Giles Shearing,
M.Sc., AScT (QEP)
SEC Principal and Lead Consultant
Experience: 15 years
SCL - 2012 to Present
Previously with BC Hydro and Envirowest
Professional Designation:
AScT, ASTTBC (2012)
Education:
M.Sc. - University of British Columbia
Focus: Freshwater fisheries, fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport (2016)
B.Sc.EM - Royal Roads University (2008)
Additional Training:
- Internal COR Auditor, BCCSA (2017)
- OFA L1 w/ AED and Transport (Exp. 2019)
- Swiftwater Tech L4, Rescue Canada
- Search Manager, JIBC
- Crew Resource Management
- SVOP and MED A3
- Electrofishing Crew Supervisor, NRTG (2018)
- Fishes of British Columbia Identification, Columbia Mountains Institute (2018)
- Fall Protection and Confined Space
- Wetlands Classification, Columbia Mountains Institute (2018)
Publications and Conference Proceedings
Laubman, R. and G.A. Shearing. 2017. Middle Shuwwap River Off-Channel Access Assessment. Prepared for: The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program Coastal, Burnaby. B.C. Prepared by: Yucwmenlúcwu, Enderby, B.C., and SEC Shearing Environmental Consultants, Revelstoke, B.C. Accessed online: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/acat/documents/r52618/COA_F17_F_1411_1500648027882_0647252357.pdf
Thomson, L. and G.A. Shearing. 2017. Upper Arrow Lakes: Airport Slough Dike Initiation Phase Assessment – Final Report. Prepared for: The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program Coastal, Burnaby. B.C. Prepared by: Yucwmenlúcwu, Enderby, B.C., and SEC Shearing Environmental Consultants, Revelstoke, B.C. Accessed online: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/acat/documents/r52850/COL_F17_W_1423_1507657772299_7649412937.pdf
Shearing, Giles Andrew. 2017. Sediment Transport and Bed Material Adjustments in the Vicinity of Wilsey Dam : Salmon Spawning Habitat Implications. Electronic Theses and Dissertations, University of British Columbia. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0343013
Shearing, G.A. 2016. Restoring the river’s sediment balance: dams, salmon and sediment. Poster presentation at the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology conference on Regulated Rivers, Castlegar, B.C.
Shearing, G.A. 2015. Mica Bird Survey Project, B.C. Bird Breeding Atlas, Summer Newsletter. Accessed online: http://birdatlas.bc.ca/download/newsletter_summer11.pdf
Shearing, G.A. 2015. Spring-a-dee-dee-dee: Birding Season is Here, Reved, Revelstoke, B.C. Accessed online: http://www.reved.net/2015/03/spring-a-dee-dee-dee-birding-season-is-here/
Shearing, G.A. 2013. Anadromous salmon spawning habitat in the Middle Shuswap River. Prepared for: The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program. Prepared by: SEC Shearing Environmental Consultants, Revelstoke, B.C. Accessed online: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/acat/documents/r39996/12.SHU.03_Interim_2013_1384960461980_ba4a2c2f0391bb4f60178ebf9f9bc38530555779545362b4530d5cd8298e267a.pdf
Shearing. G.A. 2013. Automated grain size method in ecohydrology. Presentation at the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology conference on New Ways to Use Digital Technologies in the Field, Castlegar, B.C.
University of British Columbia, 2012. Wilsey Dam [G. A. Shearing research]. University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C. Video accessed online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vQnzeXweeA