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Science Careers & Experience Centre




	

		

			

				

					
Careers in Environmental Consulting
					
 Apr 11, 2024 
 1:00PM to 2:00PM

									

				

					
				

			


	

	

		

			

				

					

						

														

															

						

						

	

		


	Date/Time

	Date(s) - 11/04/2024
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm







McMaster science alumni have found success working in environmental consulting firms. These roles enable them to build and utilize their scientific expertise in roles that align with their values and interests. In this session you will learn about what it’s like to work in environmental consulting, plus important considerations when transitioning from student to employee.


Register here: https://www.oscarplusmcmaster.ca/events.htm?evtId=49374


Alphabetical List Panelists


David Kynaston

Geomorphology Practice Lead, Aquafor Beech Ltd

McMaster PhD 2019, Earth and Environmental Sciences

(bio will be added soon)


Kristen Harrison

Senior Ecologist & Principal (co-owner) of North-South Environmental Inc.

B.E.S. (U Waterloo), M.Sc. (McMaster).

Kristen has been working as a consulting ecologist since 2009, but started her career working with Toronto and Region Conservations, Birds Canada and the Ministry of Transportation (Natural Environment). Kristen has had wonderful opportunities to participate in a broad range of projects and sectors ranging from natural heritage / environment planning, land development, transportation and natural areas management planning. Most recently, Kristen has been focusing on natural heritage planning and planning ecology -driving forces for shaping our landscapes in the long-term. Kristen has always been curious and interested in seeing the big picture and how things fit together, this has led her through an interesting career path and ended up in co-owning a small ecological consulting firm to shape her own role in the industry and create opportunities for others.




Melanie Demers, McMaster MSc 2018, Physics and Astronomy. Technical Lead, Indigenous & Stakeholder Information Management, Two Worlds Consulting


Melanie Demers is the Technical Lead of Information Management at TWC. She is a Kanyen’kehá:ka member of Six Nations and is Québécois. Melanie is currently a discipline lead on an Environmental Assessment project in BC to support the respectful application of Indigenous Knowledge in the assessment. She has lead project teams and developed methodology related to information management using a variety of software systems. Melanie is an experienced information management and IT consultant with an academic background in astrophysics. She has conducted quantitative and qualitative data analysis in many contexts such as reconciliation, business analytics, and for regulatory projects. Melanie is passionate about the application of Two-Eyed Seeing in her work with Indigenous Nations, and she values community, collaboration, and lifelong learning.


 


Michael Geraghty, McMaster MSc 1990, Geology. Senior Technical Lead, Keystone Environmental.


Michael Geraghty, P.Geo. is a senior environmental geoscientist with 30 years of experience in environmental consulting in British Columbia, Yukon, Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Michael has an B.Sc. in marine biology and a M.Sc. in paleoecology.  Throughout his career, Michael has been able to apply his academic knowledge to a variety of projects, including Preliminary Site Investigations (Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments), Detailed Site Investigations (Phase III Environmental Site Assessments), remediation projects, spill responses, and human health and ecological risk assessments for both terrestrial and marine sites. Michael has also had experience with environmental permitting and approvals and construction environmental monitoring of large capital projects such as a new marine container terminal, an LNG terminal and a hydroelectric dam upgrade along with experience working with First Nations in both consultation and provision of environmental training.

He is a current member of the Society of Contaminated Sites Approved Professionals of BC (CSAP) and, as such. is approved by the BC Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategies (BC ENV) to review and sign off on certification documents for contaminated site investigation and remediation in BC. Michael has completed reviews and signed off on 175 BC ENV certification documents including Certificates of Compliance, Determinations, Approvals-in-Principle and Contaminated Soil Relocation Agreements.