Science communicator, filmmaker, photographer, storyteller, and editor - finding the power in conservation communication

Nicole Van Zutphen

Nicole is an experienced science communicator as well as a documentary photographer and filmmaker. She received her BA in Creative Industries with a specialty in film at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), where she was inspired by the power that visual storytelling holds to educate, inform, and challenge antiquated narratives.

The start

Nicole began her career in multimedia communications for an NGO in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, focusing on the biodiversity of the Manu Biosphere Reserve and sustainable development of its communities. After returning to Toronto, she continued her focus in wildlife conservation, but shifted to urban landscapes as the Multimedia Coordinator for the Toronto Wildlife Centre – Canada’s largest wildlife centre and a leader in the field of wildlife rehabilitation.

YVR

Now calling Vancouver home, Nicole is the Communications Manager at Raincoast Conservation Foundation, an independent science organization working to safeguard the land, waters, and wildlife of coastal B.C..

Nicole collaborates with the scientists at Raincoast to support eight programs through conservation storytelling work.