I (he/him) am a Self-employed, Métis, Species-At-Risk Researcher specialising in insects! I focused on the larval foraging behaviour of the endangered Poweshiek Skipperling during my MSc degree (2022 from University of Winnipeg, Canada; Henault and Westwood 2022, Henault and Westwood 2023) and have since conducted monitoring and status-assessment work under contracts with governments and non-profits (including Environment and Climate Change Canada, Nature Conservancy of Canada). I avidly volunteer for conservation efforts, such as with the Poweshiek Skipperling International Partnership (currently a Co-Chair of the Science Support Team) and recently with the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (Early Career Member) and IUCN SSC Butterfly and Moth Specialist Group. I eagerly communicate research with articulate visualisations, and seek to empower and create opportunities for local community members and underrepresented communities where I am able to. Please explore the respective pages, my most recent CV. I would also be happy to send my teaching dossier by request.

Thanks to the historical, current and future stewards of the areas in which I conducted research, especially those who identify as Indigenous. Also, to peers, mentors, and everyone who has helped along the way.

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Nomenclature follows: Lepidoptera – Pohl, G.R., Landry, J.-F., Schmidt, B.C., Lafontaine, J.D., Troubridge, J.T., Macaulay, A.D., van Nieukerken, E.J., DeWaard, J.R., Dombroskie, J.J., Klymko, J., Nazari, V., and Stead, K. 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Online. Pensoft Publishers, Bulgaria. Available from: https://books.pensoft.net/books/13080 [accessed June 9, 2021].

Plants – Canadensys. 2020-present. Database of vascular plants of Canada [online]. Available from http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/search?lang=en.