COSEWIC members

Last updated September 20 2023

Chair

Dr. David Lee

Telephone: 514-366-9574
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Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge subcommittee

Roger Gallant Co-chair Stephenville NL A2N 2Z5 Telephone: 709-638-4343 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge)

Biographies:

Dr. Jeannette Armstrong
Dan Benoit
Nathan Cardinal
Dr. Sue Chiblow
Barrie Ford
Jason Harquail
Neil Jones
Jessus Karst
Julia Kennedy-Francis

Species specialist subcommittees

Amphibians and reptiles
Dr. Tom Herman Co-chair Professor Emeritus Biology Department Acadia University Wolfville NS B4P 2R6 Telephone: 902-670-3535 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Pamela Rutherford Co-chair Associate Professor Department of Biology Brandon University Brandon MB R7A 6A9 Telephone: 204 727 9607 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (amphibians and reptiles):

Dr. Amanda Bennett
Dr. Constance Browne
Nicholas Cairns
Dr. Christopher Edge
Dr. Purnima Govindarajulu
Dr. Thomas Hossie
Dr. Karl W. Larsen
Lea Randall
Gabrielle Rimok (Early Career)
Dr. Njal Rollinson
Dr. Katherine Yagi
Jessus Karst (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (ATK subcommittee)

Arthropods
Jennifer M. Heron Co-chair New Westminster BC Telephone: 604-812-8198 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	John Klymko Co-chair Zoologist Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre PO Box 6416 Sackville NB E4L 1G6 Telephone: 506-364-2660 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (arthropods):

Robert Buchkowski
Sydney G. Cannings
Lisa Capar
Jeremy deWaard
Allan Harris
Colin Jones
Jayme Lewthwaite (Early Career)
Jessica Linton
Dawn Marks
Dr. Julia Mlynarek
Jeff Ogden
Leah Ramsay
Dr. John S. Richardson
Sarah Semmler
Dr. Brian Starzomski
Dr. Sue Chiblow (ATK subcommittee)
Dan Benoit (ATK subcommittee)

Birds
Dr. Louise Blight Co-Chair Procellaria Research & Consulting and University of Victoria Victoria BC Telephone: 778-677-8495 Email: louise.blight.birds.ssc[at]gmail.com	Dr. Richard Elliot Co-chair Scientist Emeritus Environment and Climate Change Canada 17 Waterfowl Lane Sackville NB E4L 1G7 Telephone: 506-229-9444 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (birds):

Dr. Christian Artuso
Mike Burrell
Pete Davidson
Dr. Danielle Ethier
Dr. Andrew G. Horn
Dr. Tara Imlay (Early Career)
Dr. Elsie Krebs
Dr. Ann McKellar
Dr. Jean-Pierre L. Savard
Dr. Paul A. Smith
Dr. David Toews
Dr. Liana Zanette
Barrie Ford (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Sue Chiblow (ATK subcommittee)
Jessus Karst (ATK subcommittee)

Freshwater fishes
Dr. Margaret F. Docker Co-Chair Professor Department of Biological Sciences 50 Sifton Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Telephone (1): 204-474-8831 Telephone (2): 431-336-0222 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Nicholas E. Mandrak Co-chair Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto Scarborough 1265 Military Trail Toronto ON M1C 1A4 Telephone: 416-208-2248 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (freshwater fishes):

Jennifer Diment (Early Career)
Dr. Julien April
Dr. Rowshyra Castaneda
Dr. R. Allen Curry
Dr. Alan Dextrase
Dr. Eva Enders
Dr. Neil Mochnacz
Dr. Fielding Montgomery
Dr. Trevor Pitcher
Dr. Scott Reid
Dr. John S. Richardson
Douglas Watkinson
Jason Harquail (ATK subcommittee)
Dan Benoit (ATK subcommittee)
Jessus Karst (ATK subcommittee)

Marine fishes
Dr. Bruce Leaman Co-chair 2098 Buckingham Rd. Duncan BC V9L 6X7 Telephone: 250-510-3625 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position

Members (marine fishes):

Dr. Hugues P. Benoit
Dr. Heather Bowlby
Dr. Ian Bradbury
Dr. Brendan Connors
Sabrina Crowley
Dr. Sean Godwin
Kendra Holt
Dr. David Keith
Ellen Lea (Early Career)
Dr. Sarah Lehnert
Dr. Aaron MacNeil
Dr. Pasan Samarasin
Dr. Kyle L. Wilson
Jason Harquail (ATK subcommittee)
Barrie Ford (ATK subcommittee)

Marine mammals
Dr. John K.B. Ford Co-Chair Scientist Emeritus Cetacean Research Program Pacific Biological Station Fisheries and Oceans Canada 3190 Hammond Bay Road Nanaimo BC V9T 6N7 Telephone: 250-667-4698 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Hal Whitehead Co-chair Department of Biology Dalhousie University 1355 Oxford Street Halifax NS B3H 4J1 Telephone: 902-494-3723 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (marine mammals):

Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé
Dr. Steven Ferguson
Dr. Timothy R. Frasier
Dr. Michael O. Hammill
Dr. Katie Kowarski (Early Career)
Dr. Kim Parsons
Dr. Robert Stewart
Dr. Andrew Trites
Dr. Vivitskaia Tulloch
Barrie Ford (ATK subcommittee)
Nathan Cardinal (ATK subcommittee)

Molluscs
Dr. Dwayne Lepitzki Co-chair 203, 410 Buffalo Street PO Box 1311 Banff AB T1L 1B3 Telephone: 403-762-0864 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Todd J. Morris Co-chair Fisheries and Oceans Canada Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 867 Lakeshore Road Burlington ON L7S 1A1 Telephone : 905-336-4734 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (molluscs):

Dr. Suzanne Dufour
Dr. Olwyn Friesen
Dr. Cameron P. Goater
Andrew J. Hebda
Erin Herder (Early Career)
Kelly McNichols-ORourke
Dr. Russell Minton
Dr. Annegret Nicolai
Dr. Timothy Rawlings
Dr. Daelyn A. Woolnough
Dan Benoit (ATK subcommittee)

Mosses and lichens
Dr. André Arsenault Co-chair Forest Ecologist Canadian Forest Service Atlantic Forestry Centre 26 University Drive Corner Brook NL A2H6J3 Telephone: 709-638-2365 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. René Belland Co-chair Faculty Service Officer IV Department of Renewable Resources University of Alberta Edmonton AB T6G 2E1 Telephone: 780-492-0801 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members

Lichen specialists

Dr. Chris Deduke
Dr. Sean Haughian
Tegan Padgett (Early Career)
Dr. Toby Spribille

Moss specialists

Dr. Richard Caners
Jennifer Doubt
Marc Favreau
Dr. Nicole Fenton
Dr. G. Karen Golinski
Cassandra Robillard

ATK subcommittee

Dan Benoit

Terrestrial mammals
Dr. Chris Johnson Co-chair Professor Ecosystem Science and Management Program University of Northern BC 3333 University Way Prince George BC V2N 4Z9 Telephone: 250-960-5357 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Stephen D. Petersen Co-chair Director, Conservation and Research Assiniboine Park Zoo 2595 Roblin Blvd. Winnipeg MB R3P 2N7 Telephone (1): 204-927-6090 Telephone (2): 204-793-4363 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (terrestrial mammals):

Dr. Erin Baerwald
Dr. Catherine Cullingham
Dr. Jason Fisher
Dr. Elizabeth Gillis
Dr. Claire Jardine
Thomas Jung
Jillian Kusch (Early Career)
Dr. Fanie Pelletier
Dr. Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde
Shannon Stotyn
Dr. Eric Vander Wal
Nathan Cardinal (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Sue Chiblow (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (ATK subcommittee)

Vascular plants
Bruce Bennett Co-chair Coordinator Yukon Conservation Data Centre Wildlife Viewing Program V5N Biodiversity Section Yukon Department of Environment PO Box 2703 Whitehorse YT Y1A 2C6 Telephone: 867-667-5331 Telephone: 867-689-1767 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Del Meidinger Co-chair Meidinger Ecological Consultants Ltd. 639 Vanalman Avenue Victoria BC V8Z 3A8 Telephone (1): 250-881-1180 Telephone (2): 778-977-1180 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (vascular plants):

Sean Blaney
Mannfred Masahiro Asada Boehm
Sam Brinker
Vivian R. Brownell
Varina Crisfield
Cary Hamel
Dr. Anna Lesley Hargreaves
Dr. Danna J. Leaman
Etienne Léveillé-Bourret
David Mazerolle
Rebekah Neufeld (Early Career)
Jenifer Penny
Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Sue Chiblow (ATK subcommittee)

