Damien Joly

(he/him, il/lui)

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My PhD, post-doc, and subsequent 20+ years of experience have been spent running research and surveillance projects on wildlife conservation and diseases of wildlife at the interface of human, livestock, and wildlife health.

I am the CEO of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, which in collaboration with our federal, provincial, and territorial partners, forms Canada's wildlife health surveillance system.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Chief executive officer, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
  • 2018–2022
    Manager, BC Conservation Data Centre, BC Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy
  • 2022–2022
    A/Product Owner, Environmental, Social, and Governance Pilot, BC Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Low Carbon Innovation
  • 2016–2017
    Head, Data Research, Metabiota Inc.
  • 2013–2016
    Director of Epidemiology, Metabiota Inc.
  • 2008–2013
    Associate Director, Wildlife Health Monitoring and Epidemiology, Wildlife Conservation Society
  • 2007–2008
    Senior Science Advisor, Wildlife Conservation Society
  • 2005–2006
    Wildlife Disease Specialist, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division
  • 2004–2005
    Wildlife Epidemiologist, Wildlife Conservation Society
  • 2001–2004
    Postdoctoral associate, United States Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) and the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Education

  • 2001 
    University of Saskatchewan, PhD (Biology)
  • 1997 
    University of Northern British Columbia, BSc (Wildlife Biology)

Professional Memberships

  • Wildlife Disease Association

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  • Research supervision