Our Team

Our team has a shared passion for preserving Canada’s biodiversity, and brings a wide range of experience and expertise to the organization.

Dr. Lance Woolaver

Dr. Lance Woolaver

Executive Director

Hazel Wheeler (they/them)*

Hazel Wheeler

Conservation Programs Director

Jonathan Choquette

Jonathan Choquette

Lead Biologist – Ojibway Prairie Recover Program

Andrea Gielens

Andrea Gielens

Lead Biologist – Fraser Valley Wetland Recovery Program

Taylor Kerekes

Lead Biologist – Native Pollinator Initiative



Helmi Hess

Research Biologist, Eastern Loggerhead Shrike


Sarah Matheson

Sarah Matheson

Manager, Communications and Fundraising

Hannah McCurdy-Adams (she/her)*

Hannah McCurdy-Adams

Reptile and Amphibian Program Development Coordinator

Jane Spero

Jane Spero (on leave)

Cory Trowbridge

Cory Trowbridge

Project Biologist – Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery

Board of Directors

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Territory Acknowledgement

WPC is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario on the homelands of many nations, including the Anishinaabek, Neutral, Métis, Mississauga, and Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and on the treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We work across Turtle Island, and have deep gratitude to all the Indigenous Peoples who have been, and continue to be, stewards and protectors the lands on which we rely.

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