Caroline Wong
Caroline Wong
Acting Manager, Finance and Facilities, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: caroline.wong@ubc.ca
Currently acting for Scott Finestone
Responsibilities:
Finance; Grant Support; Facilities
Finance; Grant Support; Facilities
Katherine Came
Katherine Came
Communications Manager, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: k.came@oceans.ubc.ca
Communications; Turning research papers into media releases/stories; IOF website and social media; Organizing and promoting IOF events, webinars and seminars; media relations; internal communications; and disseminating treats to IOF puppies.
Vicente Regis
Vicente Regis
Program Specialist, Extracurricular and Extended Learning
Email: v.regis@oceans.ubc.ca
Responsible for overseeing the extracurricular activities offered by the Institute. Currently, these offerings include the Vancouver Summer Program (VSP) and micro-credential courses.
Eden Raines
Eden Raines
Graduate Program Officer, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: e.raines@oceans.ubc.ca
I can help you with Graduate Program; Student Funding Support; Appointments & changes for Graduate Research Assistants
Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Senior Finance Specialist, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: finance@oceans.ubc.ca
Accounting, budgeting and supporting the Finance Manager for a portfolio of various projects, services and departments within IOF and related entities.
Madeline Doig
Madeline Doig
HR & Operations Support Assistant, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: m.doig@oceans.ubc.ca
Can help you with HR, AERL access, keys, and other questions.
Megan Duchesne
Megan Duchesne
Communications Assistant (Work Learn), Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: m.duchesne@oceans.ubc.ca
Megan assists with dissemination of IOF news, honours, and events, as well as updating the IOF website.
Syd Ascione
Syd provides support on Project Seahorse’s research projects, primarily with data collection, management, and analysis, among other things. She mainly works with Dr. Sarah Foster on projects concerning the illegal wildlife trade and the unsustainable practice of bottom-trawl fishing.
Nicolas Bailly
Research Area
Regina Bestbier
Gina coordinates operations, communications and outreach for Project Seahorse, while also providing research, ethics, education, and administrative support to all lab members. Gina joined Project Seahorse in 2007, after years of working on watershed management issues with a neighbouring research group: UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. Gina holds a BSc in Botany and Zoology and a MSc degree in Conservation and Environmental Biology, both from the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).