Contact Information, Directions & QUBS Personnel

Dr. Stephen C. Lougheed

Director. Baillie Family Chair in Conservation Biology: Professor in Biology and Environmental Studies, who uses genetics, genomics and spatial ecology to help understand origins of species and impacts of human activities on species of conservation concern. Works and teaches all over the world spanning Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America.

Associate Director: Professor in Biology and aquatic ecologist who investigates the effect of local environmental conditions and regional connectivity on community composition and function.  She uses a combination of lake surveys and field mesocosm experiments to determine how zooplankton communities respond to environmental changes that result from the spread of invasive species, climate change, aqueous calcium decline, and acidification.

Senior Manager, QUBS: After graduating with a M.Sc. in Biology from Queen's, Sonia worked in Nunavut for the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs as project manager providing advice and project management services for the assessment and re-mediation of contaminated sites across the Canadian Arctic. In March 2008 she joined Institutional Programs with Queen’s Research Services facilitating successful applications to Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canada Research Chairs Secretariat, and the Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence Program. Sonia has spent several field seasons in remote locations in British Columbia, the Arctic and overseas.

Justine Macdonald

Operations & Stewardship Manager, Opinicon:

Justine holds a BA in English from York University and an MA in Applied Language from Carlton University.  From tree planting to teaching, Justine brings a wide range of skills and experience to QUBS.  Most recently, Justine taught EAL at Queen’s School of English where she was a key developer and teacher of the Queen’s Career Gateway programme, an employment pathway for casual employees from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, often newcomers to Canada. As the pioneering teacher of this highly successful programme, Justine received a Queen’s staff award in 2022.  

Justine also spent a year teaching grade seven in in a remote northern Ontario community where she gathered data for her MA thesis on Indigenous literacies. Always passionate about nature and the environment, Justine was a tree planter and a tree thinner for two years, also in Northern Ontario.  Along the way, Justine has developed a variety of management, building and carpentry skills, and has worked as an installer, coordinator, and project manager for both residential and commercial construction companies.   Justine also had her own business installing hardwood floors and tiles. There are few practical skills she has not acquired and none that she is not happy to learn.  Justine is delighted that her education and experience, both formal and informal, have come together so serendipitously in her position at the Opincon campus of the Biological Station.  

jkm8@queensu.ca

Outreach and Teaching Coordinator: Following her Biology degree from the University of Guelph, she spent several years working with fish, wildlife, and plants with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Realizing her passion for educating, she completed her teacher training at Queen’s and went on to work in several outdoor education roles, as a classroom teacher, and an educational content developer for online resources. Emily is the co-chair of the Lanark County Stewardship Council.

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Operations Coordinator, Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre:  VACANT

Please send queries to elbowlakebookings@queensu.ca