Jordan was born and raised on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, where his research interests in coastal geomorphology and Quaternary geology developed. Jordan’s research has until recently been focussed on the coastal areas of BC, where he worked up and down the coast in areas such as Haida Gwaii, the Hakai Protected Area, and western Vancouver Island. His focus was sediment budgets for coastal restoration projects, climate change adaptation, coastal erosion, and late Quaternary reconstruction and paleogeography. He did a postdoc at the University of Calgary where he acted as a project manager/science advisor for UAV application development.
From there, Jordan took a bit of a turn (east, to be precise) and joined the federal Public Service with Parks Canada Agency in 2017, working for the Sable Island National Park Reserve. While there, he worked in operations: landing planes, forecasting storms, and fixing buildings. Notably, he was gifted the incredible opportunity to spend 8-10 weeks at a time out on Sable. He frequently had his eye on the interesting science that could be done out there and was always keen to discuss his observations with Zoe at the Institute. In 2019 Jordan joined the Geological Survey of Canada at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth to further his career in the geosciences.
“Sable Island gives us a unique opportunity to explore the geomorphology of a sandy barrier island that isn’t a barrier at all – with open ocean on both sides and nary an outcrop of bedrock to be found, it’s as if Sable is a purpose-built laboratory for coastal geoscientists. I am grateful to be given the opportunity to share my knowledge and experience with the Sable Island Institute to help further the understanding of this unique geological setting.”