People

Janet Russell
B.Sc. (Biology), M.Sc. (Biopsychology)

Janet co-produced Open Air and Rare Air with Rachel Bryant. She now runs the audio book publishing venture Rattling Books. When not at a computer Janet tries to be outside, preferably on a seabird island with Census and Sounds.

Rachel Bryant

Rachel is pursuing a PhD in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her research combines ethics and the philosophy of science to investigate the meaning and value of biodiversity. She co-produced Open Air and Rare Air with Janet Russell. Rachel's radio work has also been heard on many CBC programs. She likes watching and listening to wild animals for weeks and months at a time, especially as part of Census and Sounds.

Monica Kidd
B.Sc. (Zoology and Ecology), M.Sc. (Biology)

Monica Kidd studied biology at the University of Calgary and Queen's University, completing a M.Sc. in the field of seabird evolutionary biology. She grew up in rural Alberta, east of the Rocky Mountains and northwest of the badlands; this is also where she set her two novels, Beatrice (Turnstone Press, 2001) and Momentum of Red (Raincoast Books, 2004). Her documentaries for CBC Radio have won numerous awards.
She lives in St. John's, and is currently a medical student at Memorial University of Newfoundland

Laura Dominguez
DVM (Veterinary medicine), M.Sc. (Biopsychology)

Before moving to Newfoundland, Laura's work focused on wildlife toxicology, epidemiology and the public education of affected communities in Europe. Laura designed and implemented an adult education program on wildlife management and medicine in Spain. Since moving to Newfoundland, Laura's research has focused on the bio-accumulation of environmental contaminants through the food web. Laura is a correspondent and researcher for Open Air.

Raised in Montreal and St. John’s, Carolyn developed a fascination with the natural world at a young age. After an undergraduate degree at Memorial University, she went to study parental behaviour and neuroscience at the University of Toronto before returning to Memorial to complete a PhD in seabird behaviour and genetics. She is passionate about mothering her two daughters, teaching, understanding reproductive ecology, learning how scientists might better communicate their research to the public, and facilitating a sense of the wonder of nature in young Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.

Dave Fifield
BSc (Computer Science) , M.Sc. (Behavioural Ecology)

Dave is a seabird biologist who is particularly interested in seabird ecology during the non-breeding season. He is an avid birder and naturalist who has worked with a variety of seabird species at their breeding colonies in Newfoundland and at sea. Through Alder he is producing a library of Newfoundland avian vocalizations and developing public interest in nature through an on-line collection of bird vocalizations and images. Dave is Alder's computer expert and recording engineer and in his spare time can often be found building or fixing some form of electronic gadgetry.