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Tomm is a current Masters student in the Faculty of Environment’s School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability. His research focuses on exploring the effects of fire as a management tool to guide the restoration and conservation alvars - one of the world’s most globally-rare ecosystems. His research explores experimental burning techniques for the conservation of habitat composition and structure for species at risk and grassland breeding birds. He previously explored the behavioural ecology of African male elephants as it related to crop-raiding behaviour on farms in the Makgadikgadi and Nxai Salt Pans in Botswana. Tomm joins STEC in 2016 after having managed and transitioned a rural health care clinic in the Dominican Republic between 2008-2012. He has also served on the Board of Directors for the Dominican-Canadian Community Development Group and St. Paul’s College at the University of Waterloo. Tomm has been instrumental in progressing the mandate of several student organisations through various executive roles in his undergraduate career. Tomm’s passion to engage with STEC is driven by a need to redefine the classroom, teaching modes, and styles, to deliver material in new and innovative ways, which cater to the multitude of learning styles exhibited by diverse students in post-secondary institutions in a world driven by hands-on practical applications. Let the box be redefined!