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Claire O’Brien

Position: Junior Biologist
Categories: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Terrestrial & Marine Ecology

Location: Vancouver Island

Practice Focus:

  • Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping
  • Report-writing
  • Vegetation Surveys
  • Marine Baseline Assessment
  • Water Testing and Monitoring
  • Parks Act, Environmental Assessment Act, Species at Risk Act

Claire M.Sc., has 3 years of practice and holds certifications in First Aid Level A (CPR/AED), Bear Aware, Small Vessel Operator, and Marine Radio Operator. She is competent using R, GitHub, and SQL for data analysis and database management, and has experience with ArcGIS, FieldMaps, and Survey123. She has done vegetation surveys in coastal, boreal, and tundra ecosystems and has experience with soil classification, fish surveys, and disturbance impact assessment. She excels at communication, science outreach, and presentations, and was awarded the Lionel Cinq-Mars Award for the best oral presentation by a student at the 2025 Canadian Botanical Association Conference. In her free time, she enjoys hiking local mountains, cold ocean plunges, and painting seascapes.