CV - David Hope


I am currently working as a quantitative wildlife biologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. I have extensive statistical and modelling experience, but also love to be in the field.


Education

2013-2018
PhD, Biological Sciences; Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC)

Thesis title: The role of adaptive behaviour in migratory counts of shorebirds.

2007-2010
MSc, Biological Sciences; Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC)

Thesis title: The influence of the predator landscape on migratory decisions in two shorebird species.

2000-2005
BSc, Animal Biology Major; University of British Columbia (2003-2005); Bamfield Marine Science Centre (Fall 2004); University College of the Cariboo (2000-2002)

Key Skills

Hierarchal modelling Behavioural modelling Mark-recapture analysis
R Python C++
ArcGIS Jmp SAS
Avian tagging and tracking Migratory modelling Bayesian analyses
Project management Team management Supervisory experience
Quick learner Effective communicator Good problem solver

Publications

2024
L Leston, et al. A framework to support the identification of critical habitat for wide-ranging species at risk under climate change Biodivers Conserv (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02761-1.
2021
DD Hope, A Drake, D Shervill, MJF Lemon, MC Drever Correlates of annual stopover counts in two species of arctic-breeding shorebirds: roles of local, breeding, and climatic drivers Waterbirds 44 (1), 13-29 https://bioone.org/journals/waterbirds/volume-44/issue-1/063.044.0102/Correlates-of-Annual-Stopover-Counts-in-Two-Species-of-Arctic/10.1675/063.044.0102.full

R Canham, SA Flemming, DD Hope, MC Drever. Sandpipers go with the flow: Correlations between estuarine conditions and shorebird abundance at an important stopover on the Pacific Flyway. Ecology and Evolution 11 (6), 2828-2841 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.7240.

2020
DD Hope, DB Lank, PA Smith, J Paquet, RC Ydenberg Migrant Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) Have Over Four Decades Steadily Shifted Towards Safer Stopover Locations. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8, 3.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00003/full
2019
Hope, D.D, C. Pekarik, M.C. Drever, P.A. Smith, C. Gratto-Trevor, J. Paquet, Y. Aubry, G. Donaldson, C. Friis, K. Gurney, J. Rausch, A.E. McKellar & B. Andres. 2019. Shorebirds of conservation concern in Canada – 2019. Wader Study 126(2): https://www.waderstudygroup.org/article/12804/.

Ydenberg, R. and Hope, D. (2019), Danger management and the seasonal adjustment of migratory speed by sandpipers. Journal of Avian Biology. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/jav.02202

2018
Hope, D. D., M. C. Drever, J. B. Buchanan, M.A. Bishop, G. Matz, and M. J. F. Lemon (2018). Trends in timing of spring migration along the Pacific Flyway by Western Sandpipers and Dunlins. The Condor: August 2018, Vol. 120, No. 3, pp. 471-488. DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-17-126.1
2014
Hope, D. D., D. B. Lank, and R. C. Ydenberg. Mortality-minimizing sandpipers vary stopover behavior dependent on age and geographic proximity to migrating predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology:1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1695-x
2013
Kurle, C.M., C.V. Kappel, D.D. Hope, A. Lam. Invasion Status of Terrestrial Mammals on Uninhabited Islands within the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. Northwest Science, 87(2), 178-184.
2011
Hope, D.D.; D.B. Lank, B.D. Smith and R.C. Ydenberg. Migration of two calidrid sandpiper species on the predator landscape: how stopover time and hence migration speed vary with proximity to danger. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 523-530. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05347.x

