Our Staff

  • Laura has lived on Haida Gwaii since 2013 and began working for Laskeek Bay Conservation Society in 2025. She has a background in project management and program coordination, specializing in environmental remediation and experiential education. When she’s not working, Laura spends her time strolling the forests and beaches or paddling the lakes and ocean. Laura lives in Ts’iinuu G̱aandlaay Miller Creek with her loyal mutt Wally.

  • Rian began working for LBCS in 2021, after moving to Haida Gwaii in 2020. Originally from Newfoundland, where she grew up on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, Rian first visited Haida Gwaii in 1992, which then inspired her to move to British Columbia to attend university. She has worked as a field biologist and educator in British Columbia, Alaska, and Arctic Canada, mostly with a focus on birds and oceans. She lives in Daajing Giids with her partner and their two children.

  • Taylor has been with the Youth Outreach Team for Laskeek Bay since the fall of 2025. She has a background in environmental studies, field research, and outdoor education. She loves to share her passion and joy for bird watching and nature connection with others. Since returning to Haida Gwaii, she is grateful to be a part of a team working to promote citizen science, long term monitoring, and nature education. Bird watching is a part of her daily practice, as is singing, playing, and sharing food with friends.

  • Morgan moved to Haida Gwaii in the fall of 2025 after visiting friends made while attending the Haida Gwaii Institute’s People, Plants and Place program. After graduating from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in Geography, she volunteered with Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary as a nature educator for youth. During her degree, she focused on community engagement and human interactions with the environment, bringing these skills to Laskeek Bay’s youth outreach team. Morgan loves to spend time connecting with the land and water through gardening and plant identification, grounding her learning in place-based relationships.

Our Office

We are located in east end of the Taan Building in Skidegate B.C,Unit 6-848 Highway 16. Office hours vary, so the most reliable way to contact us is via email: laskeek@laskeekbay.org.‍ ‍

We have our latest books and t-shirts for sale in the office so please email if you would like to stop in!

Our Board of Directors

  • Keith has been a resident of Haida Gwaii for more than 30 years. He is a Registered Professional Forester and has an MA in Geography. Since 2000, Keith has run a consulting business based in Daajing Giids that takes him across Canada and the world to work on forest certification with the Forest Stewardship Council. To date, Keith has been involved in over 50 certification projects in five Canadian provinces and several other countries. Keith is also involved in forestry and environmental issues in BC. On Haida Gwaii, these include the campaign to protect the southern part of the islands, the Fish Forestry Interaction Program and the Strategic Land Use Plan. Keith lives with his wife, Helen, and sons Peter and Alan in Daajing Giids.

  • Tony is a retired Research Scientist with Environment Canada. He spent 37 years doing ecological research, mostly on marine birds, in the Eastern Arctic and Haida Gwaii. He has been Research Director of the Laskeek Bay Conservation Society since the start of the Society and was also a Founder/director of Research Group on Introduced Species, Daajing Giids, BC (1997-2022), involved in research on introduced deer and raccoons in Haida Gwaii.

    He has also been involved in extensive research on birds and other wildlife in India, especially in temperate and alpine regions of NW Himalayas. He has written four books on marine birds (three scientific monographs and one popular account of seabird biology) and two children’s books. Tony was a senior editor for Birds of Nunavut and has written more than 200 refereed scientific papers, as well as popular articles in magazines and newspapers. He received the Doris Huestis SpearsAward for outstanding contributions to Canadian Ornithology (2007), and the Jamie Smith Mentoring Award (2013), both from the Society of Canadian Ornithologists and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Seabird Group (2014).Current LBCS Director, current LBCS Science Advisor, retired Research Scientist, Ornithologist, author.

2026 Directors: Keith Moore, Tony Gaston, Jacques Morin, Marry Morris, Carolyn Gibson, Jesse Beaubier-Brulotte, Ainsley Brown

2026 Directors of Research: Tony Gaston and David Green

Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Dr. Antony Gaston (Co-Chair). Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Research Center

  • Dr. David Green (Co-Chair). Simon Fraser University

  • Jean-Louis Martin. Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CEFE-CNRS)

  • Kathy Heise. University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology

  • Dr. Joanna L. Smith. TNC Canada, Global Oceans Program and Simon Fraser University, Adjunct Professor

  • Dr. Mark Hipfner. Wildlife Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada

Previous Staff & Directors

  • Margaret Stronge: former LBCS Director.

  • Betsy Cardell: former LBCS Director.

  • Nathalie Macfarlane: former LBCS Director.

  • Erin Harris: former LBCS Director.

  • Lindsay Seegmiller: former LBCS Executive Director

  • Aggie Cangardel: former LBCS Executive Director

  • Jamie MacDonald: former LBCS Executive Director

  • Mariken Van Gurp: former LBCS Executive Director

  • Greg Martin: former LBCS Executive Director

  • Alan Moore: former LBCS Executive Director

  • Neil Pilgrim: former LBCS Biologist

  • Brad Yonkman: former LBCS Director

“Supporting research and conservation as well as promoting learning and knowledge sharing is very rewarding. Our directors are passionate about the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of Haida Gwaii!

As a director with LBCS there is a great opportunity to reach out and connect with other people, in schools teaching children about the complex ecosystems of Laskeek Bay, in conversations at merchandise booths at on island events, or in presentations at international seabird conferences. Many of our directors connect with volunteers, interns and research staff while visiting East Limestone Island (ELI) or while helping out with logistics back in Daajing Giids.

There is a great spirit of cooperation and everyone pitches in to help out where and when they are able. Every Director’s skills are varied and valuable. A director may volunteer by: helping with yearly maintenance to trails and field camp on ELI, hiring staff, loading the transport boat at the dock, billeting interns, donating goods for sale, participating with field research…the options are plentiful!”
— Erin Harris