Members from provinces and territories

Alberta
2 Vacant positions
British Columbia
Dr. Purnima Govindarajulu Unit Head, Species Conservation Unit Conservation Science Section, Ecosystems Branch Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy 4th Floor, 525 Superior Street PO Box 9338 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 0C5 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Gregory A. Wilson Aquatic Species At Risk Specialist Ecosystem Protection and Sustainability Branch Ministry of Environment 4^th Floor 2975 Jutland Road PO Box 9338 Station Provincial Government Victoria BC V8W 9M1 Telephone: 250-387-9586 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Manitoba
Chris Friesen Coordinator 200 Saulteaux Crescent Manitoba Conservation Data Centre PO Box 24 Winnipeg MB R3J 3W3 Telephone: 204-945-7747 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Brian L Joynt Conservation Zoologist Wildlife Branch Manitoba Natural Resources & Northern Development PO Box 24 14 Fultz Blvd Winnipeg MB R3Y 0L6 Telephone: 204-451-2506 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
New Brunswick
Mary Sabine Biologist Species at Risk Program Fish and Wildlife Branch Department of Natural Resources Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre PO Box 6000 Fredericton NB E3B 5H1 Telephone: 506-453-7103 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position
Newfoundland and Labrador
Jessica Humber Ecosystem Management Ecologist Endangered Species and Biodiversity Section Department of Environment and Conservation 117 Riverside Drive PO Box 2007 Corner Brook NL A2H 7S1 Telephone: 709-637-4608 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Shelley Moores Senior Manager Endangered Species and Biodiversity Wildlife Division Department of Environment and Conservation 117 Riverside Drive PO Box 2007 Corner Brook NL A2H 7S1 Telephone: 709-637-2018 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Northwest Territories
Ève Lamontagne Manager, Wildlife Research and Monitoring Department of Environment and Natural Resources Government of Northwest Territories PO Box 240 Fort Simpson NT X0E 0N0 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position
Nova Scotia
Dr. Donna Hurlburt Wildlife Division Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry Kentville NS B4N 4E5 Telephone: 902-679-6886 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position
Nunavut Territory
2 Vacant positions
Ontario
Colin Jones Provincial Arthropod Zoologist Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 300 Water St., 2^nd Floor N. PO Box 7000 Peterborough ON K9J 3C7 Telephone: 705-937-0336 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Brent Patterson Senior Research Scientist Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry c/o Trent University, DNA Building 2140 East Bank Drive Peterborough ON K9J 7B6 Telephone: 705-755-1553 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prince Edward Island
2 Vacant positions
Quebec (Fauna)
Nathalie Desrosiers Biologiste Direction de la biodiversité et des maladies de la faune Direction générale de l'expertise sur la faune et ses habitats Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec 880, chemin Ste-Foy, 2^e étage Québec QC G1S 4X4 Telephone: 418-627-8694 Ext. 7418 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Isabelle Gauthier Biologiste Coordonnatrice provinciale des espèces fauniques menacées ou vulnérables Direction générale de la gestion de la faune et des habitats Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs 880, chemin Sainte-Foy, 2^e étage Québec QC G1S 4X4 Telephone: 418-627-8694 Ext. 7456 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Quebec (Flora)
Chantal Bouchard Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Benoit Tremblay Botanist Ministère du Développement durable de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques Direction de l'expertise en biodiversité 675, boul. René-Lévesque Est Quebec QC G1R 5V7 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saskatchewan
Erin Swerdfeger Zoologist Fish, Wildlife and Lands Branch Ministry of Environment Government of Saskatchewan 3211 Albert Street, 4th Floor Regina SK S4S 5W6 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Sarah Vinge-Mazer Botanist Fish, Wildlife and Lands Branch Ministry of Environment Government of Saskatchewan 3211 Albert Street, 4th Floor Regina SK S4S 5W6 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yukon Territory
Thomas Jung Senior Wildlife Biologist Fish and Wildlife Branch Government of Yukon PO Box 2703 Whitehorse YT Y1A 2C6 Telephone (1): 867-667-5766 Telephone (2): 867-336-2048 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Tyler Kuhn Senior Biologist, Habitat Government of Yukon Whitehorse YT Y1A 4Y9 Telephone: 867-332-6649 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members from federal organizations

Canadian Museum of Nature
Dr. Katriina Ilves Beaty Centre for Species Discovery Research and Collections Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa ON K1P 6P4 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Gregory Rand Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Canadian Wildlife Service
Sydney G. Cannings Species at Risk Biologist Canadian Wildlife Service Environment and Climate Change Canada 91780 Alaska Highway Whitehorse YT Y1A 5X7 Telephone: 867-335-8918 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Gina Schalk Species at Risk Biologist Canadian Wildlife Service Environment and Climate Change Canada 351 St. Joseph Boulevard Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 Telephone: 819-938-3957 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Shannan May-McNally Acting Senior Science Advisor, Species at risk and Atlantic Salmon Department of Fisheries and Oceans 200 Kent Street Ottawa K1A 0E6 Telephone: 613-297-7044 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position
Parks Canada
Leah de Forest Species Conservation Specialist Parks Canada 1869 Upper Water Halifax NS B3J 1S9 Telephone : 204-228-2567 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Pippa Shepherd Species Conservation and Management Ecosystem Scientist III Parks Canada 300 - 300 West Georgia St Vancouver BC V6B 6B4 Telephone: 604-666-7378 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Non-government science members

Dr. Arne Mooers Professor Simon Fraser University 8888 University Boulevard Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Telephone (1): 778-782-3979 Telephone (2): 778-782-4649 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. John Reynolds Professor Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Telephone: 778-782-5636 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jamie Snook 217 Hamilton River Road P.O. Box 2050, Station B Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL A0P 1E0 Telephone: 709-896-6780 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Sabrina Taylor Associate Professor Weaver Brothers Distinguished Professor School of Renewable Natural Resources RNR Bldg. Room 227 (Office 331) Louisiana State University and AgCenter Baton Rouge LA 70803 Telephone: 225-578-4137 Ext 4227 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Early career scientists

Dr. Rachel Buxton Post-doctoral Research Fellow Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Laboratory Carleton University Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 Telephone: 343-777-4325 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Caitlin Willier Habitat Biologist Government of Yukon 10 Burns Rd Whitehorse YT Y1A 4Y9 Telephone: 867-456-6716 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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