Mission Mandate Objectives Policies Scientific Review Committee Louis LaPierre, Ph.D. Jean Huot, Ph.D. Gerry Parker Fred Roots, Ph.D. David Schneider, Ph.D. Bruce Turner Board of Directors Constitution Labrador	Gerry Parker Born in Bear River Nova Scotia, and educated at Acadia University in Wolfville (MSc.-1966), Gerry began a career with Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) in May, 1966 and joined a research team studying the population dynamics of the Kaminuriak Caribou Herd (Keewatin District, NWT). His responsibilities included population estimations, recruitment, seasonal distributions and mortality. In 1970 he began a 2-year study of caribou range on Southampton Island, and from 1973 to 1975 studied the feeding habits and habitat use of Peary caribou and muskoxen on Melville and Axel Heiberg Islands, NWT. In 1975 Gerry and his family moved from Ottawa to Sackville, New Brunswick where he worked out of CWS Atlantic regional office and continued his career in wildlife research. His projects included a study of the physical and reproductive condition of George River caribou, ecology of lynx on Cape Breton Island, a radio telemetry study of mortality in black ducks, and impacts of forestry on wildlife in Atlantic Canada. Gerry retired in 1997 at which time he joined the Institute for Environmental Monitoring and Research as a member of the Scientific Review Committee. As a biologist he published extensively on his research and in retirement has written four books on the wildlife of Atlantic Canada. Contact 23 Marshview Drive Sackville, NB E4L 3B2 Fax: (506) 364-5062 Email: autumnwoods@eastlink.ca Return to home page