UBC Okanagan
Dr. Adam T. Ford heads the Wildlife Restoration Ecology Lab at UBC Okanagan, holding the Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology within the Department of Biology. His team utilizes field experiments, GPS tracking, and satellite imagery to study human impacts on interactions among people, large predators (like wolves, bears, and cougars), prey species (such as caribou, moose, deer, and elk), and vegetation in human-altered landscapes. Investigating changes in species abundance, movement, and interactions, their work informs environmental legislation, aiding Canada’s biodiversity conservation efforts and supporting Indigenous and community-led restoration initiatives.
Panelists
Dr. Adam Ford
UBC Okanagan
Angela Kane
Secwepemcul’ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society
Don Iveson
Co-operators
Jason Brolund
West Kelowna Fire Chief
Jason Hwang
Pacific Salmon Foundation
Joe Gilchrist
Salish Fire Keepers Society
Dr. Kira Hoffman
UBC-Vancouver and Bulkley Valley Research Centre
Dr. Marc-André Parisien
Canadian Forest Service
Dr. Paul Hessburg
US Forest Service
Robert Phillips
First Nations Summit
Robert Gray
R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd./Hessburg Landscape Fire Ecology Lab
Dr. Sarah Henderson
BC Centre for Disease Control
Stephanie Ewen
UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest
Moderators
Chris Walker
CBC
Dr. Jill Harvey
Thompson Rivers University
Dr. Susan Prichard
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington