Outreach and Media
Invited Presentations
March 2026 BC First Nations Climate Gathering, Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty through Kelp Forest Restoration and Monitoring [Richmond BC].
March 2026 Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions’ Circle of Practice, Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty through Kelp Forest Restoration and Monitoring [virtual].
Feb. 2026 Kelp Rescue Initiative First Nations Round Table – North Salish Sea, Annual review of kelp restoration and monitoring in north Salish Sea (co-presented with L. Dykman) [Deep Bay Marine Field Station].
Jan. 2026 Kelp Node International Working Group [Subtidal Kelp Forest Monitoring & Ecosystem Services Session], Subtidal Science with Remotely Operated Vehicles and Timelapse Cameras [Virtual]
Nov. 2025 Trebek Council Annual Retreat, Underwater forests in a warming sea: Exploring 50 years of change to critical nearshore habitat in the Salish Sea [Haida Gwaii BC].
April 2025 UVic Biology Symposium, A half-century of warming in kelp forests and associated macroalgal communities [Victoria BC]
March 2025 Guest Lecture, UVic Biology 336: Biology of Algae, Status of kelp and associated macroalgal communities in British Columbia [Victoria BC].
April 2025 Victoria Coastal Climate Connections, Climate smart kelp restoration on the BC coast [Esquimalt BC].
April 2025 International Kelp Mappers Meeting, Local and regional variation in kelp loss and stability across coastal British Columbia [Victoria/virtual]
Feb. 2025 Kelp Rescue Initiative First Nations Round Table – North Salish Sea, Annual review of kelp restoration and monitoring in north Salish Sea [Deep Bay BC]
Nov. 2024 UVic Biology Department Seminar Series, A half-century of warming in kelp forests and associated macroalgal communities [Victoria BC]
May 2024 Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators Seminar Series, Kelp forests in a warming ocean: Understanding the past, present, and future of kelp forests in British Columbia [Virtual]. View recording: https://youtu.be/Z_hHqYU196c?si=xX83Z8qNE_EKlkNX
April 2024 National Geographic Explorer Leadership Workshop, National Geographic Explorer Spotlight – Brian Timmer [Raleigh, NC]
Feb. 2024 The Victoria Natural History Society, Kelp forests in a warming ocean: Understanding the past, present, and future of kelp forests in British Columbia [Virtual]
Feb. 2024 The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Trebek Initiative Council, Underwater forests in a warming sea: Exploring 50 years of change to critical nearshore habitat in the Salish Sea [virtual]
Nov. 2023 UVic Restoration Club, The status and trends of kelp forests in British Columbia (co-presented with L. Dykman) [Victoria BC]
Nov. 2023 Northwest Straits Foundation Scholars Reception,Underwater forests in a warming sea: Exploring 50 years of change to kelp forests in the Salish Sea [Port Townsend WA]
May 2022 International Kelp Mappers Meeting, The effects of submersion on the remote sensing of canopy forming kelps [Victoria BC]
April 2022 British Columbia Kelp Analytical Working Group, The effects of submersion on the remote sensing of canopy forming kelps [virtual]
March 2021 Dalhousie University Biology Department Seminar Series, Using remote sensing to monitor kelp forests on the BC coast [virtual]
July 2020 The Hakai Institute Summer Lecture Series, Mapping Kelp Forests with Remote Sensing (co presented with L. Reshytnik, L. Gendall) [Calvert Island, BC]
May 2020 Guest Lecture, Tarelton State University BIOL 3430 (Phycology) class, Kelp Forest Stressors and Monitoring in the Northeast Pacific Ocean (co-presented with J. Hollarsmith) [virtual]
Feb. 2020 Guest Lecture, University of Victoria Geography 328 (GIS Analysis) class, Multi-Criteria Modeling and Kelp Forest Restoration [Victoria, BC].
July 2018 Thetis Island Nature Conservancy, Forage Fish Spawning Habitat Monitoring in the Salish Sea (co presented with H. Tomlin, C. Schellenberg) [Thetis Island, BC].
Media Coverage of my Research
2026 Text Feature: The ocean lost a giant kelp forest before scientists knew it was gone (Earth.com)
2026 Text Interview: A lost kelp forest, found in a box of old photos (Canada’s National Observer; The Comox Valley Record; Penticton Herald; NOW media; The Hamilton Spectator; The Turtle Island News)
2026 Text Interview: Recent study reveals a warming ocean has affected kelp forests longer than previously thought (Ha-Shilth-sa)
2026 Text Interview: New UVic study reveals the extent of lost kelp forests in the Northern Salish Sea (The Martlet)
2026 Text Feature: Nat Geo explorer, UVic researchers reveal decades of kelp forest loss (Saanich News; Sooke New Mirror; Victoria News)
2026 Text Interview: Kelp forests once covered part of the northern Salish Sea (CBC News)
2026 Text Interview: Kelp die-off in north Salish Sea began earlier than believed (The Times Colonist – Print and Virtual)
2026 Radio Interview (The Eagle)
2026 Radio Interview (CFAX Radio)
2026 Radio Interview (All points west – CBC radio)
2026 Text Feature: 50 Years of Data Reveals True Extent of Climate Change Impacts on Kelp Forests (Environmental Coast and Offshore Magazine)
2026 Text Feature: Vancouver Island kelp forests vanished earlier than previously thought, UVic study finds (Chek news)
2026 Text Feature: UVic data highlights devastation of Vancouver Island kelp forests from climate change (Victoria Buzz)
2024 Film Interview: Send Kelp! Documentary by Backwoods Productions (Telus Optik TV)
2023 TV interview: Northeastern Salish Sea temperatures boiling kelp alive (CHEK TV)
2023 Radio/Print interview: Ocean Heatwave and Possible Super El Nino Take Us Into Uncharted Waters (Vista Radio – All stations in Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast region)
2023 Radio interview: Salish sea temperatures are warming to the point that kelp forests are being impacted – On the Island (CBC Radio)
2022 Radio interview: The lowest tides in a generation (CFAX Radio)
2022 Radio interview: 50 years of change in Salish Sea seaweed - All Points West (CBC Radio)
2021 TV interview: Record-breaking heatwave is affecting seaweeds (CHEK news)
2020 TV interview: Kelp forest monitoring (CTV News)
2020 Radio interview: The state of our kelp forests on World Oceans Day (CFAX Radio)
2020 Text interview: Using Imagery to study changing kelp forests [in French] (Radio-Canada)
2019 Radio interview: How to Measure Kelp. On the Island with Gregor Craigie (CBC Radio)
2019 TV interview: Pregnant Bluntnose Sixgill shark washed up in Coles Bay. (CHEK News)
2019 Text interview: 70 babies found inside North Saanich Shark (Sooke News Media)
2019 Radio interview: Death and necropsy of pregnant Bluntnose Sixgill shark. All Points West (CBC)
2019 Text interview: Mystery shark identified, UVic lab seeks to do necropsy. (Black Press Media)
2018 Documentary interview: Floating Forest (U.K. National Film and Television school). Premiered at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (N.Y. and L.A.), October 2020
2018 TV series interview: Striking Balance - Kelp restoration in the Mount Arrowsmith UNESCO Biosphere Region. (Knowledge Network), 2020