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Real Talk: Career Stories

Explore real-world strategies for attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent in the ocean sector

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Free
Course Length:
1 Hour
Career Stage:
All Career Stages
EP PD Credits:
3
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Course Length:
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Career Stage:
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Speaker: Sarah Cook
Executive Director - SeaChange Marine Conservation Society

Sarah is a Registered Professional Biologist with a passion for coastal habitat mapping, marine conservation, and restoration of nearshore communities. Sarah is currently the Executive Director of SeaChange Marine Conservation Society a move she made in 2023 after over 20 years in the environmental consulting sector. Sarah has imaged over 15,000 km of shoreline in BC, Alaska, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from a helicopter with the ShoreZone program and still loves seeing new parts of the coastline and poking around in tidepools.
Speaker: Phoebe Dray
Director of Operations and HR - Dynamic Ocean Consulting Ltd.

Phoebe joined the Dynamic Ocean Consulting team in April 2023, and brought her diverse background in business, accounting, management and leadership skills to the fast-paced environmental consulting firm. Since being with Dynamic Ocean, Phoebe has transitioned from her role as Senior Accountant to Director of Operations and HR. She supports the company with business development opportunities, HR administration and management, operational functions and business management.

Topics Covered:

  • Real stories of hiring wins and missteps
  • Skills-based testing to improve hiring outcomes
  • Importance of soft skills and a willingness to learn
  • Building connection in remote and hybrid teams
  • Navigating company transitions and aligning teams
  • Creative engagement strategies, including rotating fieldwork and social committees
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Reconnaissance des terres

Dans un esprit de respect, de réciprocité et de vérité, nous honorons et reconnaissons Moh’kinsstis, le territoire traditionnel du Traité 7 et les pratiques orales de la confédération des Pieds-Noirs : Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, ainsi que les nations Îyâxe Nakoda et Tsuut’ina. Nous reconnaissons que ce territoire abrite la Nation métisse de l’Alberta, la région 3 au sein de la patrie historique des Métis du Nord-Ouest. Enfin, nous reconnaissons toutes les nations qui vivent, travaillent et se divertissent sur ce territoire, et qui l’honorent et le célèbrent.

Land Acknowledgment

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3, within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we recognize all Nations who live, work and play on this land and honour and celebrate this territory.