Laura Irvine
Director, Ontario Programs @Birds Canada
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Director, Ontario Programs @Birds Canada
Responsible for the effective management and delivery of Birds Canada’s Ontario Programs, including supervising staff, contractors and volunteers; ensuring all projects are adequately funded and conducted to high standards, meeting all contractual obligations (e.g, reporting) on time and within budgets, and working towards growing and developing the programs and staff- Responsible for developing relationships with program partners, including government agencies, other NGOs, and funders, and working with the communications team to ensure that results are disseminated to key audiences, including members, the general public and the professional communities.Programs include:• Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas – 3• Ontario Breeding Bird Survey• Ontario Aerial Insectivores (Ontario Swiftwatch and swallows)• Ontario Forest Birds at Risk Program• Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program• Ontario Nocturnal Owl Survey• American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey
EDUCATION
University of York
MSc
Barton County Community College
Journalism
University of Kent
MA
Dalhousie University
BA Hons
SKILLS
ABOUT LAURA IRVINE
A passionate, relationship-focused, results-driven, and experienced leader who is dedicated to advancing environmental conservation for the benefit of people, habitats, and wildlife. Positive and meaningful relationship-builder with a diverse range of partners, experts, agencies and donors. Wealth of experience successfully delivering or overseeing the delivery of conservation programs. Highly skilled at managing budgets and actuals for numerous grants simultaneously from various levels of government, foundations, corporations and individual donors that helped support multiple projects with total financial portfolio of $2-5 million dollars in past roles. Strategic thinker, long-term planner, dynamic and resilient to changing industry and policy climates. Expertise in directly coordinating aquatic, marine and wetland surveys – specialization in marine and freshwater turtles, snakes, benthic invertebrates, passerine birds, aquatic and marine fish communities, and water chemistry. Excellent interpersonal skills working with a variety of collaborators in multiple languages and with different knowledge systems. Exceptional written and verbal communication through publication of technical reports and giving high-level presentations. Excels at activating and managing staff, deliverables and deadlines while prioritizing safe and ethical space, decolonization, inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
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