Kim Melton
Kim (she/her) is a biologist and writer who is grateful to live on the Traditional Territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. She has worked with Yukon First Nation governments and ENGOs since 2006, supporting environmental stewardship in a variety of ways, from fieldwork to policy and advocacy. She is dedicated to her garden and to promoting […]
Toshibaa Govindaraj
Toshibaa was raised in the Yukon after spending her early childhood in Oman and Toronto. She recently completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Victoria, where her research focused on the landscape genetics of Black and Grizzly bears in the Yukon. With experience working across environmental organizations, the private sector, and […]
Kirsten Reid
Kirsten Reid is an ecologist whose past work has focused on the changing ecosystems in central and northern Yukon. Kirsten has a PhD in Geography from Memorial University of Newfoundland and an MSc in Integrative Biology from Wilfrid Laurier University. In her professional career, Kirsten has successfully collaborated with diverse stakeholders, including government agencies, Indigenous […]
Micheal Jim
Micheal has worked for BC Parks and the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations where he has acquired his working knowledge and experience in lands, parks, recreation, conservation and renewable resource management. He is a citizen of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations. Since completing the Renewable Resources Management program at Yukon College, he continued to […]
Julia Benn
Julia, a born and raised Yukoner, acquired her accounting clerk certification through Yukon University, and proceeded to gain more financial knowledge through a career in bookkeeping and administration within local businesses. Julia loves learning new things and is especially eager to learn more about the beautiful land she calls home. Outside of work, she and […]
Michelle Christensen
Michelle has managed to carve out a very broad career path since obtaining her degree in Environmental and Conservation Sciences from the University of Alberta back in 2000. She loves living in the North and is excited to be supporting land use planning in the Yukon. Outside of work she is busy with her family, […]
Sam Skinner
Sam Skinner worked as a land use planner in the Yukon first for the Peel Watershed Planning Commission, then for the Yukon Land Use Planning Council where he contributed to the North Yukon, Peel Watershed and Dawson regional planning processes. His professional interests include landscape ecology, spatial analysis, cumulative effects, how to inform decisions, and […]
Tim Sellars
Tim Sellars is a long time Yukoner, having lived in the territory since 1989, when he arrived in Whitehorse to work for the Yukon Land Use Planning Commission on the Greater Kluane Land Use Plan. Tim went on to work as a mapping technician, land disposition manager, land use planner, fish & wildlife planner, and […]