{"id":16926,"date":"2022-10-25T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/?p=16926"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:05:59","slug":"meet-the-blue-racer-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/meet-the-blue-racer-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the blue racer team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-7gdv0bi-5e9ed37a328eec893086a64c5442613e main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16926'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1dwo7-9ba25661c8f418bef8173b7b3727389b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1dwo7-9ba25661c8f418bef8173b7b3727389b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1dwo7-9ba25661c8f418bef8173b7b3727389b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf1dwo7-9ba25661c8f418bef8173b7b3727389b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35757 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35757 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_3719-1-300x200.jpg' alt='' title='IMG_3719-1'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1e2ts-9b65fcceb2aceb69b62d71507f3276cb\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ldf1e2ts-9b65fcceb2aceb69b62d71507f3276cb{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ldf1e2ts-9b65fcceb2aceb69b62d71507f3276cb .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ldf1e2ts-9b65fcceb2aceb69b62d71507f3276cb .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ldf1e2ts-9b65fcceb2aceb69b62d71507f3276cb av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Meet the blue racer team<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-q819um-1219cfa83a81995577d744b71a0d428c\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-q819um-1219cfa83a81995577d744b71a0d428c{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-q819um-1219cfa83a81995577d744b71a0d428c .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-q819um-1219cfa83a81995577d744b71a0d428c av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >octobre 25, 2022<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/author\/jessica-nelson\/\"  rel=\"author\">Jessica Nelson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-category\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-categories\">|<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/blue-racer\/\" >La Couleuvre agile bleue<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/blue-racer-snake\/\" >Couleuvre agile bleue<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" >Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-1btao3i-88b93d747d27159878ba9f7a1eff6888 main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16926'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-w1jpmm-6d3703df0ff505a1c519238f7327af47\">\n.flex_column.av-w1jpmm-6d3703df0ff505a1c519238f7327af47{\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-w1jpmm-6d3703df0ff505a1c519238f7327af47 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  light-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf2os6n-09e288dd318746ef494dee8319350310'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><em>If you look up blue racers on the Canadian Herpetological Society\u2019s website, you\u2019ll find out what they are, (large, blue-gray snakes), what they eat, (rodents, frogs, other snakes), and where they\u2019re found, (Pelee Island, in Lake Erie, ON). These days, most of us take the availability of information for granted. With iNaturalist and a host of authoritative websites and field guides at our fingertips, it\u2019s easy to forget that every fact and figure we read must, at some point, have been discovered and recorded by a living, breathing human being.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-57x4lni-844fb02a843529cd0fb10ec60f222fb3 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16926'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4rnc7jy-07e3dd3ad16d8267b8cf734ab8534607 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf1eurg-00a32747aad2f41140c1cca13c16a267'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the early spring of 2022, I had the chance to talk to some of those human beings, and saw first hand a small fraction of the work that goes into acquiring wildlife data in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Blue racers are one of Canada\u2019s rarest snakes, with only a few hundred individuals left in the entire country, found only on Pelee Island. For the last three years, WPC, Scales Nature Park, Ontario Nature, NRSI Inc., and the University of Toronto have been working to count, tag, and determine the habitat needs of these endangered reptiles. To do this, researchers not only catch the snakes by hand during the day, but also hunt for them at dusk after they\u2019ve bedded down to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>An observer is only in the way during a daytime snake chase, but I did get the opportunity to accompany three Ontario Nature researchers and WPC\u2019s own Hannah McCurdy-Adams as they conducted one of dozens of artificial cover board surveys aimed at discovering the prefered sleeping quarters of blue racers. For two hours, the survey party and I squelched through mud and dodged poison ivy in two of Pelee Island\u2019s nature preserves while we searched for 84 pieces of wooden board that the blue racer team had left as potential shelters for the snakes. With night approaching and the odd pheasant screaming in the twilight, we carefully lifted each board to count the number of drowsy reptiles underneath it. It wasn\u2019t an unpleasant job, but it did leave me wanting to know more about the people who had chosen to make it a part of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>So, I set out to find out more by asking them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-4iau0fy-f1c9b4a71c624f3e7993785957363cb0 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16926'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3qiyn3y-a01b6a4dd34199b1409e113ec898f32e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-11  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1mpdi-22845da56f980ba79ef85de287a476e5\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1mpdi-22845da56f980ba79ef85de287a476e5 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1mpdi-22845da56f980ba79ef85de287a476e5 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf1mpdi-22845da56f980ba79ef85de287a476e5 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-12  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35759 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35759 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hannah-3_RWolfe.jpg' alt='' title='Hannah-3_RWolfe'  height=\"836\" width=\"1176\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1lc9h-8f6fd3b362ac76bcb7568344045cb1d8\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ldf1lc9h-8f6fd3b362ac76bcb7568344045cb1d8 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf1lc9h-8f6fd3b362ac76bcb7568344045cb1d8'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hannah McCurdy-Adams holding one of the largest blue racers of the study. Photo: Ryan Wolfe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jt5dge-b0cae044056ddbedaf53ef228e381869'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Hannah McCurdy-Adams has been catching snakes since childhood, and has spent the last ten years working with reptiles and amphibians in one capacity or another. As WPC\u2019s Reptile and Amphibian Program Development Coordinator, she creates and manages reptile and amphibian (\u2018herp\u2019) projects across Canada \u2013 including blue racer recovery work. She also chairs a working group within the Ontario Turtle Conservation Network, co-chairs the Canadian Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Recovery Implementation Team, and helped plan the Canadian Herpetological Society\u2019s annual conference this year.