Jonathan Whiteley
Senior Research Analyst at Statistics Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJonathan Whiteley is a bilingual senior research analyst in Ottawa with over 15 years of interdisciplinary experience translating ecological science into policy-relevant analysis across academia, federal departments, and national assessment bodies. With a PhD in ecology and hands-on expertise in R and Excel-based statistical and bibliometric methods, he currently leads R&D for Canada's System of Environmental Economic Accounting—Ecosystem Accounting at Statistics Canada. His background spans biodiversity science, climate impacts, ocean science policy, and niche topics like wind turbine noise and human health, enabling him to bridge technical analysis and stakeholder-facing communication. He has led survey validation teams and designed new data processes for labour and economic statistics, demonstrating a rare blend of ecological modelling and applied government analytics. Comfortable as an individual contributor and team leader, he routinely synthesizes complex evidence for expert panels and policy audiences. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic researcher who pairs rigorous quantitative skills with a clear focus on actionable environmental policy outcomes.
15 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Ecology, M.Sc., Ecology at Simon Fraser UniversityB.Sc.(Env), Biology, Ecology, B.Sc.(Env), Biology, Ecology at University of GuelphDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ecology, Biodiversity Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ecology, Biodiversity Science at McGill University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
git-repo7
vim7
rmarkdown6
macos6
axis-labels6
pandoc6
latex6
ggplot6
vim-plugin6
rstudio6
markdown6
r6
r-package5
visualization4
ide3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jawhiteley/Zotero-scripts
Dec 2011 - Dec 2016
Contributions:26 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
jawhiteley/R_training_jaw
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:85 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
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