FISHES - Fostering Indigenous Small-scale fisheries for Health, Economy, and food Security

FISHES aims to integrate Genomics and Fisheries Science with Indigenous Knowledge to address critical socio-economic challenges and opportunities related to food security and commercial, recreational and subsistence fisheries. This project is funded through the competitive grant from Genome Canada (Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomic Solutions for Agriculture, Agri-Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture).

As a PostDoc with FISHES, I contribute to a multi-method study on Country Food Harvesting in Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak, Nunavut (Project co-founded by Polar Knowledge Canada), a participatory action research project on Indigenous Fisheries Governance and a Cumulative impact Study with Délı̨nę, Northwest Territories, a survey on Indigenous fishing derbies in Eeyou Istchee, Quebec, and a series of Food Security Workshops with the five hamlets of the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut.

Grants

2022-2023 Bezha, W., Reeves, E., Simmons, D., Martin, G, Strube, J, Schott, S., Social-ecological change in the Sahtú (Great Bear Lake) watershed: Cumulative impacts on Dene ts'ı̨lı̨ (knowledge and cultural identity) and relationships to fish. Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (CA$60.000)

Fieldwork Kitikmeot (Spring 22)

Fieldwork Délı̨nę and Gjoa Haven (Summer 22)

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