Jennifer is the Research Director for R2R and a passionate environmentalist with a B.Sc in Environmental Science and a Masters in Environmental Planning. Her environmental career started in outdoor education for the TDSB (Mono Cliffs Provincial Park) and City of Toronto (High Park). Jennifer worked for the TRCA for 7 years focused on meadow restoration, invasive species management and Tommy Thompson Park. Shifting to environmental transportation planning, Jennifer currently works for Metrolinx, working with a team to ensure GTHA transit expansion includes meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities. She continues to volunteer at Tommy Thompson Park surveying spring toads and frogs.

Justin is a Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. His research focuses on international conflicts, landscape ecology, urban wildlife, and ecological modelling and spatial data analysis. He is also a thriller fiction writer.

Jenny is a Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. Her research focuses on post-industrial urban greenspace, novel ecologies, habitat creation and environmental justice. She is a Registered Professional Planner.

Andrea is the Project Manager for Tommy Thompson Park with Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. She leads park operations, natural area management, wildlife management and monitoring, and communications. Andrea has been a proud member of the team that has helped shape this incredible urban wilderness since 2007. She holds as BSc (Env) from the University of Guelph and is passionate about restoring habitat for wildlife and improving the natural world.

Gail is a professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. She has worked on colonial nesting waterbirds for over two-decades. Her masters work (North Dakota State University) was on the foraging ecology of Forster’s terns and her PhD work (Memorial University of Newfoundland) was on the parental care of crested auklets. In addition to field-based studies on double-crested cormorants, her current research also has an interdisciplinary focus that includes protected area management.

Hillary is a Coordinator, Tommy Thompson Park, at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). In this role, she assists with wildlife monitoring and management, invasive species management, and park programming such as volunteer and staff facilitation. Hillary has worked at TRCA since 2017 where she has become well-versed in habitat restoration and species management. She has a BA (EnvS) from Wilfrid Laurier University, and an MES from the University of Waterloo, where she focused her studies on habitat quality with fresh-water turtles as indicator species.

Dani Ocampo

Jesse Hughes

Sayed Hossain

Alissa Gallizzi

Hermann Chedjou Tamnou

Jullia Urban

Rooha Imran

Sikeria Black

Gabriela Salinas

Zhasmina Zheleva

Shanaz Baksh

Quentin Minichillo

Allison is a Research Associate with the Rubble to Refuge project, and a graduate student in Planning at York University. She has a background in environmental studies, a longstanding passion for parks planning and a keen interest in people-place interactions. As a recent Toronto transplant, Allison was quickly drawn to the Spit's shoreline to connect with nature, and was fascinated by its many evolving identities. Her Major Paper will explore visual representations of the Spit on social media, with a view to ensure planning efforts are both ecologically and socially sustainable.

Alan is a Research Associate with the Rubble to Refuge project and a Master's student in the field of environmental planning at York University. His research focuses on urban nature and climate change adaptation planning.