Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle
Co-Director, Northern Boreal Mountains Program
Northern Boreal MountainsChrystal Mantyka-Pringle is the Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains Program based in Whitehorse, Yukon and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. She works closely with First Nation communities, governments, and other partners throughout Yukon to collaborate on meaningful research projects and land-use planning initiatives that reflect Indigenous and environmental values. Chrystal specializes in understanding the impacts and interactions of climate and land-use change on biodiversity, and translating the implications into conservation planning.
She holds a PhD from the University of Queensland’s Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions in Australia. She has worked for the Queensland State Government, Australian Government and the University of Saskatchewan on various research and environmental monitoring projects prior to moving to the Yukon in 2019.
Stories and op-eds
Women in conservation: Finding balance, voice, and impact
To mark International Women's Day, we sat down with Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, Co-Director of our Northern Boreal Mountains program to talk about her career to date and what's kept her in the sector.Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle
Big Boots to Fill
The remarkable WCS Canada career of Dr. Don ReidHilary Cooke, Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, Justina Ray
Taking different paths: How WCS Canada scientists have adapted to the challenges of COVID 19
Current circumstances have required both adopting some creative solutions and simply accepting that some field work is not going to happen this summer.Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, Stephen Insley
Media coverage
Protecting landscapes now that will matter for the future
Up the creek without a paddle: protecting Canada's freshwater
An alternative approach to bridge Indigenous knowledge and Western science for conservation
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