Cynthia Wright
Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 West Saanich Road,
Sidney, B.C. V8L 4B2

Originally from Ontario, Cindy received her Honours B.Sc. from the University of Guelph in 1990 and for a short time worked at the Ministry of the Environment in Toronto and at the University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus. In 1992 she moved out to Victoria, British Columbia and did her M.Sc. at the University of Victoria with Dr. Christopher Barnes on the neodymium isotopic signature of Ordovician conodonts as proxy indicators for past oceanic environments. After finishing the degree in 1995, she returned to her first love, marine biology, and has since then worked as a consultant in a wide range of areas including Marine Protected Areas, conservation management, sedimentary studies, fisheries research, physical oceanographic processes, benthic ecology, and taxonomy. Mud continues to fascinate her.

In her spare time she enjoys racing outrigger canoes, coaching dragon boating, and various types of printmaking and alternative photography.