Current Staff
CDFCP Program Manager – Stephanie Woods
Stephanie (BSc, MSEM) lives and works in community on the unceded traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking peoples of the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations. With 15 years in conservation, she has worked with organizations such as Parks Canada, the Invasive Species Council of BC, the City of Victoria and CPAWS Yukon. Her expertise includes parks and protected areas management, ecological integrity and species-at-risk monitoring, innovative restoration practices (including invasive species management), supporting Indigenous stewardship and fostering public behavior change through strategic initiatives.
She is committed to ongoing (un)learning and growth, actively working toward holistic and inclusive conservation by supporting diverse ways of knowing.
CDFCP Program Coordinator – Justine Kaseman
Justine (MSc., she/her) is a wildlife biologist with a background in species-at-risk reptiles and amphibians and over 6 years field experience. She has worked in an array of ecosystems including tropical rainforests on Guam, temperate rain forests in Ucluelet and the lower mainland, intertidal areas around the Gulf Islands, deciduous upland forests in Ontario, and oak savannahs in Ohio. While she is usually studying the fauna that lives in Douglas-fir and Garry oak ecosystems, she is excited to fir-ociously learn more about the flora side of things. Justine splits her time between the traditional territories of Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ and lək̓ʷəŋən First Nations and is committed to two-eyed seeing.