Marni Turek

Watershed Management Research Extension Facilitator, Career and Personal Education Program Coordinator

Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences

Email: marni.turek@ubc.ca

Biography

Marni has 20 years of experience working on a wide range of sustainability related initiatives in multiple sectors, including local government, not-for-profit, junior mineral exploration, collaborative watershed-based organizations and academia. Catalyzing opportunities to bring people together across disciplines and sectors to create value-added partnerships and progress towards achieving shared goals has been at the core of Marni’s work. As Watershed Management Research Extension Facilitator, she works to create programs to increase knowledge sharing opportunities and engage with the community on water and watershed related topics.

Responsibilities

The Watershed Management Research Extension Facilitator works closely with the Research Chairs in Watershed Management to develop and deliver programs that advance important research, foster connections between research and industry, engage with community partners and enrich student learning. For more information, please visit: https://watersheds.ok.ubc.ca