Team

Leslie Brown, FIT

Hometown: North Vancouver, B.C.

Education:

  • Master of Sustainable Forest Management Candidate, University of British Columbia
  • Bachelor of Arts: Geography with an Environmental Specialty, Simon Fraser University
  • Associate of Arts Degree: Arts & sciences, Capilano University

Work Experience: Invasive species management, Stanley Park Ecology Society (volunteer). Administration & project management, Neil Squire Society.

Areas of Interest: Fire management, forest health, climate change adaptation, and silviculture.

Hobbies: Hiking, cycling, running & painting

Conor Corbett, FIT

Hometown: Edmonton, AB
Education
  • Masters of Sustainable Forest Management Candidate, University of British Colombia
  • Bachelor of Arts: Philosophy and Classics

Work Experience: Initial Attack Wildland Firefighter and Crew Leader – Alberta Wildfire

Areas of Interest: Forest Policy, Forest Biometrics, Computer Applications in Forestry

Hobbies: Skiing, Biking, Hiking

Devin Dake-Outhet, FIT

Hometown: Ottawa, ON

Education: 

  • Master of Sustainable Forest Management Candidate, University of British Columbia
  • Forest Technology (Honours), Selkirk College
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours): Environmental Studies, Carleton University

Work Experience: Forest Technician (road/block layout, timber cruising, beetle surveying) Golden, BC

Areas of Interest: Forest Operations, Landscape level planning, Climate change

Hobbies: Snowboarding, mountain biking, hockey, fishing

Peter Flett, FIT

Hometown: West Kelowna, B.C.

Education:

  • Master of Sustainable Forest Management Candidate, University of British Columbia
  • Bachelor of Human Kinetics: Health Promotion and Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of British Columbia – Okanagan

Work Experience: Silvicultural duties including supervising contractors, quality control, and ecological surveying.

Areas of Interest: Ecological classification, stand modelling, financial analyses

Hobbies: Camping, hiking, sports and exercise

 

Cody Gold, FIT

Hometown: White Rock, B.C.

Education:

  • Master of Sustainable Forest Management Candidate, University of British Columbia
  • Bachelor of Arts: Environmental Studies & Political Science, University of Victoria

Work Experience: Field assistant for research on island biogeography of invasive deer on Haida Gwaii

Areas of Interest: First Nations reconciliation, climate change and complex adaptive systems & resilience theory

Hobbies: Sailing, Biking and Hiking