Bio

Caleb was an MSc student in the UBC Ecohydrology Lab, supervised by Dr. Mark Johnson. He is interested in how ecosystem science can be used to support stewardship and management through reciprocity; a mutually beneficial and healthy relationship between ecosystems and humans. His research explored the relationship between aquatic ecosystem metabolism, hydrology, and stream biogeochemistry to characterize ecosystem health and recovery from severe wildfire in the Deadman River watershed near Kamloops, British Columbia. His research project was a subset of the Tsecmenúl̓ecwem-kt (We Repair the Land) project which was funded by the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BC SRIF) and led by the Skeetchestn Indian Band. He is now a fisheries biologist and policy analyst for Tla’amin Nation, whose territory is on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia.

Caleb holds a BSc in General Science with a double-major in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Alberta. Prior to completing his MSc, he was a Program Manager with the Alberta Lake Management Society, where he managed year-round and province-wide community-based lake monitoring programs. In his free time Caleb is likely trying a new recipe in the kitchen, spending time in the garden, working up a sweat on a run or bike ride, or spending time outdoors with his family.