{"id":2901,"date":"2020-06-05T00:17:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T00:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/?page_id=2901"},"modified":"2023-11-18T06:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T10:34:17","slug":"kathleen-hipwell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/kathleen-hipwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Hipwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Co-chair 2021\u20132024, Director 2020\u20132021<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am a perpetually curious outdoorswoman with a passion for community-based ecology. From grubbing Leach\u2019s Storm-Petrels on Bon Portage Island off the coast of Nova Scotia, monitoring parasitic worm infections in Nova Scotian sheep and providing community outreach on sustainable worm management practices, to conducting biomonitoring of the ponds on Sable Island, I have always loved working outdoors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have a B.Sc. (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honours in Biology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) from Saint Mary\u2019s University, CABIN Project Manager Certification, and a Diploma in Environmental Engineering Technology from Nova Scotia Community College. During my studies at NSCC, I had the opportunity to work with the WRWEO to assess macroinvertebrate diversity, and microplastics in sediment along the Bluff Trail. Currently, I work as a Research Assistant in Dr. Andrew Medeiros\u2019s Laboratory for Water and Environmental Sustainability Science, at Dalhousie University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My goal as a member of the WRWEO Board is to contribute to the ongoing management of the Bluff Trail and to promote sustainable practices within the Woodens River Watershed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hipwell-20212.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hipwell-20212.jpg?resize=525%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hipwell-20212.jpg?w=568&amp;ssl=1 568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hipwell-20212.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-chair 2021\u20132024, Director 2020\u20132021 I am a perpetually curious outdoorswoman with a passion for community-based ecology. From grubbing Leach\u2019s Storm-Petrels on Bon Portage Island off the coast of Nova Scotia, monitoring parasitic worm infections in Nova Scotian sheep and providing community outreach on sustainable worm management practices, to conducting biomonitoring of the ponds on Sable &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/kathleen-hipwell\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kathleen Hipwell&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2901","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4578,"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2901\/revisions\/4578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrweo.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}