Some Current Research Projects

Ezekiel Gading, MA student and Dr.  Mina Hosseini, Postdoctoral Fellow, and I are learning how orangutans view the world, and how we can improve their welfare under human care. 

Dr. Valerie Schoof  and I are studying vervet monkey behaviour and hormones at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya (www.lewa.org)

Jacky Sawatzky, PhD student, and I are studying llama behaviour and vocalizations

With the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Research Team, Dr. Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux  and I are studying hyena and lion movement and predation in northern Kenya, as well as turtle behaviour in southern Ontario.   Ethan Owen, MSc  student, is studying turtle biology in the field and Nicky Sztohrynec, MA student, is researching turtle cognition and welfare.  

I'm working to find out how raccoons, crows  and opossums  can co-exist with humans. 

Lauren Webber, MA student, is studying how people feel about snakes and how we can change attitudes to improve conservation of these important animals.   Dr. Laura Adams (Langara University) and I are studying attitudes toward crows in the Vancouver area.