Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Publications
Training
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
ACADEMIC POSTS
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Alexis Harvey

Alexis Harvey

Summary

Senior environmental advisor with strong background in sustainability and environmental management. Adept at driving impactful environmental initiatives and fostering team collaboration to meet organizational goals. Skilled in regulatory compliance, risk assessment, and environmental impact analysis. Reliable and adaptable, seamlessly integrating into dynamic work environments to deliver results. Dr. Harvey is designated a Qualified Person (QP) with respect to the Site Assessment and Corrective Action Plan Chapters of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Environmental Advisor

Federated Co-operatives Ltd
11.2022 - Current
  • Managed a portfolio of impacted sites in southern Saskatchewan, to ensure environmental compliance, assess impacts, manage risk, and complete corrective actions when necessary
  • Facilitated stakeholder engagement sessions to gather input on proposed projects, addressing concerns proactively to avoid delays or conflicts down the line.
  • Provided expert guidance on environmental regulations, ensuring company-wide understanding and compliance with all applicable laws and standards.
  • Assisted project managers in incorporating best practices for environmental protection into day-to-day operations and decision-making processes.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to environmental management, ensuring continuous alignment of organizational practices with legal requirements.
  • Led training in environmental due diligence and sustainable petroleum operations with local Co-ops.
  • Led cross-functional teams to complete environmental site assessments, ensuring regulatory adherence and minimizing human and ecological risk.

Toxicologist/Risk Assessor

SNC-LAVALIN INC.
01.2011 - 01.2020
  • Provides technical support to the Risk Assessment Team within Engineering Services
  • Develops site-specific risk assessment and risk management plans for contaminated sites across Canada including mines, landfills, petrochemical facilities, military bases and urban developments
  • Conducts and reviews human health and ecological risk assessments for various chemicals (petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins and furans, pesticides); specific tasks include data gap analysis, problem formulation, exposure assessment, toxicity/effects assessment, risk characterization, and uncertainty evaluation
  • Develops site-specific guidelines for petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, and salinity in soil, groundwater, surface water and soil vapour
  • Reviews historical data and compiles information to formulate a conceptual site model
  • Conducts statistical analysis on environmental datasets to determine exposure point concentrations for use in risk assessments
  • Assists in the completion of Phase I, II, and III environmental site assessments including monitoring and sampling, data interpretation, and reporting


Education

Ph.D. - Environmental Toxicology

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
01.2011

B.Sc. - Toxicology, High Honours

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
05-2004

Skills

  • Contaminated site characterization
  • Human health risk assessment
  • Ecological risk assessment
  • Statistical analysis
  • Conceptual site models
  • Risk management
  • Risk Communication
  • Fate and transport of contaminants

Publications

  • Changes in Liquid Water Alter Nutrient Supply Rate and Gas Diffusion in Frozen Antarctic Soils Contaminated with PHC, Envir. Tox. Chem. 2011, 31: 395-401.
  • Validating Potential Toxicity Assays in Frozen Soil, Envir. Tox. Chem. 2011, 31: 402-407.
  • Adhesion and Enrichment of Metals on Human Hands from Contaminated Soil at an Arctic Urban Brownfield, Envir. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43: 6385-6390.
  • Influence of Liquid Water and Soil Temperature on PHC Toxicity in Antarctic Soil, Envir. Tox. Chem. 28: 1409-1415.
  • Soil Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment in Antarctica, in Bioremediation of PHC in Cold Regions, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Training

  • 2021 Risk Communication in a Changing World, Online workshop delivered by Trevor Smith Diggins and Ronald Brecher
  • 2018 Subsoil Salinity Tool, Alberta Environment and Parks, Calgary, AB (Certificate #SST-2018-0413-026)
  • 2013 Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Federal Contaminated Sites Training Session, Environment Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • 2012 Environmental Statistics using ProUCL, Society of Contaminated Sites Approved Professiona, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • 2012 Hazard Perception Targeted Training, Alert Driving Web Based Program, Canada
  • 2011 Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Clear Language Regulations, Canada
  • 2011 Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Training Program, SNC-Lavalin Inc., Canada

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

  • Sustainable Remediation More Ways Than One. SustainTech, March 2025. Saskatoon, SK
  • Adaptive/Risk Management of Off-Site Brine Migration. Saskatchewan Mining Association Environmental Forum, October 2021.
  • Analysis of Surface Water Quality at Seven Legacy Uranium Mines in Saskatchewan, Remediation Technologies 2019, Banff, AB.
  • Assessing Sub-surface Salinity Impacts Using a Risk Based Approach, SustainTech 2018, Saskatoon, SK.

ACADEMIC POSTS

  • 2011 Post Doctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Outreach project on community adaptation to pipeline development in the Yukon.
  • 2010 Curriculum Development for Post Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Agriculture and Land Management, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • 2007 - 2010 Teaching Assistant (AG111, ES110, ES420), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Timeline

Senior Environmental Advisor - Federated Co-operatives Ltd
11.2022 - Current
Toxicologist/Risk Assessor - SNC-LAVALIN INC.
01.2011 - 01.2020
University of Saskatchewan - Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology
University of Saskatchewan - B.Sc., Toxicology, High Honours

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