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In an age of global change, historical data is invaluable in allowing us to track and predict the threat to our ecosystems. However, this data is itself prone to extinction. The Living Data Project is a nationwide initiative to preserve and breathe new life into legacy datasets in ecology, evolution and environmental science, and to train graduate students in best practices in data management, reproducible research, synthesis statistics and scientific collaboration. We organize data archiving internships, student-dominated working groups, undergraduate hackathons, multi-university courses, and a national certificate program.

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Organizers

Diane Srivastava

CIEE Director; Professor, Zoology,
​University of British Columbia

Mary O’Connor

CIEE Deputy Director; Associate Professor, Zoology, University of British Columbia

Kelly Haller

CIEE and LDP Program Coordinator,
​University of British Columbia

Sally Taylor

Head Librarian, Woodward Library; Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia

Kerri Finlay

Director Inst. of Environmental Change & Society;  Associate Professor, Biology, University of Regina

Raymond Ng

Director Data Science Institute; Professor,
​Computer Science, University of British Columbia

Jason Pither

Co-lead Fostering Open Science at UBC;
​Associate Professor, Biology, UBC Okanagan

Jennifer Sunday

William Dawson Scholar & Assistant Professor, Biology, McGill University

Laura Pollock

Assistant Professor, Biology, McGill University

Timothée Poisot

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences,
​Université de Montréal

Sandra Binning

Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair, Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal

kaitlyn gaynor

Assistant Professor, Zoology, 
University of British Columbia

bruno soares

Adjunct Professor, University of Regina, Institute of Environmental Change and Society

Postdoctoral Fellows

David hunt

McGill University and Université de Montréal

Sandra emry

University of British Columbia

Past members

Gavin Simpson

Organizer
Assistant Professor, Aarhus University

Éric Harvey

Organizer
Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal

Sarah Amundrud

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020)
Climate Data Scientist, Riskthinking.ai

Joseph Burant

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2022)
​Tenure-track Researcher, Netherlands Institute of Ecology

Ellen Bledsoe

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2021)
Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Arizona

Gracielle Higino

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
​Program Coordinator, BIOS²
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Rachel Germain

Samantha Straus

Mike lavender

Organizer
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

PIerre rogy

Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2025)

Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023)
​Fish Researcher, 
Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

Dominique Roche

Organizer
Senior policy advisor,  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 
​
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
Data Scientist, Enviromental Technology firm

Erik Dean

Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2025)

current interns
​

SUMMER 2025 COHORT

​CINDY GAO

McGill University
Vascular plant diversity of the southern Gulf Islands, Saanich Peninsula, and San Juans

ROBIN BRADLEY

​University of British Columbia
​
Vascular plant diversity of the southern Gulf Islands, Saanich Peninsula, and San Juans

YULIYA ​SHTYMBURSKA

University of Regina
BC Freshwater Salmon Database

ENIOLA ONI

University of Regina
Acadia Wildlife Museum inventory

​SHRIRAM ​VARADARAJAN

​McGill University
Long-term monitoring of birds in Saskatchewan

​STEPHANIE ​FLAMAN

University of Regina
Long-term monitoring of birds in Saskatchewan

​KATHERINE GYTE

​University of British Columbia
Experimental Lakes Area Reservoir Flooding Experiments

​MARGARET SLEIN

​University of British Columbia
Archiving and metadata development of Micromollusc data from B.C.

​HANNAH ​FRIESEN

​University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Increasing the visibility of LDP rescued datasets

past interns
​

Fall 2024 COHORT
​

​Jess Lerminiaux

University of Regina
St. Denis National Wildlife​

​Faraz Khan

University of Regina
St. Denis National Wildlife – Data Hackathon​

​Diana Bertuol Garcia

​University of Victoria
Turkey Lakes Watershed and other Ontario aquatic systems long-term sampling database​

​Lucas Eckert

​McGill University
Turkey Lakes Watershed and other Ontario aquatic systems long-term sampling database​

​Ziqian Han

​McGill University
Bottlenecks to Survival​

​Abigail Brown

​University of British Columbia
Inventory of Aquatic Biodiversity Data across Canada​

​David Zilkey

​McGill University
Water health and data rescue for Canada's Watershed Reports​

​Ming Qiu

​University of British Columbia
Data Curation for PFAS in Quebec Surface Waters​

​Megan Duchesne

​University of British Columbia
Rick Howie BC Interior Swan and Eagle Count​

​Diego Beltran Segura

​University of British Columbia
50 years of Darwin finch data​

summer 2024 COHORT
​

​Linday Trottier

​Benjamin Mumford

​Sasindu Gunawardana

​McGill University
Vascular plant diversity of the southern Gulf Islands, Saanich Peninsula, and San Juans
​Université de Montréal
Vascular plant diversity of the southern Gulf Islands, Saanich Peninsula, and San Juans​
Trent University
​Coastal Giant Salamanders in the Chilliwack River Valley

