May
19
12:00am
Project Dragonfly Webinar
By Ducks Unlimited Canada
Join researchers from Ducks Unlimited Canada and our partners for an hour-long, free webinar to learn fascinating facts about dragonflies in Canada and biodiversity in the ecosystems that support them!
This webinar will also kick-off the Project Dragonfly initiative on iNaturalist and show you how to contribute your observations to help build awareness and support for conservation through citizen science!
Event date: May 18, 7:00 P.M. CDT (time shown above may differ to reflect your time zone)
Introducing the Project Dragonfly Webinar presenters:
James Pagé
Species at Risk and Biodiversity Specialist, Canadian Wildlife Federation
James leads the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s initiatives on species at risk and biodiversity conservation. He works on various projects at CWF, including turtle recovery work, rare species surveys, bat recovery and citizen science. Working with the developers at iNaturalst.org, James has been the lead in the creation and management of iNaturalist Canada.
Colin Jones
Provincial Zoologist of Invertebrates, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
Colin is a lifelong naturalist and is the Provincial Zoologist of Invertebrates at the Natural Heritage Information Centre, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry in Peterborough, Ontario where he deals primarily with rare species. Colin is coordinator of the Ontario Odonata Atlas project and is the co-author of A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Algonquin Provincial Park and Surrounding Area, now in its 2nd edition.
James Paterson
Research Scientist, Ducks Unlimited Canada
James is a quantitative ecologist and conservation biologist who studies biodiversity at DUC’s Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research. He is passionate about conservation, species-at-risk and collaborative science. James’ current research focuses on the biodiversity benefits and associated ecosystem services of wetland conservation.
Janine Massey, DUC’s chief marketing and communications officer, will be your event emcee.
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