Geoff Wickstrom

Risk Assessment Specialist | Toxicologist | Collaborator

Customized solutions to meet your organizational goals and regulatory requirements.

About

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Bio

Geoff Wickstrom, MASc, RPBio
Principal Environmental Scientist | Risk Assessment Specialist

Geoff has nearly 30 years of environmental consulting expertise supporting First Nations, government, and industry across Western Canada. While Geoff’s primary focus is Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment, his experience spans the contaminated lands spectrum from site identification, investigation, remediation/risk management planning, risk communication, and regulatory navigation. Geoff has also worked within the BC provincial and Canadian federal processes for Environmental Impact Assessment, providing supporting technical reports related to Health Impacts, Referrals support to First Nations on projects proposed within their territories, and he has presented on the topics of Adaptive Management Strategy development and implementation and Risk Assessment.

Grounded in science and guided by respect for traditional and organizational knowledge, Geoff is known for his transparent, pragmatic, and collaborative approach helping clients make informed decisions that protect community health and the environment.

Services

  • Human Health Risk Assessment

  • Country Foods Risk Assessment

  • Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment

  • Terrestrial Ecological Risk Assessment

  • Sediment Quality Assessment

  • Habitat Quality Assessment

  • Environmental Assessment/Permitting Support

  • Adaptive Management Strategy Development

  • First Nation “Referrals” Support

Additional Activities

  • Director (Secretary) - Comox Valley Project Watershed Society

  • Member (#1377) - BC College of Applied Biologists

  • Member - BC Association of Professional Biology

  • Member - Science Advisory Board for Contaminated Sites in BC (SABCS)

  • Member - BC Sediment Standards Technical Advisory Committee
    (SABCS and BC Ministry of Environment and Parks collaboration)

  • Associated Member (#2166) - Alberta Society of Professional Biology

  • Member - Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

Education

  • 2006 - Master of Applied Science (Toxicology), RMIT University
    Melbourne, AUS

  • 1995 - Bachelor of Science (Ecology / Environmental Biology), UBC Vancouver, BC

  • 1996/97 - BCIT Coursework in Environmental Engineering Program
    Burnaby, BC

Projects

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From strategy and scope clarification to project completion, I’m ready to help you solve your health and environmental impact challenges. I promise a client-centric approach that eases concerns, respects organizational and traditional knowledge, and delivers scientifically defensible work that meets regulatory and community requirements.