Today, I am nearing the end of my career transition towards supporting research and its outputs from a management side. I am honoured to support so many great projects!

So, I started looking for something new. I ended up taking an assignment with the Geological Survey of Canada to set up web mapping services on mineral occurrences in a common format across F/P/T. This led to another assignment w/ the GSC in program planning in Natural Hazards and CC Geoscience.

Career-wise, I was also at a crossroads. I enjoyed research, but I was looking for opportunities more on the support/management side. Many years ago, I discovered my keen interest in data management, all started during the undergrad. I taught myself IM/IT/db management...

3 years ago, hubby and I made the decision to move home. We didn't know it at the time, but it was the best decision we could have made for our family. On the drive back, he got a call that changed everything. It started us on one of the hardest periods we have faced together, and that says a lot.

During 8 of those years, I worked as a Forest Biologist with the Canadian Forest Service. The lab I was with approached forest ecology from a plant trait lens - how form/function shaped post-disturbance species and community resp. I did a bit of everything - field work, data management/analysis...