions
Hobbies: Outdoors, sports
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Give back, networking
What could you offer as a mentor?
Technical, regulatory, policy, and managerial perspectives from 20 yrs in consulting for various industries (hydroelectric, linear infrastructure, LNG, real estate) and legal-adjacent policy and consultation work for Indigenous Nations.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn 

Brenda Hartley

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Director of Strategic Initiatives
Company/Organization: Ministry of Forests
Other Areas of Education/Training: BSc. UVIC (physical geography), Certificate in Site Planning (UBC), Graduate certificate in Executive Coaching (RRU).
Professional Organization Membership: retired P.Ag. Certified Executive Coach (RRU), Associate Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation)
Career Interests: natural hazard management, governance, First Nations relations, negotiations
Hobbies: strength training instructor, coaching (leadership), being outdoors
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
be a resource to help someone expand their thinking and explore ideas/opportunities.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Happy to share learnings, observations and experience (worked for local government, provincial government and also as an independent contractor), and to be a sounding board.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Ryan Hill

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Environmental Consulting
Company/Organization: Azimuth Consulting Group Inc
Other Areas of Education/Training: 7 years of international work including for the United Nations Environment Program
Professional Organization Membership: Association of Professional Biologists of BC
Career Interests: Balancing environmental protection with resource use.
Hobbies: Hiking, biking, swimming, travel, karate
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?

What could you offer as a mentor?
Broad career advice.
Mentor Bio: Azimuth Group

Matt Horne

Degree: MRM Planning
Current Profession/Position: I manage the City of Vancouver's climate mitigation program
Company/Organization: City of Vancouver
Other Areas of Education/Training: Industrial Engineering
Professional Organization Membership: None
Career Interests: Climate policy / clean energy transition & supporting governance
Hobbies: Hiking/backpacking, disc golf, gardening
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
I've had interesting experiences in public and NGO sectors because of REM, and I'd like to give some of that back to new students.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Good mix of experience to share from public and NGO sector in climate policy and clean energy roles, and lots of experience to share about how policy and program changes can work through local and provincial governments from staff to elected officials.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Michael Huck

Degree: MRM Planning Project    
Current Profession/Position: Conservation Planner / Habitat Restoration Specialist
Company/Organization: BC Government
Other Areas of Education/Training: Forest Conservation/ Management
Professional Organization Membership: PIBC
Career Interests: Conservation Financing, Land Use Planning, Effective Governance
Hobbies: Time in nature
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
I previously participated and had a good experience. I'd like to be able.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Insights into experience working with/for First Nations in conservation planning (caribou focused), wildfire recovery, forest restoration.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Stephanie Ko

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Environmental consulting
Company/Organization: WSP
Other Areas of Education/Training: 
Professional Organization Membership: RPBio, CSAP (risk)
Career Interests: Ecotoxicology, risk assessments (mainly human and terrestrial ecological)
Hobbies: badminton, gym, cycling, travelling
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
See what REM students are up to and whether they would be interested in what WSP has to offer.
What could you offer as a mentor?
I'd like to give back to the students and help give them an idea of what I did with my MRM degree.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Laura Mackey

Degree: MRM Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Enbvironmental Consulting
Company/Organization: Inlailawatash Limited Partnership
Other Areas of Education/Training: Industrial Engineering
Professional Organization Membership: Biologist In Training
Career Interests: Environmental science, monitoring, and reporting in support of Indigenous-led land stewardship
Hobbies: Skiing, cycling, advocacy against the fossil fuel industry
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Support earlier-career environmental professionals, share professional development knowledge, and grow my own professional network.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Guidance on the RPBio process, insight on the consulting biology field in BC.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Allan Maynard

