Mera is a member of A Horse Tale Rescue, Lucy’s Edmonton Advocates’ Project, and RedRover. She is a virtual media monitor volunteer for Lilongwe Wildlife Trust in Malawi. In 2019, she volunteered at ARCAS Wildlife Rescue Center in Guatemala.
Danielle’s educational background is in business. She currently works for a Fortune 1000 Financial Institution as the Director for the Marketing group, but her professional work experience also includes sales and finance. Her volunteer experience includes initiatives based around social development and women’s issues, and various sustainability projects including policy and research, and sustainable farming.
Krista is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biology at Saint Mary’s University and is employed by the Sable Island Institute as the Research Coordinator for the Fences in the Sand project – a collaboration between the Institute and Parks Canada to understand how the wild horses influence the ecosystems and organisms on Sable Island National Park Reserve.
Sherman Boates studied ecology of birds and invertebrates at Acadia University and Exeter University, and as a government scientist and professor, he has worked as a conservation biologist for more than 30 years. Sherman is a passionate biodiversity champion and a keen life-long student of nature. He spent a summer studying terns on Sable Island.
Anna Grue is a Chartered Professional Accountant and is completing her Master of Business Administration at Dalhousie University. She volunteers with the Bass River Heritage Society and Big Brothers Big Sisters. As a child, Anna was captivated by horses and developed a keen fascination with Sable Island.
Renée Kuehnle is a Rural Planner specializing in community-led design, strategy, and policy development. She had her first experience on Sable Island in 2022, and is excited by the transdisciplinary nature of the Institute and the many ways to know and understand the island to connect and communicate its stories more broadly.
Brad Toms is a Wildlife Biologist at the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, and his primary focus is on the recovery of Species at Risk. During four field programs on Sable Island between 2006 and 2018, Brad has worked on various bird species including Ipswich Sparrows and Roseate Terns.
Anne Muecke studied geology at the University of Bristol and design at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and worked for three decades with Griffiths Muecke Associates, an environmental consulting practice which she co-founded. During much of that time, Anne has also been a very active volunteer with arts and education organizations.
Jim McMillan’s 35-year career was at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography studying, with a team of scientists, biologists and technicians, the ecology of marine species. Beginning with work on groundfish ecology, Jim spent most of his career with the Grey Seal team researching foraging ecology on Sable Island.
Zoe Lucas has over forty years experience as a naturalist on Sable Island, conducting various research and monitoring programs including terrain restoration projects and biodiversity studies. In 2008, Zoe received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Dalhousie University.
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