Atlas Committees

Management Committee

Gregor Beck (chair) – Birds Canada 

Anne Bell – Ontario Nature 

Peter Carter – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Jack Hughes – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Laura Irvine – Birds Canada 

Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry  

Jeff Skevington – Ontario Field Ornithologists 

Jenna Quinn – Ontario Nature 

Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Finance and Fundraising Committee

Gregor Beck (chair) – Birds Canada 

Jack Hughes – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Portia Mohlmann – Ontario Nature Susan Nagy – Ontario Field Ornithologists 

Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Indigenous Engagement Committee

Ted Cheskey (co-chair) – Nature Canada 

Russ Weeber (co-chair) – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Kaelyn Bumelis – Birds Canada 

Rod Brook – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Laura Irvine – Birds Canada 

Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum 

Julie Servant – 

John Turner – Moose Cree First Nation 

Lisa Venier – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie 

Megan Young – Environmental Protection, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Mike Burrell –Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Emily Morris – Plenty Canada 

Sharon Kimberley – Plenty Canada

Jenna Quinn – Ontario Nature 

Significant Species Committee

Mike Burrell (chair) – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

John Brett – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Ken Burrell – WSP.; Regional Coordinator, Waterloo 

Glenn Coady – Regional Coordinator, Durham 

Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Denis Lepage – Birds Canada 

Shawn Meyer – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Dave Moore – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum 

Mark Read – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks; Regional Coordinator, Kingston 

Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Don Sutherland – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

Technical Committee

Kevin Middel (chair) – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Ken Abraham – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist 

Shannon Badzinski – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Peter Blancher – Retired ECCC Research Scientist 

Glen Brown – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Mike Burrell – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Ted Cheskey

Andrew Couturier – Birds Canada 

Sandy Dobbyn – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

David Hope – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

David Iles – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Denis Lepage – Birds Canada 

Alistair Mackenzie – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Stephanie Melles – Ryerson University 

Dave Moore – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist 

Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Adam Smith – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Mary Theiss – Parks Canada Doug Tozer – Birds Canada 

Lisa Venier – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie 

Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Northern Sub-committee 

Kevin Hannah (co-chair) – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Lisa Venier (co-chair) – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie 

Ken Abraham – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist 

Shannon Badzinski – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Erin Bayne – University of Alberta; WildTrax; Boreal Avian Modelling Project 

Julee Boan – Ontario Nature 

Rod Brook – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Glen Brown – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Ken Burrell – WSP; Regional Coordinator, Waterloo 

Mike Burrell- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Ted Cheskey

Andrew Couturier – Birds Canada 

Phil DeWitt – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Jennifer Foote – Algoma University 

Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

David Hope – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

David Iles – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Steve Kingston – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Denis Lepage – Birds Canada 

Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Dave Moore – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum 

Julia Put – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist 

Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Darren Sleep – Sustainable Forestry Initiative 

Douglas Tate – Parks Canada 

Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Volunteer Management and Communications Committee

Lynne Freeman (co-chair) – Ontario Field Ornithologists 

Natasha Barlow (co-chair) – Birds Canada 

Kaelyn Bumelis – Birds Canada 

Tanya Berkers – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Anna Sheppard – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Mike Burrell – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Roxane Filion – Regional Coordinator, Timiskaming 

John Hassell – Ontario Nature 

Jenna Quinn – Ontario Nature 

Kathy Jones – Birds Canada 

Sarah Rupert – Parks Canada Anna Sheppard – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Jeff Skevington – Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club/ Ontario Field Ornithologists

Mike Cadman – Retired Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Atlas Working Groups

Analysis Working Group

Charles Francis (chair) – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Erin Bayne – University of Alberta; WildTrax; Boreal Avian Modelling Project 

Glen Brown – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Andrew Couturier – Birds Canada 

Dean Evans – Birds Canada 

David Hope – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

David Iles – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Stephanie Melles – Ryerson University Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist 

Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Adam Smith – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Lisa Venier – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie 

Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Autonomous Recording Unit Working Group

Lisa Venier (chair) – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie 

Erin Bayne – University of Alberta; WildTrax; Boreal Avian Modelling Project 

Ted Cheskey

Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Samuel Hache – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Ed Morris – Parks Canada 

Julia Put – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist 

Rich Russel – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

eBird Working Group

Mike Burrell (chair) – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Denis Lepage – Birds Canada 

Mark Read – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks; Regional Coordinator, Kingston 

Jeff Skevington – Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club

Northern Logistics Working Group

Mike Cadman (chair) – Atlas Staff; Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Corina Brdar – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Rod Brook – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Mike Burrell – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands 

Ted Cheskey

Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Will Kershaw – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Alison Lake – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 

Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum 

Julia Put – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Doug Tate – Parks Canada

Owls and Crepuscular Species Working Group

Darren Sleep (chair) – Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Philip DeWitt – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 

Danielle Ethier – Birds Canada 

Lynne Freeman – Ontario Field Ornithologists 

Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Kathy Jones – Birds Canada Bernie Ladouceur – Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club 

Julia Shonfield – LGL LimitedEmily Morris – Plenty Canada