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Facts, science, and data are important, but they don't change people's minds or behaviours to create a more just, biodiverse, and healthy world.

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This is where the power of storytelling comes in.​

Hi - I'm Carmen Koessler (née Smith)

Storyteller | Communications Strategist | Science Communicator

​I am a Canadian science communicator and communications strategist with 10+ years of experience delivering creative communications and public engagement programs in Canada and Australia.

 

I am deeply committed to recognizing and using my privilege as a straight, white settler to ally with justice-seeking groups through my work effectively. I love working with purpose-driven organizations to help make the world a more just, kind, biodiverse, and sustainable place.

 

I am a strategic problem solver and big-picture thinker with a proven ability to connect people and communities to campaigns, projects, and stories.

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Interested in unlocking the power of your story?

Certifications, Training &
Technical Skills

  • Video Storytelling Certificate – UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute (2022)

  • Data Visualization for Storytelling Certificate – UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute (2021)

  • VisualStory - Developing Persuasive Presentations - Duarte (2018)

  • Media & Communications Master Class – Science in Public (2018)

  • Business Development Training - Richard Woodward (2016)

  • Coaching & Counselling Training - Warner Consulting Auz Pty (2015)

  • Conservation Conflict Transformation Training – Conservation for Peace (2013)

  • Alliance Française - Elementary French (2020 - 2021)

  • Pleasure Cruise Operating Card - Transport Canada (2013)

  • SEACR Marine Naturalist Course (2012)

  • PADI Open Water Diver Certification (2006)

Education

Awards & Recognition

3rd Place in Canada - TD Canada Go Green Scholarship for short video featuring aquaponics research.

Bachelor of Science - Major in Biology, Minor in Geography.

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University of Victoria

Victoria BC Canada - (2008 - 2013)

Graduated with Distinction (top 20% of my class)

Directed Resarch

  • Coastal gray wolf (Canis lupus) diet on Calvert Island and the Goose Islands in BC - University of Victoria (2013)

  • Chronic oil pollution: the biological impacts and unforeseen risk associated with introducing supertanker traffic to BC coastal waters - University of Victoria (2013)

  • Independent Research on Aquaponics - University of Victoria (2011)

I have worked with and learned from many organizations, nonprofits, and businesses along the way...

Ways we can work together

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I have been fortunate to live, learn, and work in beautiful places around the world.

I currently run my digital business from Victoria, BC, Canada, on the Coast Salish and Straits Salish Territories of the lÉ™k̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples and am grateful for their continued care and connection to these lands and waters.

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