Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values

Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Kelly Munkittrick

Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Kelly Munkittrick

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Section A: Member information

  • Last name: Munkittrick
  • First name: Kelly
  • Affiliation(s): University of Calgary; Munkittrick Environmental

Section B: Competing interest(s)

  • Financial
    • Research funding: No
    • Employment: No
    • Personal financial interests (e.g. equity holdings or stock options): No
    • Consultancy remuneration, expert witness fees, etc.: Yes
      If a situation of perceived competing interest arises, I will immediately inform the ISB Chair and discuss potential remedies.
  • Non-Financial
    • Board membership in commercial, business, charitable or nongovernmental organizations: No
    • Unremunerated membership in advisory panel or committees: Yes
      If a situation of perceived competing interest arises, I will immediately inform the ISB Chair and discuss potential remedies.
    • Personal relationships: No

Section C: Statement of competing duties

  • Real, potential or apparent competing duties – please specify:
    Currently Chair a multi-stakeholder Science Team for Alberta Environment and Protected Areas related to the development of regulations regarding potential oil sands treated water return to the Athabasca River. There was an Oil Sands Process-affected Water Science Team from 2018-2020, and an Oil Sands Mine Water Science Team from 2020 until next now (it will stand down sometime in the next few months). I also sit on a Scientific Advisory Panel for Agneco Eagle gold mine in Nunavut, and on an International Scientific Committee for a Chilean national Research Network on water use in Mining in Agriculture,. I don't anticipate any conflicts with the latter two Boards, but the Science Team activities could get some publicity when the reports are released later this year.
  • Measures taken to eliminate, reduce or mitigate competing duties (to be completed by member and, where appropriate, the ISB Chair)):
    The OSMW Science Team Chair duties will end shortly, although there may be some meetings external groups that will take place in future to present the findings of the Science Team. Although the Chair is impartial (there are Industry scientists, Federal and Provincial Scientists, and technical representative for 7 Indigenous communities on the Science Team), there may be unhappiness with the outcomes of the reports from the Science Team. I will keep the ISB Chair informed of any potential meetings or publicity associated with the Science Team.

Section D: Statement of personal values

  • Personal values that might be perceived as influencing judgement - please specify:
    I do have strong feelings about sustainability. In my philosophy, I separate the issues of sustainability from acceptability, and define sustainability as protecting the existing conditions for future generations, and restoration and mitigation decision relate to the unacceptability of current conditions. It allows me to navigate some of the complications around monitoring study design. One of the major challenges with monitoring is defining a historical baseline. My definition allows the current or recent state to be baseline, and degradation from the recent baseline is unsustainable. Acceptability relates to decisions around the need to restore situations to a previous (better) state that is difficult to define, but progress towards that state is an aspirational goal. I can work with other definitions and approaches, but it does allow me to personally navigate philosophical challenges better.
Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: David Paterson

Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: David Paterson

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Section A: Member information

  • Last name: Paterson
  • First name: David
  • Affiliation(s): University of St. Andrews

Section B: Competing interest(s)

  • Financial
    • Research funding: No
    • Employment: No
    • Personal financial interests (e.g. equity holdings or stock options): No
    • Consultancy remuneration, expert witness fees, etc.: No
  • Non-Financial
    • Board membership in commercial, business, charitable or nongovernmental organizations: Yes
      Trustee "Scottish Seabirds Centre" and Chair: Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group (SOTEAG)
    • Unremunerated membership in advisory panel or committees:
      • Yes - Canadian Ocean Frontiers: Excellence, Impact and Engagement Committee (EIEC): Advisory to OFI-Managed Research Programs.(Current)
      • Scottish Government: Marine Science and Innovation Strategy Thinktank (2023 – 2025)
      • Orkney Independent Marine Advisory Group
    • Personal relationships: No

Section C: Statement of competing duties

  • Real, potential or apparent competing duties – please specify: No competing duties
  • Measures taken to eliminate, reduce or mitigate competing duties (to be completed by member and, where appropriate, the ISB Chair)): n/a

Section D: Statement of personal values

  • Personal values that might be perceived as influencing judgement - please specify:
    I believe that while developments are often essential to societal progress, they should be conducted after full and fair analysis of environmental and societal issues (for example: indigenous rights) and a balance struck between cost-benefit of each case.
Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Margaret Rubega

Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Margaret Rubega

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Section A: Member information

  • Last name: Rubega
  • First name: Margaret
  • Affiliation(s): Professor, University of Connecticut; Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History

Section B: Competing interest(s)

  • Financial
    • Research funding: No
    • Employment: No
    • Personal financial interests (e.g. equity holdings or stock options): No
    • Consultancy remuneration, expert witness fees, etc.: No
  • Non-Financial
    • Board membership in commercial, business, charitable or nongovernmental organizations: No
    • Unremunerated membership in advisory panel or committees: No
    • Personal relationships: No

Section C: Statement of competing duties

  • Real, potential or apparent competing duties – please specify: No competing duties
  • Measures taken to eliminate, reduce or mitigate competing duties (to be completed by member and, where appropriate, the ISB Chair)): n/a

Section D: Statement of personal values

  • Personal values that might be perceived as influencing judgement - please specify:
    I believe strongly that we have an ethical and moral duty to be responsible stewards of the natural world, and that science should be the basis on which environmental policy is made.
Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Hannah Wauchope

Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Hannah Wauchope

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Section A: Member information

  • Last name: Wauchope
  • First name: Hannah
  • Affiliation(s): The University of Edinburgh

Section B: Competing interest(s)

  • Financial
    • Research funding: No
    • Employment: No
    • Personal financial interests (e.g. equity holdings or stock options): No
    • Consultancy remuneration, expert witness fees, etc.: No
  • Non-Financial
    • Board membership in commercial, business, charitable or nongovernmental organizations: No
    • Unremunerated membership in advisory panel or committees: No
    • Personal relationships: No

Section C: Statement of competing duties

  • Real, potential or apparent competing duties – please specify: No competing duties
  • Measures taken to eliminate, reduce or mitigate competing duties (to be completed by member and, where appropriate, the ISB Chair)): n/a

Section D: Statement of personal values

  • Personal values that might be perceived as influencing judgement - please specify:
    I believe that we have an ethical duty to protect the natural world. However, I also believe in the importance of scientific rigour, and have devoted much of my career to improving confidence in scientific inferences. To that end, my views on the environment do not supersede my desire to analyse scientific data as objectively and fairly as possible.
Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Jean-Michel Weber

Member declaration of competing interests, competing duties and personal values: Jean-Michel Weber

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Section A: Member information

  • Last name: Weber
  • First name: Jean-Michel
  • Affiliation(s): University of Ottawa

Section B: Competing interest(s)

  • Financial
    • Research funding: No
    • Employment: No
    • Personal financial interests (e.g. equity holdings or stock options): No
    • Consultancy remuneration, expert witness fees, etc.: No
  • Non-Financial
    • Board membership in commercial, business, charitable or nongovernmental organizations: No
    • Unremunerated membership in advisory panel or committees: No
    • Personal relationships: No

Section C: Statement of competing duties

  • Real, potential or apparent competing duties – please specify: No competing duties
  • Measures taken to eliminate, reduce or mitigate competing duties (to be completed by member and, where appropriate, the ISB Chair)): n/a

Section D: Statement of personal values

  • Personal values that might be perceived as influencing judgement - please specify:
    As a zoologist and private citizen of Canada, I am thoroughly convinced that biodiversity must be protected
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