Talks & appearances
Panels, public talks, conference presentations and expert testimony since 2019. Guest lectures are listed under Teaching.
Jun 2026 · Invited
Sunshine Coast Ocean Festival (public talk) · Sechelt, BC
A public talk on why coho and Chinook survival fell in the early 1980s, and how a reconstructed ocean history (HOTSSea) and ecosystem simulations help test what changed for young salmon in the Strait.
May 2026 · Panel
Reimagining the Future of Oceans and Fisheries: UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries 10th Anniversary Symposium (moderator: Nathan Bennett, WWF) · Vancouver, BC
How knowledge reaches policy and management in oceans and fisheries. I spoke on integrative ecosystem science since Holling and Walters, the data-synthesis gap that has slowed ecosystem-based management, and how AI tools are now closing it.
Jan 2025 · Invited
Salish Sea Science Roundtable, Puget Sound Institute (University of Washington), co-hosted with Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Online
How ocean conditions, lower trophic level dynamics and species interactions shaped the Strait of Georgia over four decades, from linking Ecospace with a custom NEMO hindcast. Recorded and posted on the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, where it has the most views of the series' 65+ videos.
May 2022 · Testimony
House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO), 44th Parliament, Meeting 21 · Ottawa, ON
Invited testimony on data integration, how DFO scopes its science questions, and predator–prey interactions in the Strait of Georgia. The Committee's 2023 report made 48 recommendations to the Minister.
What can ocean-ecosystem simulations tell us about long-term environmental change in the Strait of Georgia?
Sunshine Coast Ocean Festival (public talk) · Sechelt, BC
Science, power, and decision-making
Reimagining the Future of Oceans and Fisheries: UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries 10th Anniversary Symposium (moderator: Nathan Bennett, WWF) · Vancouver, BC
A look at spring bloom timing in the Strait of Georgia (1980–2018) in 2D: evaluation of a NEMO-Ecospace model framework
DFO–UBC Modelling Group · Vancouver, BC
Supporting the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project and future research: the NEMO-Ecospace end-to-end model
American Fisheries Society, WA-BC Chapter Meeting · Vancouver, BC
Insights from 'end-to-end' ecosystem modelling of the Strait of Georgia
Salish Sea Science Roundtable, Puget Sound Institute (University of Washington), co-hosted with Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Online
No biogeochemical model? No problem! Using Ecospace in lieu of a biogeochemical model in the Salish Sea
Ecopath 40 Years Conference · Ostend, Belgium
HOTSSea v1: a NEMO-based 3D physical hindcast of the Salish Sea supporting ecosystem model development and Pacific salmon research
State of the Pacific Ocean (SOPO) meeting, Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Sidney, BC
Physics to fisheries: multipurpose 'end-to-end' ecosystem model development for the Salish Sea
Pacific Salmon Foundation, Science Team · Vancouver, BC
Ecosystem modelling in support of marine spatial planning, conservation planning and ecosystem-based fisheries and oceans management
Salish Sea Science Updates (Canadian federal) · Vancouver, BC
Investigating decadal-scale changes affecting juvenile coho and Chinook survival in the Strait of Georgia using the SS1500 end-to-end model
Salish Sea Marine Survival Project Transboundary Workshop · Bellingham, WA
An overview of recent work with hatchery data to support research on early marine salmon survival
DFO Salmonid Enhancement Program, PSSI Hatchery Renewal managers · Vancouver, BC
NEMO-Ecospace-1500: an end-to-end ecosystem model for the Strait of Georgia
Pacific Salmon Foundation staff retreat · Cowichan, BC
Expert witness, study of "Science at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans"
House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO), 44th Parliament, Meeting 21 · Ottawa, ON
Are predators to blame? Using integrative ecosystem modelling to investigate early marine survival of coho and Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea
Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR) · Vancouver, BC
River connectivity from a fish's perspective: modifying the Dendritic Connectivity Index with distance limitations
Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR) · Vancouver, BC
Three lines of research into long-term marine ecosystem change in the Salish Sea
DFO Pacific Aquatic Ecosystem and Marine Mammal Science Section · Vancouver, BC
Pacific salmon from freshwater to the ocean: integrating knowledge on the early marine life history
UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Seminar · Vancouver, BC
Evaluating Chinook and coho marine survival hypotheses using a spatially resolved end-to-end model for the central and northern Salish Sea
NOAA WRAP Workshop · Online
Approaches to salmon life history modelling: an overview of Ecopath-Ecosim-Ecospace
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, International Year of the Salmon, Salmonscape Workshop Series · Online
Modelling long-term ecosystem and productivity change in the Strait of Georgia pelagic zone
UBC IOF Quantitative Modelling Group Seminar Series · Vancouver, BC
Evaluating marine survival hypotheses using a spatially resolved end-to-end model for the Strait of Georgia
Salish Sea Marine Survival Project, Bottom-up Working Group · Victoria, BC
Whodunnit? The case of the dying salmon in the Salish Sea (an investigation using an end-to-end ecosystem model)
Ecopath 35 Years International Conference · St. Petersburg, FL
Seals may not increase exploitable biomass in the Salish Sea: steps towards a new E2E ecosystem model
Salish Sea Marine Survival Juvenile Salmon Workshop · Victoria, BC
Ecosystem models: supporting marine planning and ecosystem-based management
Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Vancouver, BC
Spatial-temporal fitting for ecosystem models: experiences and observations from Canada
EwE International Meeting · Barcelona, Spain
Seals may not increase exploitable biomass in the Salish Sea: steps towards a new E2E ecosystem model
Salish Sea Marine Survival Pinniped Impact Seminar · Vancouver, BC
Preying on the weak? Possible non-additive effects of seal predation and stress-related mortality in juvenile coho and Chinook in the Salish Sea
American Fisheries Society, WA-BC Chapter Meeting · Bremerton, WA