Jody has a B.Sc. in Biology and enjoys exploring the natural world around her. Since moving to Haida Gwaii, she has fallen in love with the amazing marine creatures and ecosystems that surround the Islands. She keeps herself busy by ‘wearing many hats’, from working for Parks Canada, to doing public outreach for WWF-Canada, sitting on the Gwaii Haanas Marine Advisory Committee, and working at the public library! There is never a dull moment when living in such a vibrant community.

Josina has a B.A. in Drama, a B.Ed. and is a BC certified teacher. She has taught for over 17 years in the public school system and many other venues. She has experience developing and delivering programs for children and families as an interpreter for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Haida Gwaii Museum, Parks Canada, various provincial parks in Alberta and BC and the Edmonton Valley Zoo.

She has developed and implemented a series of abalone stewardship lessons in elementary schools and has co-written “Watershed Health and Fisheries”, a curriculum package for grades 4 to 7. In 2006 Josina wrote, directed and hosted a 40-minute educational film, "Into the Forest". Her programs have focused on using drama and creative hands-on learning activities to develop appreciation, awareness and understanding of the natural world.

For the past 7 years, she has brought the Marine Matters Oceans Education Program to Islands schools. Evaluations from teachers and students have been overwhelmingly positive. She is presently implementing the Marine Matters program in all elementary schools on Haida Gwaii.

With my artwork, I intend to encourage people to focus, to create awareness, to help people see, to build dialogue. To really see is hard in this world. The senses are overstimulated with sounds, noises, colours, movements and smells. Being in nature helps to soothe the senses, to slowly open them again, to appreciate the subtleties. It takes time, but suddenly a beautiful world opens and you reach out.

Marine biologist and artist Lynn Lee has lived and worked on Haida Gwaii for over a decade. She has made Tlell her home, where she resides in a renovated barn with her partner Leandre – also a fishy biologist – and thier busy son Taimen – named for the world’s largest salmonid, the taimen of eastern Mongolia and the Russian Far East. Her passions revolve around art, music and fish of all shapes and sizes.

Pano Skrivanos currently lives in North Vancouver and works with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation as their GIS & IT Coordinator. In addition, he is also completing his Masters degree in Forestry at the University of British Columbia where his research focuses on First Nation's involvement in the emerging forest carbon economy. When Pano is able to escape the office you'll either find him tearing up the local trails on his bike or feet, or savoring cheezies on the couch.

Rick Harbo is the author of Marine Life Field Guides: Whelks to Whales; Shells and Shellfish; Pacific Reef and Shore.

Tammy Norgard has been working as an independent consultant for the past 10 years on the BC coast. The main focus of her work has been to work with First Nations in completing Fisheries Assessments, Marine Planning and Marine Economic Development.