Claire Farrell

Senior Conservation Program Manager

Claire is the Senior Conservation Program Manager of the Ontario Northern Boreal Program at WCS Canada. Claire completed her BSc and MSc at Carleton University: working with the National Wildlife Research Centre of Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Lab.

Her lifelong passion for the conservation of threatened species and waters is reflected in the breadth of projects and research she has been a part of to-date. These include long-term ecological monitoring and modelling, freshwater and terrestrial field research, and research examining the impacts of forestry, development and cumulative effects on at-risk species in the boreal forests and rivers of Ontario.

Currently she is working on the co-led Learning from Lake Sturgeon research project with Moose Cree First Nation and WCS Canada. As part of her work on this project, she helps lead an Indigenous youth program - engaging and empowering young people to discover future paths in environmental stewardship and research.

Stories and op-eds

2024-05-09

New insights into an ancient fish

Known as namew in Ililîmowin (the Moose Cree dialect), lake sturgeon in English: these are the largest freshwater fish in Canada.
Claire Farrell

2021-10-26

Modelling threats to caribou in Ontario’s Ring of Fire

For caribou in the far north region of Ontario, there are storm clouds gathering.
Claire Farrell

2020-04-14

Northern Inspiration: Bringing science and youth together in the Moose Cree Homeland

I was on my way north to Moose Factory to attend the Moose Cree Career Fair and represent Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Canada in my role as a scientist studying lake sturgeon in rivers running through Moose Cree traditional territory.
Claire Farrell

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Press releases

2022-12-15

Lake Sturgeon in deeper trouble than previously thought

Northern Ontario is one of the last strongholds for a species now considered endangered worldwide.

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