Annette Dehalt
- Contact:
- Dehalt@camosun.bc.ca
- Credentials:
- BSc, BEd, MSc
- Area of expertise:
- Marine Biology, Vertebrate Ecology, Anthrozoology
About Annette Dehalt
Annette Dehalt (BSc, BEd, MSc) is a retired instructor from Camosun College’s Biology Department and Environmental Technology Program. Throughout her career, she has incorporated topics of animal sentience, compassionate conservation and anthrozoology into her biology lectures. Annette also initiated and facilitated an Animal Ethics group at Camosun.
She has been a leader in interweaving Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wisdom with the Western Science curriculum, hoping to foster deeper respect and kinship for non-human animals and all of life. Annette has volunteered as a humane education coordinator/presenter for the SPCA’s school programs, and still serves on the BCSPCA regional council. She further served as vice president and scientific advisory group chair of the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS), promoting co-existence and humane, non-lethal population management of urban wildlife.