Degree: 
Current Profession/Position: Environmental and Science communication
Company/Organization: Environment Matters
Other Areas of Education/Training: MSc - from SFU / 50 years in the environmental industry - most as a business owner. 
Professional Organization Membership: Science writers of Canada  Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories
Career Interests: I am mostly retired but active as a volunteer and mentor
Hobbies: Photography, golf, hiking, travel, reading, continuing  education
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
I have years of experience in the field of environmental science and also many contacts. I can help people from the science disciplines with career options. I also have international working experience - especially Asia.
What could you offer as a mentor?
How to promote themselves  How to assess career options  How to plan and organize themselves for success  Options for international work.
Mentor Bio: Environment Matters

Mandy McDougall

Degree: MRM Project    
Current Profession/Position: Environmental consultant (contaminated sites management)
Company/Organization: Dillon Consulting
Other Areas of Education/Training: GIS; Human health and ecological risk assessment
Professional Organization Membership: College of Applied Biology; ECO Canada
Career Interests: Climate policy / clean energy transition & supporting governance
Hobbies: Dancing; fitness; urbanism
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Pass on my knowledge from years in consulting to others potentially looking at this path (or other paths).
What could you offer as a mentor?
Insight into consulting (and other industries from working with them); ways to get a first job out of school, networking skills.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Jeremy Moorhouse

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Energy analyst
Company/Organization: Former International Energy Agency (IEA), current freelance
Other Areas of Education/Training: Mechanical engineering/ Photography
Professional Organization Membership:
Career Interests: Clean energy, policy, GUG mitigation, clean growth
Hobbies: Hiking, kayaking, canoeing, photograph
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Stay connected to REM, give back to the REM community.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Developing career vision and goals, how to find a job after REM, support on managing REM project.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Bruce Morgan

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Retired from 40 year career in the environment field with governments of B.C. and Canada.
Company/Organization: 
Other Areas of Education/Training: I am a Professional Certified Coach specializing in leadership and career coaching.
Professional Organization Membership: International Coaching Federation
Career Interests: Environmental assessment, planning, policy and legislation, biodiversity. Realizing people’s potential.
Hobbies: Gardening, travel, outdoor recreation
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Opportunity to support mentee and to stay loosely connected with REM.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Navigating the transition from academic studies into the workplace.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Anneliese Neweduk

Degree: MRM Planning Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Affordable housing development, Project planner
Company/Organization: M’akola Development Services
Other Areas of Education/Training: Project management, Undergrad in psychology
Professional Organization Membership: Working towards RPP
Career Interests: 
Hobbies: Skiing, biking, yoga, hanging with friends
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Connect with REMmers starting their rem journey, provide resources and insight into work after graduation 
What could you offer as a mentor?
My time, networking maybe, insights, whatever the mentee wants
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn M'akola Development Services

Julie Nielsen

Degree: Ph.D.
Current Profession/Position: Forest Stewardship Advisor for a First Nations non-for-profit Council. Working in Indigenous cultural resource stewardship and forest policy (northern Vancouver Island and Great Bear Rainforest jurisdictions).
Company/Organization: Nanwakolas Council
Other Areas of Education/Training: Watershed management, forestry, conservation biology, and tree physiology. Current focus is community engagement and cultural practices (combining interviews and focus groups with field work). 
Professional Organization Membership: College of Applied Biology (BC) as a Retired Professional Biologist
Career Interests: Indigenous science and revival of cultural practices associated with forest ecosystems. Working with First Nation communities in their intergenerational forest legacy planning. Also university-level teaching and training in both field and classroom settings.
Hobbies: Hiking/backpacking, mountain biking, nordic skiing, kayaking. Reading, drums/music, meditation, Kwak'wala language learning, and travel.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Giving back to community and passing on the knowledge and learnings I gained from my research and current work experience. Essentially helping the "up and coming generation" and making connections with those who have similar professional interests.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Technical expertise (including that associated with field (forest) work and community engagement), but more importantly, working/engaging with Indigenous communities and Nations/Bands (as a non-Indigenous academic researcher).  Also, an understanding of the PhD process (in REM), its pitfalls and opportunities, and key aspects of research and writing. Possibly professional work contacts.
Mentor Bio: Nanwakolas

