Magali Grégoire (she/her)

Kylie Swann (she/her)

  • Born and raised in Sackville, Nova Scotia, Kylie is studying Marine Biology at Dalhousie University. She has always been interested in the Ocean from a young age and spent much of her time sailing, swimming, and exploring the ocean and its critters!

Interested in joining our team?

View our open roles here.

Staff

  • Growing up in Halifax, Enya has always loved spending days at the beach kayaking, collecting sea glass and admiring all of the wonderful ocean creatures. This interest in the ocean led her to Volunteer at the Back to the Sea Touch Tank Hut in the Summer of 2021 where her love for intertidal species and desire for ocean conservation continued to flourish. She joined our staff team for the summer 2024 season and returned to following summer. She has been working as our Program Assistant ever since!

    Enya is about to graduate from a Bachelor of Science (Honor’s) at Queen’s University specializing in Environmental Toxicology. Apart from loving the ocean, Enya loves thrifting, reading, and videography.

Owen Weigelin (he/him)

Enya Hickey (she/her)

  • Bio coming soon!

  • Born in Ontario, Charlotte moved to Halifax to study Marine biology at Dalhousie University. She loves being outside especially near the water, lake or ocean it doesn't matter! She also finds seaweed absolutely fascinating (trees too). She cannot wait to meet all the future ocean lovers at the centre this summer!

  • Magali is a museologist, biologist and informal educator with a passion for making people fall in love with creepy crawlers. She holds a B.Sc in Biology and an M.A. in Museum Studies.

    After working in science museums in Quebec and Newfoundland, Magali settled in Halifax where she founded the Back to the Sea Centre. She lives in Eastern Passage with her husband and two young kids, with the ocean as her backyard - a daily reminder of why ocean education is such important work!

Charlotte White (she/her)

Board Members & Committees

Board of Directors

Kate d’Entremont, Co-President

Kat Mataya, Co-President

Natasha Tucker, Vice-President

Nicole Chretien, Treasurer

Shawn Adderley

Blair Crawford

Natalie Gilson

Andrew MacKinnon

Jaymie Paisley

Jonathan Primack

Ella Traversy

John Woodrow

Senior Committee Members

Meghan Borland, External Action Committee

Kaitlin Burek, Special Tasks Committee Chair

Ronnie Noonan, External Action Committee

Joy Samuel, Internal Affairs Committee

Special Tasks Committee

Kaitlin Burek, Chair

Sarah Brown

Maddy Cameron

Laurel Dykun

Adam MacCormack

Kareena Mahtani