Very fortunate to be in beautiful Kelowna!
Tamika Mulders – tamika.mulders@alumni.ubc.ca
Research Focus
Environmental impact assessment; food security; resource management; traditional harvesting; Arctic; Northern Canada; cumulative impacts assessment
Education
Masters of Science – Earth and Environmental Science
University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC. 2020 – present.
- Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Hanna
Bachelor of Science (Honours) – Biology
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. 2010-2014.
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of British Columbia Okanagan, September 2020 – present
- BIOL 301/ EESC 307 – Limnology
- EESC 101 – Environmental Science
- EESC 111 – Earth Science (tentative)
Professional Experience
Regulatory and Securities Specialist – Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) Department of Lands May – September 2020
- Research on forms of financial security required for regulatory land use permits, contributing to the creation of regulations under the new Public Land Act.
Project Assessment Analyst – GNWT Department of Lands February – December 2017
- Coordinated GNWT participation in environmental assessment (EA) and regulatory board processes. Synthesized input from all government departments
Biologist – Golder Associates Ltd., Yellowknife Office June 2014 – January 2017
- Environmental monitoring, data collection and regulatory reporting for various mines, mainly in the Northwest Territories, oil and gas sites in northern Alberta.
- Environmental and wildlife field work including fish, water quality, limnology, aquatic plant sampling, bird and amphibian surveys. Wildlife habitat and hazard assessment surveys.
- Report-writing, data management and analysis,
Species at Risk Wildlife Technician – GNWT Department of Environment and Natural Resources May – August 2013
- Species at risk research and reporting, edited species status reports including scientific and traditional knowledge.
- Entered species data into database, updated NWT Species at Risk website.
- Lab work including wildlife necropsies.
Devolution Implementation Summer Student – GNWT Department of the Executive May – August 2012
- Researched and wrote reports on waste sites in the Northwest Territories, prior to transfer of power of land, water and resource management from Federal to territorial government.
- Analyzed, organized and formatted waste site data for input into databases.
Assistant Librarian – Government of Canada, Environment Canada Library May – August 2011
- Literature searches, processed interlibrary loans, worked independently on cataloguing and maintaining inventory.
Other work experience
Receptionist – World Wide Sires NZ, Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ) June – October 2019
Microbiology Laboratory Technician – Hill Laboratories, Christchurch, NZ June – Sept 2019
Phone Survey Interviewer – Research First Ltd., Christchurch, NZ May – July 2019
Trip Equipment Coordinator – Adventure South NZ Christchurch, NZ Oct 2018 – May 2019
Housekeeping and Restaurant Staff, Kinloch Lodge Glenorchy, NZ February – April 2018
Certifications and Training (selected)
- Advanced Training on the Federal Impact Assessment Process. Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, 2021
- Cultural and Social Awareness Graduate Student Credential. UBCO, 2021
- Legal and Practical Guide to Consultation with Indigenous People Short Course. York University Osgoode Hall Law School, 2017
- Environmental Impact Assessment online training. International Association for Impact Assessment, 2017
- Administrative Law Course. NWT Board Forum, 2017
- Mining for Non-Miners online course. 2017
- Designing for Northern Mine Closure Short Course. NWT Geoscience Forum, 2016
- Backpack Electrofisher Certificate. Canadian Rivers Institute, 2015
- Arctic Winter Survival; Wilderness First Aid; Ice Safety and Rescue; Aircraft Underwater Egress; ATV training. Arctic Response, 2015
- Argo Level 1 course. Canada Safety Council, 2015
- NWT Mine Supervisor, Level I and II, 2015
- Terrestrial Wildlife Field School; Small-bodied Fish Health Techniques Workshop. Golder Associates, 2015
- Pleasure Craft Operator Card, 2015
- Firearms Possession and Acquisition Licence, 2013