​Claire Voss

University of Toronto
​University of Toronto Vegetation Survey

​Maria Isabel Arce Plata

​​Université de Montréal
Organizing and Analyzing Range Reference Area Data in British Columbia

​Alexandra McCallum

​McGill University
Archiving and metadata development of Micromollusc data from B.C.​

​Parker Lund

​University of British Columbia
​
Archiving and metadata development of Micromollusc data from B.C.​

​Jessica Ollinik

University of Regina
Long-term ice phenology records for Ontario Lakes​

​Camille Desrosiers

​​Université de Montréal
Archiving Silviculture Research in Newfoundland and Labrador​

​Sandra Cuadros

University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Spruce budworm outbreak and the green river archives​

Fall 2023 COHORT
​

William ou

kennedy zwarych

erica fellin

​University of British Columbia
Georeferencing time series of Canadian vertebrates in the Living Planet Database
​McGill University
Ontario Forest Birds at Risk (FBAR) program​
​McGill University
St. Denis National Wildlife Area​

mannfred boehm

​University of British Columbia
Sharpsand Creek Experimental Forest Fire Data​

laura dufour

​McGill University
The status and trend of bats in the National Parks of Quebec​

lucas mackenzie

​Université de Montréal
Flora and Fauna of Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve and surrounding areas

sarah ravoth

​University of British Columbia
Marine radar counts of Marbled Murrelets​

mobina gholamhossein

​Université de Montréal
Rocky Mountain National Parks​

SUMMER 2023 COHORT
​

ARENA ​SERRANO RAMOS

​Université de Montréal
​Social and ecological data of sperm whales

EMILY BLACK

​
​University of British Columbia
Greater Sage-grouse Lek data rescue​

YIDUO ​ZHANG


​​University of British Columbia - Okanagan
​Georeferencing digital historical topographic maps of New Brunswick

JAWAD ​SAKARCHI


​​University of British Columbia

Data cleaning and standardization of Ground cover data for ranges in BC​​

JESSICA ​REEMEYER


​McGill University
Protocol for the development and digitization of MacDonald Natural History Collections

ROLANDO ​TREJO PEREZ

Université de Montréal
Making 17 years of Nova Scotia Salmon Association water quality data open and accessible on DataStream

LAUREN ​GILL

​University of British Columbia
Archiving and metadata development of Micromollusc data from BC​

MAXIMILIANE ​JOUSSE

McGill University
Zoological Society of London: Canadian species extinction risk assessments ​

Fall 2022 cohort

Kate Sheridan

McGill University
Turkey Lakes Watershed long-term sampling database​

María de la Paz Mañé Duarte

University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Georeferencing time series of Canadian vertebrates in the Living Planet Database​

Nathalie Jreidini

McGill University
Minke whale in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park​

 Olivia Rahn

McGill University
Georeferencing time series of Canadian vertebrates in the Living Planet Database​

​Rory Macklin

University of British Columbia
Records of chimney swift roost locations and breeding birds in Ontario​​

Emma Menchions

University of British Columbia
Vascular plant diversity of the southern Gulf Islands, Saanich Peninsula, and San Juans​

Laura Super

University of British Columbia 
Dynamics of forest vegetation in Alberta National Parks​

Katlin McCallum

University of Regina
Morphometric data of Western and Semipalmated sandpipers

Summer 2022 cohort

Siobhan Schenk

University of British Columbia
Long-term Rocky Tidal Community Data from Discovery Bay, Jamaica​

Jory Griffith

McGill University
Effects of climate change on tundra watersheds in Inuvik​

Ashton Sies

University of Regina
Ecosystem Change and Introduced Species in Laskeek Bay​

Tanya Strydom

Université de Montréal
Piping Plovers Conservation in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick​

Janaina Serrano

McGill University
Long-term Records of Song Sparrows on Mandarte Island, British Columbia​

Charlotte Hagelstam Renshaw

Université de Montréal
Kawartha and Great Lakes Water Quality Data​

Marc Olivier Beausoleil

McGill University
Canadian Nocturnal Owl Survey Data​

Jose Rafael Dimayacyac

University of British Columbia
Climate trends in Nunavut National Parks​

fall 2021 cohort

Sarah Sanderson

McGill University
Long-term Sampling of Threespine Stickleback from the Lakes of Haida Gwaii​

