Author: Kate Field

Kate Field is a PhD Student at the University of Victoria and a Raincoast Conservation Foundation Fellow. Her work is made possible through the support of BC Parks and the Nuxalk Nation.

A grizzly sits down in the mud and sand by the water.

Raincoast research

Building a model of nonhuman animal behaviours

2020-06-242020-06-24

Defining animal behaviour requires careful observation and the use of measurable markers to quantify those behaviours. Recent calls for consistency in defining and coding animal behaviour have stemmed from variation in how behaviours are defined within and across species, which …

Grizzly bear head and shoulders peeks out of green water with logs fallen in the background

Raincoast research

Studying effects of ecotourism on grizzly bears

2019-09-302019-12-17

Kate Fields on her research: "I am interested in how fitness-enhancing behaviour of grizzly bears is affected..."

Desk with a laptop computer on it and a red chair facing a window out of a wooden cabin looking out into the forest

On the coast

A dry and quiet space to write

2019-09-242019-12-17

"I am grateful to allies during field work who provide dry and quiet space to write..."

Back of brown grizzly bear's head and shoulders visible as it swims across green water

Raincoast research

A summer swim

2019-09-122019-12-17

Who says it's too late in the summer for a float? Guided by Nuxalk Stewardship, we use methods in ethology to investigate...

Person with a yellow backpack hiking through a forest on a mountain slope

On the coast

Nuxalk Territory

2019-06-162019-12-17

Conducting research, hiking to the river...

Heads and shoulders of three people visible from the back in a boat cockpit

On the coast

On the water

2019-05-092019-12-18

On the water, in Nuxalk Territory.