Nicole Van Zutphen
Communications Manager
Nicole is an experienced science communicator as well as a documentary photographer and filmmaker. She received her BA in Creative Industries with a specialty in film at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), where she was inspired by the power that visual storytelling holds to educate, inform, and challenge antiquated narratives.
Nicole began her career in multimedia communications for an NGO in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, focusing on the biodiversity of the Manu Biosphere Reserve and sustainable development of its communities. After returning to Toronto, she continued her focus in wildlife conservation, but shifted to urban landscapes as the Multimedia Coordinator for the Toronto Wildlife Centre – Canada’s largest wildlife centre and a leader in the field of wildlife rehabilitation.
Now thrilled to call Vancouver home, Nicole collaborates with the scientists at Raincoast to support all programs through the production of web pages, web articles, social media posts, maps, as well as photo and video storytelling.
In her spare time, you can find Nicole running, hiking, and taking advantage of all BC has to offer with her camera in hand.
Recent articles
Listening to protect
Our ongoing projects allow us to hear cetacean vocalizations in…
“Smile, you’re on a wildlife camera!” on Haíɫzaqv territory
Working to better understand how variables such as forest age…
Chinook salmon are getting smaller – and one explanation is uncomfortably familiar
Honey, I shrunk the Chinook.
The need for renewed federal commitment to The Wild Salmon Policy
New paper evaluates both the enduring relevance of the Wild…
30 years in the Great Bear Rainforest
How Haíɫzaqv principles and ongoing research will guide our future.
Canada’s Policy for the Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon
A framework for safeguarding salmon diversity and resilience.