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked her what her dream job was, she said she thought she\u2019d already found it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_5'  class='avia-section av-3b5oin2-bcff33270ccd93da13eab144a4dde093 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16926'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-301tsri-7eb0b8cf1436c235f64693732b196f4d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-16  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1nm4d-b1d137a86f8fbd251d0300b931a65821\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1nm4d-b1d137a86f8fbd251d0300b931a65821 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1nm4d-b1d137a86f8fbd251d0300b931a65821 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf1nm4d-b1d137a86f8fbd251d0300b931a65821 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-17  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35760 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35760 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/P4300393.jpg' alt='' title='P4300393'  height=\"836\" width=\"1188\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1nag4-2ce41792887c0a7839860c46dd6c44c0\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ldf1nag4-2ce41792887c0a7839860c46dd6c44c0 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf1nag4-2ce41792887c0a7839860c46dd6c44c0'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ryan Wolfe holding a blue racer. Photo: Hannah McCurdy-Adams<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf2s66l-c314e6ea38f450cd2593c98fa08f4542'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The king of the racer chasers, Ryan Wolfe is the Project Leader of the blue racer population census surveys, which he began in 2020 as part of his Master of Science degree. Formerly an employee of Ontario Nature and WPC, now working for the environmental consulting firm NRSI, Ryan is responsible for organizing and planning the racer population and road mortality surveys, and has the unenviable job of analyzing the data gathered at the end of each field season.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2nauqim-9c9234eed3885852560a861b433c4f49 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1okhz-ebe8217008de70df350b3b05ab2246cd\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1okhz-ebe8217008de70df350b3b05ab2246cd img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf1okhz-ebe8217008de70df350b3b05ab2246cd .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf1okhz-ebe8217008de70df350b3b05ab2246cd av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-21  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35758 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35758 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220416_181447.jpg' alt='' title='20220416_181447'  height=\"836\" width=\"1175\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1o3y5-049dadb76d0bdc3affdbfc2a98406538\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ldf1o3y5-049dadb76d0bdc3affdbfc2a98406538 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf1o3y5-049dadb76d0bdc3affdbfc2a98406538'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Candace Park holding a blue racer. Photo: Hannah McCurdy-Adams<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf2svqn-2672fd43d49f1c921f832ee0825f1116'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are downsides to studying a creature known for its scarcity. According to Candace Park, trying to maintain a positive mindset when no racers could be found constituted one of the greatest challenges faced by the research team. A recent addition to WPC, Candace is the new Reptile and Amphibian Program Biologist, and like Ryan Wolfe, she too is working towards a Masters of Science degree. When I asked what her favourite aspects of the Pelee job were, she mentioned the camaraderie among the researchers, and of course, the thrill of capturing racers in the field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1xfbxfi-4b992e4e0f7fc7dec6d6fa041b4335b4 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1to03mm-c47c76f419be5258d021bacc732e6462\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1to03mm-c47c76f419be5258d021bacc732e6462 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1to03mm-c47c76f419be5258d021bacc732e6462 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1to03mm-c47c76f419be5258d021bacc732e6462 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-25  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35762 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35762 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/v2.jpg' alt='' title='v2'  height=\"836\" width=\"1176\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf1pa3e-00db88d607374442998a56a45c11946a\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ldf1pa3e-00db88d607374442998a56a45c11946a .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf1pa3e-00db88d607374442998a56a45c11946a'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kenny Ruelland holding a blue racer. Photo by Hannah McCurdy-Adams<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf2tjec-1b94ce9b1d13d71beaa84d2d87d0c960'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Everyone I talked to likes to catch snakes by hand. Almost all of them also complain about the poison ivy and other aggressive flora on the island. According to one field technician, it sometimes seems as though every plant in blue racer habitat \u201chas spines or poison\u201d. That technician is Kenny Ruelland, a team leader who has been part of the population census since its inception in 2020. When not chasing blue racers, Kenny runs the firm Ruelland Ecological Consulting, and works most with turtles and snakes. Field work and consulting, he told me, were both jobs he wants to do for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_6'  class='avia-section av-1c6ihq6-d76356579305bafeafa824cb623aff19 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16926'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-mx2v6m-7f3f64600ee7cc1fb496744388d4434d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-29  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf1pycs-b1f5ef86418a66f141a0b28e4fb39ff0'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Jessica Nelson<\/h3>\n<p>Jessica is a freelance writer and photographer living in Toronto. 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