Jessica Steiner studied Zoology at the University of Guelph and achieved a Masters of Applied Science in Wildlife Health and Population Management from the University of Sydney, Australia.  She previously worked at the Toronto Zoo where she was involved in the care, husbandry, and research of critically endangered black-footed ferrets and Puerto Rican crested toads, as well as threatened Massassauga rattlesnakes.  She was Wildlife Preservation Canada’s 16th Canada’s New Noah and as such completed the DESMAN program and worked on critically endangered passerine projects in Mauritius.  She was part of the team to bring the first Mauritius Olive White Eye nestlings into captivity in order to develop hand-rearing and management techniques as a safe guard to preserve the wild population. Upon her return to Canada, Jessica joined WPC as a field biologist responsible for managing the ELOSH field propagation and release program in Carden, as well as carrying out wild population monitoring, habitat assessment and liaising with local landowners to promote stewardship of critical ELOSH habitat. Jessica is currently the primary Species Recovery Biologist for WPC, and is tasked with consulting on and overseeing the majority of ELOSH recovery activities in Ontario.