Mohammadjavad Meghrazi

University of British Columbia
Conifer Forest Recovery After Prescribed Fire​

Elizabeth Houghton

University of British Columbia
Long-term Water Chemistry Data from Saskatchewan

Caroline Dallstream

McGill University
Turkey Lakes Watershed Long-term Sampling Database​

Keerthikrutha Seetharaman

University of Regina
Historical Pesticide Applications in the Forests of Atlantic Canada​

Michael Mensah

University of Regina
Rangeland Health Assessments of NCC Properties in Saskatchewan

Sophia Fan

University of British Columbia
Post-Natural Disturbance Ecology in Quebec Boreal Forests​

Carmen Kotowich

University of Regina
Historical Data on the Reintroduction of the Swift Fox to Canada and the United States​

summer 2021 cohort

Fares Dhane

Université de Montréal
Seabird Nest Observations on Coats Island, Nunavut​

Jessica Kennedy

University of British Columbia
Species at Risk Inventories on NCC Properties in Ontario​

Billi Krochuck

University of British Columbia
Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Nest Records (1940s-present)

Nicole Lerminiaux

University of Regina
Pre- and Post-Harvest Benthic Invertebrate Surveys​

Amelia Hesketh

McGill University
Long-term Tree and Plant Surveys, Univ. of Alberta

Anna Lippold

McGill University
Ecosystem Change and Introduced Species in Laskeek Bay

Jacob Hubner

University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Alberta Noctural Owl Survey​

Kirsten Palmier

University of Regina
Rouge National Urban Park Species-At-Risk Inventory​

Paola Carrion

McGill University
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network Historical Bird Data​

Fall 2020 cohort

Liam Johnson 

University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Insect diversity of Anticosti island: historical baselines

Jihun Kim 

University of British Columbia
Historical kelp forest distributions along the coast of British Columbia from aerial photographs​

Andrea Brown 

McGill University
​Urban bird surveys in Vancouver BC since 1970s

Kelsey Bell 

University of Regina
Nest records of breeding birds across Saskatchewan since 1940s​

Jonathon Diamond

McGill University
Nest Box Productivity Data​

Jenna Loesberg

University of British Columbia
​Plant surveys Alberta

Yue Yu 

University of British Columbia
Historical pesticide application in Atlantic Canada’s forests​

Jayme Menard 

University of Regina
Water Chemistry Project

Nadia Páez

University of British Columbia
​Historical records of wildlife, invertebrates and plants in Alberta​

Pilot Projects

sandra emry

University of British Columbia
Fertilizer and hare
impacts on Yukon vegetation (1990-2009)

skye butterson

University of British Columbia
Spruce Budworm (1940s and 1950s) legacy dataset

santiago david

University of British Columbia
Small mammal population data (1985-2011) from Alberta

jenny muñoz-Zapata

University of British Columbia
Marine bird surveys at Stanley Park (1995-present)

Cassandra Konecny

University of British Columbia
Long-term arctic ecology experiment
The Living Data Project is committed to the principles of inclusive, supportive and respectful interactions between project participants, including trainees, instructors and researchers from partner organizations. By participating in any Living Data Project activities, including courses, internships and working groups, you agree to:
  • Respect and value the contribution of participants with different lived experience and perspectives, recognizing that people can respectfully differ on many different topics.
  • Provide space for others to contribute ideas and questions, recognizing that the onus is on people who find it easy to claim such space to be the first to relinquish it.
  • Work to actively include other participants, realizing that many marginalized groups can be excluded – even unintentionally - without conscious effort.
  • Arrive with the assumption that all participants have good intentions.
  • Never, ever, ever, engage in harassing or discriminatory behaviour and understand that such behaviour may lead to your removal from the program.
  • Whoever violates these rules will be asked to stop immediately, and if inappropriate behaviour persists, procedures laid out by the the member’s home institution will take place.
To report an issue you can contact [email protected] or do it anonymously through this form.

land acknowledgement

The Living Data Project (LDP) is a collaborative initiative by researchers at institutions across Canada: University of British Columbia-Vancouver, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, University of Regina, McGill University, and Université de Montréal. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional, ancestral, treaty, and unceded territories of many Indigenous peoples, including the Coast Salish Peoples, xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Syilx (Okanagan), nêhiyawak (Cree), anihšināpēk (Saulteaux), Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda, Attawanderon, Mississaugas, kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk), and Haudenosaunee, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation.
​We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Cette recherche a été financée par le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG).

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We acknowledge the support of this research project the by the University of British Columbia, the Université de Montréal, the University of Regina, and McGill University.
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