Jim Haggart is a Research Scientist at the Vancouver office of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) specializing in Jurassic-Cretaceous stratigraphy and macrofaunal paleontology. He obtained graduate degrees from University of California prior to moving to Ottawa to join the GSC. Jim has led geological mapping programs in Haida Gwaii, the Coast Mountains and central Interior regions of British Columbia, and in the Baffin Bay area of Nunavut. He served recently as Vice-Chair of the International Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Chair of the North American Commission on Stratigraphy (NACS). Locally, Jim served as Chair of the British Columbia Paleontological Alliance (BCPA) for many years and helped to establish province-wide outreach and educational initiatives fostering strong relationships between professionals and amateur paleontology groups. He has also provided extensive advice and expertise to the British Columbia Provincial Government in helping to establish a Fossil Management Framework for the province as well as a Provincial Fossil. Jim has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications and over 125 published conference abstracts. He has also produced over 200 Paleontological Reports for the Geological Survey of Canada, many of them on British Columbia fossils.
