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COSEWIC members

Last updated March 6 2025

Chair

Dr. David Lee
Telephone: 514-366-9574
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Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge subcommittee

Nathan Cardinal Co-Chair Salt Spring Island BC Telephone (1): 250-966-8244 Telephone (2): 250-537-9947 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Roger Gallant Co-chair Stephenville NL A2N 2Z5 Telephone: 709-638-4343 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge)

Biographies:

Dr. Jeannette Armstrong
Dan Benoit
Jason Dicker
Barbara A. Frazer
Jason Harquail
Neil Jones
Jessus Karst
Julia Kennedy-Francis
Scott Peters

Species specialist subcommittees

Amphibians and reptiles
Dr. Sara Ashpole Co-Chair Assistant Professor Dept. of Environmental Studies St. Lawrence University Canton NY 13617 Telephone: 315-229-5890 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Pamela Rutherford Co-chair Associate Professor Department of Biology Brandon University Brandon MB R7A 6A9 Telephone: 204 727 9607 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (amphibians and reptiles):

James Baxter-Gilbert
Dr. Amanda Bennett
Nicholas Cairns
Dr. Purnima Govindarajulu
Dr. Thomas Hossie
Dr. Karl W. Larsen
Lea Randall
Dr. Njal Rollinson
Dr. Katharine Yagi
Jessus Karst (ATK subcommittee)
Neil Jones (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (ATK subcommittee)

Arthropods
Jennifer M. Heron Co-chair New Westminster BC Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (arthropods):

Robert Buchkowski
Sydney G. Cannings
Lisa Capar
Jeremy deWaard
Allan Harris
Justis Henault (Early Career)
Colin Jones
Jayme Lewthwaite
Jessica Linton
Dr. Julia Mlynarek
Tyler D. Nelson
Jeff Ogden
Dr. Robert J. Pivar
Leah Ramsay
Dr. Brian Starzomski
Dan Benoit (ATK subcommittee)

Birds
Dr. Louise Blight Co-Chair Procellaria Research & Consulting and University of Victoria Victoria BC Telephone: 778-677-8495 Email: louise.blight.birds.ssc[at]gmail.com	Dr. Andrew G. Horn Co-Chair Research Adjunct (Faculty of Graduate Studies) Department of Biology Life Science Centre Dalhousie University 1355 Oxford Street PO Box 15000 Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (birds):

Dr. Christian Artuso
Mike Burrell
Dr. Catherine Dale (Early Career)
Pete Davidson
Willow English
Dr. Danielle Ethier
Nathan Hentze
Dr. Kevin Kerr
Dr. Nancy Mahony
Dr. Ann McKellar
Dr. Jean-Pierre L. Savard
Dr. David Toews
Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (ATK subcommittee)
Jessus Karst (ATK subcommittee)
Jason Dicker (ATK subcommittee)

Freshwater fishes
Dr. Margaret F. Docker Co-Chair Professor Department of Biological Sciences 50 Sifton Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Telephone : 204-474-8831 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. John S. Richardson Co-Chair Professor, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia 3041-2424 Main Mall Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Telephone: 604-822-6586 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (freshwater fishes):

Jennifer Diment
Dr. Rowshyra Castaneda
Dr. R. Allen Curry
Dr. Eva Enders
Meagan Kindree (Early Career)
Dr. Nicholas E. Mandrak
Dr. Neil Mochnacz
Dr. Fielding Montgomery
Dr. Olivier Morissette
Dr. Scott Reid
Jessica Reilly
Douglas Watkinson
Julia Kennedy-Francis (ATK subcommittee)
Dan Benoit (ATK subcommittee)
Jessus Karst (ATK subcommittee)
Jason Harquail (ATK subcommittee)

Marine fishes
Mike Bradford Co-chair Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Bruce Leaman Co-chair 2098 Buckingham Rd. Duncan BC V9L 6X7 Telephone: 250-510-3625 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (marine fishes):

