In 2014, the Miistakis Institute hosted a Citizen Science Conference, exploring this diverse field with sessions on program design, evaluation, policy implications, technology and applications in parks and protected areas. This links to the website that chronicled that event.
Michael Quinn
Speaker Bio: Michael Quinn is the AVP - Research, Scholarship & Community Engagement at Mount Royal University. His academic career has spanned a wide range of interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability topics and projects. His love for ecology and natural history found a home in citizen science when he was a teen. In 1987 he coordinated the largest number of participants ever recorded in a Christmas Bird Count - 1288 right here in Edmonton.