Project Related Experience
PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – WILDLIFE

BHP Diamond Mine Monitoring Program Northwest Territories
Responsible for GIS analysis and cartography of monitoring program for caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, breeding migratory birds and raptors, and habitat loss (1997-1998, 2000-2002)

De Beers Canada Mining Inc
.  Northwest Territories
Responsible for the GIS analysis and layouts for the hydrology and wildlife components of the environmental assessment for the Snap Lake Diamond Project, located in the Central Northwest Territories.

Rio Alto Environmental Impact Assessment   Alberta
Expanded polygon coverages of the study area to include habitat suitability indices (HSIs) for caribou, moose, and bear.  Overlaid buffered disturbance features to assist in modelling population movement and survival.

Diavik Diamond Mine Environmental Impact 
De Beers Canada Mining Inc.  Northwest Territories
Responsible for the GIS analysis and layouts for the wildlife components of the environmental assessment for the Diavik Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Project, located in the Central Northwest Territories.

Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Chetwynd, British Columbia
Responsible for designing the spatial component for wildlife monitoring program that would assess potential impacts of the Pine River oil spill on wildlife.  GIS analysis and cartography of potential impacts. 

Grizzly Bear Fragmentation Study
Jasper, Alberta
Field Collection of human-use data for impact assessment of Grizzly Habitat within the Maligne Valley of Jasper National Park.  Compile Spatial Distribution of human activities.  This included video and counter data as well as data entry for GIS Analysis.

PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – FISHERIES

Placer Dome, Musselwhite Mine Monitoring Project  Ontario
GIS analysis and cartography of potential impacts of mine effluent on benthic invertebrates.

Northern River Basin Study Alberta
Field Collection and identification of Fisheries data along the Athabasca River (including work in Jasper National Park) for the summer of 1994. 

PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – GEOLOGY

Moose Jaw Slope Stability Saskatchewan
Responsible for the GIS analysis and layouts for the Moose Jaw Slope Stability in the City of Moose Jaw. 

PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – FORESTRY

1:20,000 Forest Vegetation Inventory Northwest Territories
This contract required that 4,600 km2 of land in the Wrigley/Camsell Bend be fully interpreted to Version 2.0 of the NWT Forest Vegetation Inventory Standards.  Northern labour and partnerships were created to ensure the project realized a transfer of skills to the community of Fort Smith.

Soft-copy Forest Vegetation Inventory
Saskatchewan
This project is a soft-copy inventory of 1980 1:60:000-satellite vegetation inventory for the forest fringe areas of Saskatchewan.  The deliverables include 200 map sheets (10 km X 10 km each) of various forest densities.

1:20,000 Forest Vegetation Inventory
Saskatchewan
This project entailed the interpretation and forest cover mapping of over 310 km2 of land in Northwest Saskatchewan.  This mapping was spread over 31 sample areas that will be used to extrapolate adjacent land cover. 

1:20,000 Forest Vegetation Inventory Northwest Territories
This contract required that 3,800 km2 of land in the South Slave Valley be fully interpreted to Version 2.0 of the NWT Forest Vegetation Inventory Standards.  Northern labour and partnerships were created to ensure the project realized a transfer of skills to the community of Fort Smith.

PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – RASTER TO VECTOR

N
orthWest Communities Inventory Saskatchewan
This project entailed the interpretation and forest cover mapping of over 310 km2 of land in Northwest Saskatchewan.  This mapping was spread over 31 sample areas that will be used to extrapolate adjacent land cover.  Maps were created using a hard-copy process and vectorized, cleaned and georeferenced for classification.

Devel-Tech Saskatchewan
GIS Technologist for cartographic enhancement of 1:50,000 NTDB maps and the creation of Digital Elevation Models.  Also responsible for scanning and structuring of resource inventory maps and National Database maps.
PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – ARCHELOLOGY

Spray Lakes Sawmills Modelling Canmore, Alberta
Responsible for the GIS layouts for the Spray Lakes Sawmills Archaeological predictive model.

Pelly Haylands Loss-of-Use Claim Saskatchewan
Responsible for the GIS analysis of traditional activities and social impacts of the Pelly Haylands Loss-of-Use Claim Study Area.  These layers will be combined in a GIS database to provide a detailed, comprehensive tool that will assist the First Nation in developing land use management systems and procedures that will assist in preserving important areas in convert with proposed future development.

PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – GIS TRAINING AND TECHOLOGY TRANSFER

Fort Resolution Environmental Working Committee

Geographical Information Systems Training  Northwest Territories
This project involved the comprehensive training of two First Nation resource technicians.  The project catered to the specific needs of the Fort Resolution Environmental Working Committee.  The program focused on GIS and the applied usage and understanding of the program.  Trainees learned specifics regarding the formation and maintenance of database design as well as detailed training on the use of ArcView GIS.  The training was carried out in Fort Resolution in May 2002.

Treaty Eight Geographical Information Systems Assistance Northwest Territories
Provided assistance and created GIS final products of the data organization within the Treaty Eight Akaitcho Territory mapping structure.  This project provided the opportunity for the recent trainees and local workers to gain project-related experience in GIS.

Treaty Eight Geographical Information Systems Mapping

and Data Compilation  Northwest Territories
This project involved the incorporation of the trainees from the GIS training undertaken in Fort Resolution.  The purpose was to compile and organize all data relating to the environmental activities within the Akaitcho Territory.  Updated GIS maps of the territory were created to help the First Nation group with presentation materials for land claim activities.  This project also provided the opportunity to apply the skills of the recent trainees to help them gain more project-related experience.

Fort Resolution Environmental Working Committee
Geographical Information Systems Training  Northwest Territories
This project involved the comprehensive training of two First Nation resource technicians.  The project catered to the specific needs of the Fort Resolution Environmental Working Committee.  The program focused on GIS and the applied usage and understanding of the program.  Trainees learned specifics regarding the formation and maintenance of database design as well as detailed training on the use of ArcView GIS.  The training was carried out in Fort Resolution in April 2001.

Prince Albert School Board
Saskatchewan
MapInfo Education Tutorial.  Instructional tutorial about using MapInfo GIS in an education school setting. Taught main focus of GIS and application particularly useful for an educational background. 

PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE – HYDROLOGY

Gahcho Kue – De Beers Canada Mining Inc
. Northwest Territories
The drainage area map was prepared using digital data sets. These map areas cover all watersheds contributing flow to the Kennedy Lake Watershed.  The data sets were converted to a digital elevation model.  Drainage basin boundaries and flow directions were determined from topographic gradients. 

SENES Consultants Limited Saskatchewan
The drainage area map was prepared using digital data sets. These map areas cover all watersheds contributing flow to the Crackingstone River.  The data sets were converted to a digital elevation model.  Drainage basin boundaries and flow directions were determined from topographic gradients.
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