Dr. Hugues P. Benoit
Dr. Heather Bowlby
Julie Charbonneau (Early Career)
Dr. Brendan Connors
Sabrina Crowley
Dr. Sean Godwin
Kendra Holt
Sara J. Smith
Dr. David Keith
Dr. Sarah Lehnert
Dr. Aaron MacNeil
Dr. Pasan Samarasin
Dr. Kyle L. Wilson
Jason Harquail (ATK subcommittee)
Julia Kennedy-Francis (ATK subcommittee)
Roger Gallant (ATK subcommittee)

Marine mammals
Dr. Timothy R. Frasier Co-Chair Department of Biology Forensic Sciences Program Saint Mary's University 923 Robie Street Halifax NS B3H 3C3 Telephone: 902-491-6382 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Michael O. Hammill Co-chair 635 rue du fleuve Rimouski, QC G5M 1L2 Telephone: 418-730-4621 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (marine mammals):

Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé
Thomas Doniol-Valcroze
Dr. Steven Ferguson
Colin Garroway
Justine Hudson (Early Career)
Dr. Katie Kowarski
Dr. Anaïs Remili (Early Career)
Peter S. Ross
Dr. Courtney Shuert
Dr. Andrew Trites
Barrie Ford (ATK subcommittee)
Julia Kennedy-Francis (ATK subcommittee)
Nathan Cardinal (ATK subcommittee)
Jason Dicker (ATK subcommittee)

Molluscs
Dr. Dwayne Lepitzki Co-chair 203, 410 Buffalo Street PO Box 1311 Banff AB T1L 1B3 Telephone: 403-762-0864 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Todd J. Morris Co-chair Fisheries and Oceans Canada Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 867 Lakeshore Road Burlington ON L7S 1A1 Telephone : 905-336-4734 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (molluscs):

Dr. Suzanne Dufour
Dr. Olwyn Friesen
Dr. Cameron P. Goater
Andrew J. Hebda
Erin Herder
Kelly McNichols-ORourke
Dr. Annegret Nicolai
Dr. Timothy Rawlings
Lily Stanton
Victoria Tousaw
Dr. Daelyn A. Woolnough
Dan Benoit (ATK subcommittee)

Mosses and lichens
Dr. André Arsenault Co-chair Forest Ecologist Canadian Forest Service Atlantic Forestry Centre 26 University Drive Corner Brook NL A2H6J3 Telephone: 709-638-2365 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Nicole Fenton Co-Chair Associate professor Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscaminque 445 Boul. de l'Université Rouyn-Noranda QC J9Y 1E8 Telephone: 819-762-0971 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members

Lichen specialists	Moss specialists
Andrew D.F. Simon	Dr. René Belland
Dr. Chris Deduke	Dr. Richard Caners
Dr. Sean Haughian	Jennifer Doubt
Chris Lewis	Marc Favreau
Tegan Padgett (Early Career)	Cassandra Robillard
Dr. Toby Spribille
ATK subcommittee
Dan Benoit

Terrestrial mammals
Dr. Chris Johnson Co-chair Professor Ecosystem Science and Management Program University of Northern BC 3333 University Way Prince George BC V2N 4Z9 Telephone: 250-960-5357 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Stephen D. Petersen Co-chair Director, Conservation and Research Assiniboine Park Zoo 2595 Roblin Blvd. Winnipeg MB R3P 2N7 Telephone (1): 204-927-6090 Telephone (2): 204-793-4363 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (terrestrial mammals):

Dr. Catherine Cullingham
Dr. Jason Fisher
Dr. Elizabeth Gillis
Dr. Troy Hegel
Dr. Claire Jardine
Rebecca Jeppesen
Thomas Jung
Jillian Kusch (Early Career)
Dr. Fanie Pelletier
Shannon Stotyn
Dr. Eric Vander Wal
Neil Jones (ATK subcommittee)
Nathan Cardinal (ATK subcommittee)
Jason Dicker (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (ATK subcommittee)

