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    • ‘Bringing Animals in’ to Sustainability: an interdisciplinary approach to sustainable human-animal relations
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    • The Regulation of Animal Welfare Issues in Canada at Federal, Provincial and Local Levels
    • Putting the Horse before the Carriage (Industry) >
      • The Issue
      • The Politics
      • The Remedy
      • Interviews
      • Bibliography
    • Exotic Animal Ownership >
      • The Issue with Exotic Pets in Ontario
      • Current State of Captive Exotic Regulation
      • Private Ownership of Exotics
      • Public Ownership of Exotics
      • How do we define an "Exotic Animal?"
      • Proposed Legislation
      • Bibliography for Exotic Animal Ownership
    • Wildlife Nutrition >
      • Dingo >
        • Dingo Habitat
        • Dingo Anatomy
        • Dingo Life History
        • Dingo Nutrition >
          • Food Selection
          • Digestive Anatomy
          • Energy and Nutrients
      • Koala >
        • Koala Habitat
        • Koala Anatomy
        • Koala Life History
        • Koala Nutrition >
          • Food Selection
          • Digestive Anatomy
          • Energy and Nutrients
As a researcher, I am committed to science communication and disseminating my work to the public. 

News Media

Interviewed for the article:
"Helping kids deal with animal exploitation on social media" for National Geographic
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Interviewed for the article:
"Florida leopard attack put humans—and big cats—in a terrible situation" for National Geographic
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Interviewed for the article:
"
The Antics of Wildlife-Loving Influencers Are Putting Human and Animals at Risk" for The Daily Beast
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The Rainforest Site Blog covered my interview with The Daily Beast, albeit misrepresenting me as the creator of The Wildlife Selfie Code. "Do Your Favorite Social Media Influencers Follow The ‘Wildlife Selfie Code?’
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I am a blogger for DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics and have contributed a number of articles regarding my research and interests. 
"SO YOU WANT TO TAKE A SELFIE WITH A WILD ANIMAL?"
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"A NIGHT WITH SCARLITA: REFLECTIONS ON ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS IN COSTA RICA"
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MY FIELD COURSE EXPERIENCE
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Audio/Visual

Interview by the podcast Grad Chat at Queen's University about my PhD research.
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Interviewed by the podcast Beyond Canada: International Thought and Scholarship about working as a Canadian researcher in Costa Rica.
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A panel discussion featuring myself, Joshua Jones, and Claudia Hirtenfelder was recorded. The topic of the panel was "Rethinking Human-Animal Boundaries: Disappearing Boundaries/ Disappearing Animals" for Queen's University's Scholarship Beyond Boundaries Conference.
My particular presentation is entitled, "Monkeys on the edge: the (un)bounding of neotropical primates in Costa Rica (Siobhan Speiran, Environmental Studies)".
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You can listen to the same presentation while viewing my powerpoint from the conference below.

My colleague Zara Bending from the Jane Goodall Institute of Australia mentioned my work on Radio Adelaide while being interviewed about the topic "Protecting animals on social media." 
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A recording of a presentation I gave 29 November 2018 before I had completed my first field season. 
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