Mr. Wareham has worked as a researcher, campaigner, fundraiser, and a program manager for many environmental organizations including: the BC Wildlife Federation, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Earthlife Canada Foundation, BC Spaces for Nature, the Northwest Institute, and served as Executive Director of the BC Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada.

Mr. Nicolson is a geographic consultant who specializes in the use of geospatial data to support land and marine planning. Over the past 20 years, he has worked on projects for the Federal government, BC Provincial government, municipal governments, industry, First Nations, ENGOs and academia.

The focus of his thesis work is the west coast of Vancouver Island, combining spatially explicit population models of key species and ecosystem dynamics, examining the ecological and socio-economic impacts of different management scenarios.

Dr. Jamieson has published over 70 scientific papers, and many more on technical and management‐oriented topics. He has worked on species ranging from marine mammals, flying squid, and deep-water corals and sponges. He has over 31 years experience with DFO, and for 18 years he studied shellfish stock assessments and their role in conservation biology.

Dr. Wood received her Doctorate in Geography from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and is Advisor & Technical Lead on MPAs with IUCN’s Global Marine Programme.

Dr. Zacharias is an Assistant Deputy Minister with the Province of BC, and he is responsible for Provincial mapping and geographic information programs as well as its ecosystem-based management programs.

Dr. Roy Hyndman is a Senior Research Scientist at the Pacific Geoscience Centre of the Geological Survey of Canada, and a Professor at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria.
Dr. Hyndman joined the Pacific Geoscience Centre after 10 years on the faculty of the Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, and [...]

Dr. Tomascik has extensive international experience, having worked on marine conservation and coastal zone management in Indonesia, as well IUCN marine protected areas projects in Pakistan and Bangladesh.