Outreach & science communication

Public engagement & community science

• Expert identifier

  2021 – present

  Bumble Bee Watch

  Volunteer expert identifier for northeastern North American bumble bees, verifying records submitted to a continental community-science dataset.

• Contributor and event organiser

  2023 – present

  Pollination Guelph

  Educating the public on pollinator conservation, pollinator-friendly gardening and pollinator identification, organising symposia and leading conservation outreach events.

• Pollinator Week Working Group

  2023

  Sustainability Office, University of Guelph

  Organised educational events, including bumble bee identification workshops for students, community members and members of the public.

• Public lectures

  2019, 2023

  rare Charitable Research Reserve; High Park Nature Centre

  Invited public talks on identifying conservation needs by tracking bees, and on searching for bumble bee nests, for the Wild Bee Series.

• Planning committee chair

  2017

  BioBlitz

  Chaired planning for a public BioBlitz, teaching participants about species identification, biodiversity and conservation.

• Bumble bee conservation outreach volunteer

  2017

  City Cider Festival, Toronto

  Spoke with children and adults across an event of 1,200 participants about bumble bee conservation, and encouraged participation in bumble bee monitoring community science.

• Bumble bee conservation outreach volunteer

  2017

  General Mercer Junior Public School, Toronto

  Taught 50 children and 30 adults about bumble bee conservation and community-science monitoring.