Vascular plants
Bruce Bennett Co-chair PO Box 2703 Whitehorse YT Y1A 2C6 Telephone: 867-689-1767 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Del Meidinger Co-chair Meidinger Ecological Consultants Ltd. 639 Vanalman Avenue Victoria BC V8Z 3A8 Telephone (1): 250-881-1180 Telephone (2): 778-977-1180 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members (vascular plants):

Sean Blaney
Dr. Mannfred Masahiro Asada Boehm
Samuel Brinker
Vivian R. Brownell
Varina Crisfield
Jessica Guezen (Early Career)
Dr. Anna Lesley Hargreaves
Dr. Danna J. Leaman
Etienne Léveillé-Bourret
David Mazerolle
Rebekah Neufeld (Early Career)
Michael Oldham
Jenifer Penny
Barbara A. Frazer (ATK subcommittee)
Dr. Jeannette Armstrong (ATK subcommittee)
Neil Jones (ATK subcommittee)

Members from provinces and territories

Alberta
Dr. Gordon Court Provincial Wildlife Status Biologist Fish and Wildlife Policy Division Environment and Parks 2nd Floor, Great West Life Building 9920 - 108 Street Edmonton AB T5K 2M4 Telephone: 780-422-9536 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Robin Gutsell Species at Risk, Non-Game and Wildlife Disease Policy Environment and Parks 2nd floor, Great West Life Building 9920 - 108 Street Edmonton AB T5K 2M4 Telephone: 780-644-1154 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
British Columbia
Christina Czembor 2975 Jutland Road Victoria BC V8T 5J9 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Purnima Govindarajulu Unit Head, Species Conservation Unit Conservation Science Section, Ecosystems Branch Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy 4th Floor, 525 Superior Street PO Box 9338 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 0C5 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Manitoba
Chris Friesen Coordinator 200 Saulteaux Crescent Manitoba Conservation Data Centre PO Box 24 Winnipeg MB R3J 3W3 Telephone: 204-945-7747 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Brian L Joynt Conservation Zoologist Wildlife Branch Manitoba Natural Resources & Northern Development PO Box 24 14 Fultz Blvd Winnipeg MB R3Y 0L6 Telephone: 204-451-2506 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
New Brunswick
Mary Sabine Biologist Species at Risk Program Fish and Wildlife Branch Department of Natural Resources Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre PO Box 6000 Fredericton NB E3B 5H1 Telephone: 506-453-7103 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position
Newfoundland and Labrador
Jessica Humber Ecosystem Management Ecologist Endangered Species and Biodiversity Section Department of Environment and Conservation 117 Riverside Drive PO Box 2007 Corner Brook NL A2H 7S1 Telephone: 709-637-4608 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Shelley Moores Senior Manager Endangered Species and Biodiversity Wildlife Division Department of Environment and Conservation 117 Riverside Drive PO Box 2007 Corner Brook NL A2H 7S1 Telephone: 709-637-2018 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Northwest Territories
2 Vacant positions
Nova Scotia
Dr. Donna Hurlburt Wildlife Division Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry Kentville NS B4N 4E5 Telephone: 902-679-6886 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position
Nunavut Territory
2 Vacant positions
Ontario
Colin Jones Provincial Arthropod Zoologist Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 300 Water St., 2^nd Floor N. PO Box 7000 Peterborough ON K9J 3C7 Telephone: 705-937-0336 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Brent Patterson Senior Research Scientist Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry c/o Trent University, DNA Building 2140 East Bank Drive Peterborough ON K9J 7B6 Telephone: 705-755-1553 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prince Edward Island
2 Vacant positions
Quebec (Fauna)
Nathalie Desrosiers Biologiste Direction de la biodiversité et des maladies de la faune Direction générale de l'expertise sur la faune et ses habitats Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec 880, chemin Ste-Foy, 2^e étage Québec QC G1S 4X4 Telephone: 418-627-8694 Ext 7418 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Isabelle Gauthier Biologiste Coordonnatrice provinciale des espèces fauniques menacées ou vulnérables Direction générale de la gestion de la faune et des habitats Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs 880, chemin Sainte-Foy, 2^e étage Québec QC G1S 4X4 Telephone: 418-627-8694 Ext 7456 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Quebec (Flora)
Chantal Bouchard Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Benoit Tremblay Botanist Ministère du Développement durable de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques Direction de l'expertise en biodiversité 675, boul. René-Lévesque Est Quebec QC G1R 5V7 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saskatchewan
Erin Swerdfeger Zoologist Fish, Wildlife and Lands Branch Ministry of Environment Government of Saskatchewan 3211 Albert Street, 4th Floor Regina SK S4S 5W6 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Vacant position
Yukon Territory
Thomas Jung Senior Wildlife Biologist Fish and Wildlife Branch Government of Yukon PO Box 2703 Whitehorse YT Y1A 2C6 Telephone (1): 867-667-5766 Telephone (2): 867-336-2048 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Tyler Kuhn Senior Biologist, Habitat Government of Yukon Whitehorse YT Y1A 4Y9 Telephone: 867-332-6649 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members from federal organizations