Erica Olson

Degree: MRM Planning Project
Current Profession/Position: PhD Candidate at the University of Victoria in the Marine Ethnoecology Research Group, with research focus on how multiple knowledge systems inform marine planning
Company/Organization: University of Victoria
Other Areas of Education/Training: Currently doing PhD
Professional Organization Membership:
Career Interests: Ocean Governance
Hobbies: Swimming, boating, ice hockey
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Staying connected to REM and meeting students with similar career interests.
What could you offer as a mentor?
I worked for a small consulting company for 10 years before returning to school, so I have experience coming from REM into the working world.
Mentor Bio: website

Andrew Pape-Salmon

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Public policy director
Company/Organization: BC Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions
Other Areas of Education/Training: Engineering
Professional Organization Membership: EGBC  Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow
Career Interests: Climate action  Clean energy supply  Buildings policy, codes and standards
Hobbies: Hiking, Trail running, Photography, Reading
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Gaining understanding of student career interests and perspectives on key societal topics.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Monthly Meetings. Reviewing research proposals. Advice for job search.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Myfannwy Pope

Degree: MRM Planning Project
Current Profession/Position: City Planner, Director of Planning and Development
Company/Organization: City of Prince Rupert
Other Areas of Education/Training: B.Arts & Sciences, Interdisciplinary Engagement and Research
Professional Organization Membership: PIBC/MCIP, LGMA
Career Interests: Community Planning and Development, Housing, Food, Climate Action, Indigenous-municipal relations.
Hobbies: Climbing, paddling, movies, coffee chats.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
The ability to stay connected to the program and network, support upcoming interested students and help them make connections and identify their interests, keep up to date with new research, and connect with people emerging in the field and learn from them and their experience and backgrounds.
What could you offer as a mentor?
I can share my experience and observations of coming north after completing the program, experience in a local government, small municipalities, early career. I can also provide some input into career advancement and the landscape of local government. Since working in a small municipality, I have had the privilege of working across diverse portfolios and interdisciplinary contexts. I also do have some experience in federal government that I can share.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Colin Rankin

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Consultant - international development project
Company/Organization: University of Waterloo - FINCAPES project Indonesia
Other Areas of Education/Training: Forest carbon management
Professional Organization Membership: Society for Ecosystem Restoration
Career Interests: climate action, environmental regulation, public engagement, project evaluation and management.
Hobbies: Skiing, hiking
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Share experiences, learn.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Post MRM life as a consultant working on the fringes of government.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Chris Ray

Degree: MRM Planning Project
Current Profession/Position: Local government climate action (title: Climate Action & Environment Manager)
Company/Organization: City of Kelowna
Other Areas of Education/Training: urban/land use planning
Professional Organization Membership: PIBC
Career Interests: Climate action planning; urban planning; emergency planning and response; local government senior leadership.
Hobbies: Most sports (I have a hockey background) and travelling.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
I'd like to stay connected with the REM program. I see REM graduates possessing many of the skills and the appropriate background to work in environmental/climate action planning in local government. Therefore maintaining connections with REM graduates is a potential opportunity to invite good candidates when new positions become available.
What could you offer as a mentor?
I have over 15 years of experience in the environmental sector and 8 working in climate action in local government. As a manager, I've navigated the process of career growth and taking a leadership position. My research was related to community energy planning with the Metlakatla First Nation and I'm affiliated with the Musqueam First Nation.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Eva Riccius

Degree: MRM Thesis    
Current Profession/Position: Senior Manager, Parks
Company/Organization: District of Saanich
Other Areas of Education/Training: Public engagement  Governance  Leadership and Strategic Planning
Professional Organization Membership:
Career Interests: Parks, Health and Nature connections, Wildfire management, local government, organizational development, leadership development and mentoring.
Hobbies: Hiking, cycling, gardening, cooking and enjoying great food.
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Support students in their projects and career aspirations.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Support re: leadership development, their projects, courses and next steps, strategic planning, career mentoring .
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn

