Meet the Weston Family Conservation Science Fellows
Research by Weston Family Conservation Science Fellows supports conservation and management of important natural areas and biological diversity across Canada. Meet the Fellows below:
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Justin Kreller
MSc student, Carleton University (2023–present)
Justin joined the Weston Family Conservation Science Fellowship Program at the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in September 2023. He hopes to provide NCC with valuable insight on conserving ecosystems, specifically focusing on the spread of invasive plants.
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Zachary Moore
MNRM student, University of Manitoba (2020–present)
Zachary Moore will tell you that conservation theory is for the birds. He will be studying grassland songbird communities in response to difference grazing regimes on NCC properties.
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Brielle Reidlinger
MSc student, University of Saskatchewan (2022-present)
Brielle Reidlinger is passionate about the Prairies, birds and ranching. With the help of the Fellowship, she hopes her research will help further the understanding of songbirds in the Prairies.
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Jessica Sánchez-Jasso
PhD student, University of Manitoba (2022–present)
Jessica Sánchez-Jasso feels as though her dreams have come true being awarded the Fellowship. With a love for butterflies, she hopes to bring her expertise in land management, GIS and landscape ecology to show the important role that local butterflies play within ecosystems.
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Emily Trendos
PhD student, University of Guelph (2020–present)
If you ask Emily Trendos, there’s nothing creepy about the crawlies she studies. She'll be looking at population dynamics of mottled duskywing butterfly, and that will help inform us when we’re doing re-introduction into suitable habitat around Ontario.
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Amy Wiedenfeld
PhD student, University of Lethbridge (2022–present)
Amy Wiedenfeld is excited to take on a multi-year study about the population dynamics of at-risk plant species in Canada. She believes plants are cool and wants to dispel the misperception that they are uninteresting.
