Organizing Team 2025
Rachel Orr
My name is Rachel and I am currently doing my MSc in aquatic ecology. My research focuses on the impacts of land use change on the Koksilah River. When I am not in the lab I can be found biking, hiking, playing in the woods or reading a good book. I am looking forward to helping organize PEEC 2025 and attending this great event 🙂
Tessa Rehill
​Tessa is a Master’s student in the Baum lab at the University of Victoria. Her research focuses on mapping urchin distributions and testing strategies to mitigate herbivory to enhance active kelp forest restoration in Barkley Sound. As a Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders trainee, Tessa is committed to applying her research to address climate change impacts on marine ecosystems. In her free time, you’ll find Tessa hiking and camping around Vancouver Island
Alexandra Munday
I am an undergraduate student completing a double major in Political Science and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. Currently I am working on a directed studies project assessing salmonid enhancement best practices in BC. When not in class I am free diving, hiking or hanging out in a cafe downtown.
Nora Carlson
I am a behavioural ecologist that focuses on animal communication and predator-prey relationships. Although my introduction to science and bioacoustics was in the Salish Sea, since then my research has focused primarily on birds (Paridae sp., starlings, and sociable weavers) and how they communicate with one another about predators, how they use vocalisations to coordinate group behaviour, and how anthropogenic noise may be impacting how they do this. My current research is a collaboration between ECCC and the Juanes Lab and focuses on how anthropogenic noise impacts forage fish behaviour (sand lance and herring) in the short and long term and how these behavioural changes will alter their availability as prey to their marine avian predators (rhinoceros auklet and marbled murrelet). I am particularly interested in understanding the longer-term effects and repercussions on anthropogenic noise on species’ life histories and on multiple levels on interspecific interaction.​
Freya Innes
I am a recently graduated student at the University of Victoria with a BSc in Biology and a concentration in forest biology. My passion is entomology, so next year I hope to pursue a PhD in butterfly biodiversity in British Columbia at UBC. Currently, I teach labs at UVic for ecology, biological statistics, and cell biology and physiology.
