Based out of Victoria, Caitlyn is working with  Sierra Club BC towards full implementation of the Great Bear Rainforest agreements (ecosystem-based management, a network of protected areas, and conservation financing).  A naturalist since a young age,  a biologist by training, and a conservationist at heart, Caitlyn is committed to the maintenance and restoration of healthy coastal ecosystems.  She also firmly believes that ecological solutions need to work for the people who have to live with them.   To this end, much of her time is spent working in partnership with First Nations to support regional networks aimed at strengthening capacity to implement  and monitor ecosystem-based management over the long term.  She is fortunate to spend time in communities on the Central and North Coast.

Before joining the Sierra Club in 2007, Caitlyn has promoted ecosystem-based management both in Canada and internationally as a means for resource-based communities to achieve sustainable livelihoods within ecological limits.   Making the connections between ecological sustainability and social justice,  she  is interested in governance arrangements for natural resource management. She has a BSc in Biology and a Masters in Environmental Studies, in which her research focused on the New Relationship between First Nations and the province of BC. 

When not working, Caitlyn can often be found outdoors (on a bicycle, with a backpack, or in a kayak), making space for quiet reflection (reading and writing), growing and preparing good food with friends and family, and salsa dancing wherever possible. She is currently writing a non-fiction book for young readers about the state of our coast and what can be done about it.