Greg Steer

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Retired
Company/Organization: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Other Areas of Education/Training: Enterprise design, transformation and performance management, project management
Professional Organization Membership: 
Career Interests: Environmental and public health policy and programs.
Hobbies: Salmon fishing, hiking, herding dogs :-)
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Stewardship and transfer of knowledge and experience. Opportunity to help someone at the start of their career.
What could you offer as a mentor?
As an executive in the private and public sectors, I have experience in human resource recruitment, development, retention and transition. Frameworks and strategies I used to successfully transform enterprises (e.g. organisations) can be applied to individuals. Together with the mentee, we'd take a systematic approach to sort their objectives and develop an "evergreen" plan to achieve them and address uncertainty. These reference models and plans provide insight into career and life planning.  Being retired, I have time for this.
Mentor Bio: Check out Career Coaching and Mentorship on this page and those interested in enterprise design and transformation can check out my Substack

Dan Straker

Degree: MRM Planning Project
Current Profession/Position: Project Manager of Resilient Waters project
Company/Organization: MakeWay Charitable Society - Resilient Waters
Other Areas of Education/Training: Systems change / social innovation, facilitation
Professional Organization Membership:
Career Interests: Collaborative and principled approaches to improving social-ecological systems, getting to multi-benefit solutions
Hobbies: 
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Share my experience and learn from a mentee
What could you offer as a mentor?
Meetup once a month, in person on a walk or online. Potential connections to folks working at intersection of ecology and flood management, especially in Lower Mainland.
Mentor Bio: www.resilientwaters.ca LinkedIn (Not very up to date)

Andreas Tize

Degree: MRM Planning Thesis
Current Profession/Position: Owner, Secret Cove Marina
Company/Organization: Secret Cove Marina
Other Areas of Education/Training: Relational Somatic Practitioner, Breathwork Facilitator, Men's work leader, Certified Industrial Mechanic, Sailing Instructor, Ski Instructor, Skydiving Instructor, Pilot, Former Elected Official, Former College Instructor
Professional Organization Membership: Boating BC
Career Interests: Relational Somatic Therapy, Sustainable Building
Hobbies: Skiing, Biking, Traveling
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
Give back to the community.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Somatic relational therapy, breath work, entrepreneurial advice.
Mentor Bio:

Aidan Whiteley

Degree: MRM Project
Current Profession/Position: Manager of Title and Rights
Company/Organization: Lower Nicola Indian Band
Other Areas of Education/Training: Bachelors of Arts in Geography
Professional Organization Membership:
Career Interests: Advancing Indigenous Title and Rights and self determination through strengthened governance systems and informed decision making
Hobbies: Nordic skiing, hiking, canoeing, looking at plants, weaving passionate diatribes about colonialism or public transport, dancing and mincing about
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
An opportunity to give back in a meaningful way. Grad school can feel quite alienating; if I can provide some perspective that yes life  exists outside of grad school and most deadlines are sorta fake then I've done my job.
What could you offer as a mentor?
Camaraderie, insight into working for a First Nations government, employment
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn LNIB

Elizabeth Vincer

Degree: MRM Thesis    
Current Profession/Position: Senior Species at Risk Biologist
Company/Organization: BC Government
Other Areas of Education/Training: Undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and Biology
Professional Organization Membership: R.P.Bio
Career Interests: 
Hobbies: Hiking, backcountry camping, snowmobiling, flower gardening
What would you like to achieve through participating in the REM mentorship program?
I have participated in the program once before and found it extremely rewarding to share my experience with up and coming future REM grads.
What could you offer as a mentor?
I have 14 years of post-REM experience in Western Canada (BC and Alberta). I have a mix of professional experience from consulting and two levels of government (federal and provincial). I bring a mix of experience to the table in different types of industries. I also participated in co-op programs in both my undergrad and masters degree and can share learnings from that. I can offer guidance, advice and just be a general sounding board for soon to be grads who want to learn more about the environmental career opportunities in BC.
Mentor Bio: LinkedIn