Our Panelists have expertise that covers a range of disciplines, from global warming and caribou biology to conservation planning and the effects of oil and gas industries on birds and wildlife. All have outstanding scholarly reputations and a commitment to public outreach and conservation.

Click on a Panelist’s name for more information about their individual background and expertise.

International Boreal Conservation Science Panel Members 

Pascal Badiou – Wetlands/Global Warming
Research Scientist for Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research

John Jacobs – Global Warming
Professor of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Jeremy Kerr – Biogeography
Professor of Biology, University of Ottawa

Micheline Manseau – Conservation Biology
Professor of Ecology, University of Manitoba’s Natural Resource Institute; Ecosystem Scientist, Parks Canada

Gordon Orians – Ecology and Conservation Biology
Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Washington

Stuart Pimm – Ecology and Conservation Biology
Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology, Duke University

Peter Raven – Conservation Biology, Ecology, and Botany
President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden

Terry Root – Global Warming and Wildlife
Professor of Biology, Stanford University

Nigel Roulet – Peat/Global Warming
Professor of Geography, McGill School of Environment

James Schaefer – Wildlife/Caribou
Professor of Biology, Trent University

David Schindler – Water Quality
Professor of Ecology and Chair of Killam Memorial, University of Alberta

Jim Strittholt – Conservation Biology
President and Executive Director, Conservation Biology Institute

Nancy Turner – First Nations and Ethnobotany
Trudeau Fellow and Emeritus Professor, University of Victoria