Canadian Museum of Nature
Dr. Katriina Ilves Beaty Centre for Species Discovery Research and Collections Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa ON K1P 6P4 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Gregory Rand Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Canadian Wildlife Service
Gina Schalk Species at Risk Biologist Canadian Wildlife Service Environment and Climate Change Canada 351 St. Joseph Boulevard Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 Telephone: 819-938-3957 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Kathy St-Laurent Species at Risk Recovery Biologist Conservation Planning & Engagement - ATL 17 Waterfowl Lane Sackville NB E4L 4N1 Telephone: 506-800-5985 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Jennifer Diment Science Advisor, Species at Risk Department of Fisheries and Oceans 200 Kent Street Ottawa ON K1A 0E6 Telephone: 431-275-2607 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Heather Bowlby Research Lead Canadian Atlantic Shark Research Laboratory Fisheries & Oceans, Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography PO Box 1006 Dartmouth NS B2Y 4A2 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Shannan May-McNally Acting Senior Science Advisor, Species at risk and Atlantic Salmon Department of Fisheries and Oceans 200 Kent Street Ottawa K1A 0E6 Telephone: 613-297-7044 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Parks Canada
Matthew Webb Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Jean-Louis Provencher Parks Canada 3 Passage Du Chien-d'Or Conservation Programs Branch Québec QC G1R 4V7 Telephone: 418-571-5599 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Non-government science members

Dr. Christina M Davy Research Scientist Emerita, Ontario Ministry of Mining, Northern Development, Natural Resources and Forestry Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Arne Mooers Professor Simon Fraser University 8888 University Boulevard Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Telephone (1): 778-782-3979 Telephone (2): 778-782-4649 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jamie Snook 217 Hamilton River Road P.O. Box 2050, Station B Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL A0P 1E0 Telephone: 709-896-6780 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Sabrina Taylor Associate Professor Weaver Brothers Distinguished Professor School of Renewable Natural Resources RNR Bldg. Room 227 (Office 331) Louisiana State University and AgCenter Baton Rouge LA 70803 Telephone: 225-578-4137 Ext 4227 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Early career scientists

Caitlin Willier Habitat Biologist Government of Yukon 10 Burns Rd Whitehorse YT Y1A 4Y9 Telephone: 867-456-6716 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About us

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is an independent advisory panel to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada that meets twice a year to assess the status of wildlife species at risk of extinction. Members are wildlife biology experts from academia, government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector responsible for designating wildlife species in danger of disappearing from Canada.

COSEWIC secretariat

Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd, 14^th floor
Gatineau QC K1A 0H3

Email: cosewic-cosepac@ec.gc.ca