Andrea Kirkwood
Speaker: Andrea Kirkwood, Professor, Ontario Tech University -
Presentation: “The green technology toolbox for managing biodiversity must include traditional ecological knowledge”
Bio: Andrea Kirkwood completed an undergraduate (Waterloo) and graduate (McMaster, Toronto) degrees in environmental biology, including aquatic ecology and environmental microbiology. Andrea spent several years as a postdoctoral fellow (Oklahoma State, Calgary) prior to joining the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University. Andrea is currently a Professor of Environmental Biology, where in addition to research and teaching, she is actively involved in community-based environmental stewardship initiatives.