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The Team
Meet the team
 | Dr. Douglas Clark, PhD - Dr. Clark is an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the School of Environment and Sustainability who specializes in the study of polar-bear human interactions. He has spent the last 26 years working with northern communities across Canada, both as a National Park Warden and as an academic researcher. His larger research program closely involves community members and other partners, focuses on problems they identify themselves, and aims to improve biological conservation while advancing human dignity. |
 | Danielle Rivet, PhD candidate - Danielle is a Ph.D candidate in Dr. Clark’s lab. With a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Zoology, Danielle has continued her research with the Arctic Bears Project. She is interested in finding ways to protect both polar bears and humans in a changing Arctic environment by investigating the anthropogenic and ecological drivers of bear movement. Knowing more about how bears move about their environment and cope with a changing climate will hopefully bring awareness to bear-human conflict. |
 | Dr. Ryan Brook, PhD - Dr. Brook is an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science and holds the position of theme leader for the Aboriginal Peoples and the Environment in the Indigenous Land Management Institute. Over the years, his research has varied from wildlife in grasslands like wild pigs and farmland moose, to those in Arctic environments like caribou and wolves. He is an advocate for Aboriginal community and youth engagement in Science and has many long-term research projects aimed at engaging the public. |
 | Maya Kliewer - Maya is student at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. She has been involved in several research projects since starting university. Her research has included wild pig ecology and their impacts on local northern prairie skink populations in Manitoba, Canada, red squirrel behaviour from trail cameras in Kluane National Park, and most recently The Arctic Bears Project. |
 | Dr. LeeAnn Fishback, PhD - Dr. LeeAnn Fishback lives in Churchill, Manitoba and works as the Resource Conservation Manager for Wapusk National Park in Manitoba North, Parks Canada. Prior to joining Parks Canada in the summer of 2020, she has worked for 18 years in research management and as a research scientist at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre. Her research background is in environmental geochemistry focusing on freshwater lake and pond water chemistry in arctic and subarctic regions. LeeAnn also work with citizen science research teams through the Earthwatch research program “Climate Change at the Arctic’s Edge”. |
 | Matt Webb, MSc - Matt is the Park Ecologist for Wapusk National Park. With a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Marine Biology, he oversees the parks ecological monitoring plan, helps identify and guide research priorities, and provides science-based advice for management. He is involved in a variety of research projects including water hydrology, permafrost monitoring, snowpack sampling, lesser snow goose hyper-abundance and environmental remote sensing. However, one of his main areas of interest is species at risk, and has recently been focusing on supporting the development of caribou and polar bear monitoring and management in Wapusk. Matt hopes to foster public understanding and appreciation for Canada’s natural spaces, like Wapusk National Park, and strives to protect and present their ecological and commemorative integrity for all Canadians. |
 | Dr. Tom Hart, PhD - Tom is a penguinologist and research fellow at the University of Oxford. When he is not making up silly job titles, he is researching the threats to sea birds and marine mammals and how to mitigate them. Much like a supercomputer, he gets smarter in colder temperatures. As a consequence, he can often be found thinking in polar regions. |
