Pamela Zevit

Surrey

My career path has reflected a passion for affecting change and has helped to culture long-lasting relationships with a diversity of government and non-government, academic, conservation and sustainability leaders and industry interests. I am a Registered Professional Biologist on the South Coast of British Columbia Canada where I have been working since the beginning of my career in 1995. Starting with broader provincial conservation issues as a Conservation Planner for the Province of BC I transitioned into the NGO and private sector in 2004 as an independent adviser, researcher and consultant. Starting in 2010 I took on the role as Program Coordinator for the South Coast Conservation Program until I began a new phase of my career in 2019 as the Biodiversity Conservation Planner for the City of Surrey. I have mainly worked on local and regional actions to conserve natural capital as well as improving collaboration between public and private sectors. My focus has been on endangered species and biodiversity conservation, environmental literacy, and landscape ecology. Goals: To build a legacy of ecological literacy and stewardship among decision makers and local citizenry through reconciling the conflicts between human and non-human resource needs and improving the trust between society and science practitioners.