Non-academic Publications

2017
Hope, D. and R. Ydenberg. Taking the pulse of a migration. BirdWatch Canada. Spring 2017, Number 79.

Selected Presentations

2018
Hope, D. D., “The role of adaptive behaviour in migratory counts of shorebirds.” Environment Canada Pacific Wildlife Research Centre seminar series, Delta, BC.
Hope, D. D., M. C. Drever, J. B. Buchanan, M.A. Bishop, G. Matz, and M. J. F. Lemon. “Divergent trends in migration timing of shorebirds along the Pacific flyway.” Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. Seattle USA.
Canham R, Hope D, Johnston R, Lank DB, Ydenberg RC. “A practical and informative sandpiper monitoring procedure for the Salish Sea.” Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. Seattle USA.
2017
Hope, D. D., D.B. Lank and R.C. Ydenberg. “Southbound semipalmated sandpipers have shifted to safer stopover sites since 1974” Western Hemispheric Shorebird Group Meeting 7. Paracas Peru.
Hope, D. D. and R.C. Ydenberg “Leading indicators for conservation: Utilizing a model of stopover site selection and citizen science surveys to assess census trends” Western Hemispheric Shorebird Group Meeting 7. Paracas Peru.
2016
Hope, D. D., “Taking the pulse of a shorebird population: Utilizing hypothesis-testing to understand the role of migrant behaviour in shaping census counts” Environment Canada Pacific Wildlife Research Centre seminar series, Delta, BC.
2015
Hope, D. D., D. Bradley, and R. Ydenberg “Utilizing hypothesis-testing to understand the role of migrant behaviour in shaping census counts” International Wader Study Group Meeting.
2013
Hope, D. D., K. Barry,. & R.C. Ydenberg. Taking the pulse of western sandpiper migrations: lessons from a hypothesis- testing approach to citizen-science. Western Hemispheric Shorebird Group Meeting 5. Santa Marta Colombia.
2009
Hope, D.D., D.B. Lank, B. Smith & R.C. Ydenberg. Does predation danger shape age-specific migration strategies? Poster Presentation. Western Hemispheric Shorebird Group Meeting 3.Mazatlan, Mexico.

Work/Volunteer Experience

Title Description Date
Quantitative wildlife biologist Environment and Climate Change Canada May 2019 - Present
Shorebird Biologist Environment and Climate Change Canada October 2018 - May 2019
Executive Officer Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo Aug - Dec 2012
Organizing Assistant International Statistical Ecology Conference 2012 - Oslo, Norway July 2012
Assistant Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Universitetet i Oslo June - Aug 2012
Volunteer World Wildlife Fund, Oslo - Trude Myhre April - June 2012
Research Assistant Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Universitetet i Oslo April - June 2012
Volunteer WildResearch - Avian Monitoring 2011
Graduate Student University of Victoria - Ecology of Raccoons on Islands 2010 - 2011
Research Technician University of Victoria - Ecology of Raccoons on Islands 2010
Research Technician (volunteer) Simon Fraser University - Capturing breeding and juvenile sandpipers in Alaska 2008 & 2009
Volunteer Whistler Bear Research Team 2006-2007
Research Assistant Amy Newman, Department of Psychology, UBC, Vancouver 2005
Library Assistant UBC Main Library, Vancouver 2003 - 2005

Teaching Experience

2018
Teaching Assistant - BISC 405 Neurobiology - Simon Fraser University. 8 Months. Spring and Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant - BISC 421 Models in Biology: From Molecules to Migration - Simon Fraser University. 4 Months. Spring 2018
2008-2010
Teaching Assistant - BISC 102 Introductory Biology - Simon Fraser University. 9 Months. Spring/Fall 2008, and Spring 2010.

Academic Awards

Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference Award

SFU President’s PhD Scholarship, 2016

NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship 2013-2015

WHSG Travel Award 2013

King-Platt Memorial Fellowship - 2010-2011

UVic Graduate Fellowship - 2010-2011

Northern Scientific Training Program Grant 2008 & 2009

SFU Graduate Fellowship, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2017

SFU Biological Sciences Travel Award 2009

UBC Deans Honour List 2004-2005

BMS Academic Scholarship, 2004

UBC Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship, 2003-2004

Passport to Education / Graduation Program Examinations Scholarship, 1999

Language Training

Norwegian
Norskkurs 1-3, Insensiv Folkeuniversitetet Oslo December 2011- March 2012
French
Explore French Immersion Program Western Ontario, Trois Pistoles, PQ July - August 2005

Community Involvement

Fair Vote BC/SFU - Organizer for campaign to enact electoral reform in British Columbia

Plastic Bag Free SFU - Founder/member of coalition that was working towards removing plastic bags from the campus of Simon Fraser University

Climate Change Action Group SFU - Member of group working to enact positive change on campus with regards to climate change

Web

www.sfu.ca/~dhope : PhD thesis project webpage

www.davidhope.ca : Professional webpage

www.github.com/dhope : Code from previous and ongoing analyses


mail@davidhope.ca • Gatineau, QC