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Indigenous leadership is essential to conservation: Examples from coastal British Columbia

  • Andrea Reid (author)
  • Natalie Ban (author)
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Title Indigenous leadership is essential to conservation
SubtitleExamples from coastal British Columbia
ContributorAndrea Reid (author)
Natalie Ban (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0395.15
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0395/chapters/10.11647/obp.0395.15
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
CopyrightAndrea J. Reid; Natalie C. Ban;
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2025-01-30
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Andrea J. Reid and Natalie C. Ban provide invaluable guidance from the perspective of an indigenous scientist and a ‘colonialist-settler’ scientist who has long worked with tribal people in marine resource systems. Their experiences provide invaluable advice on how to engage in these systems. They focus on the necessity of collaborating with Indigenous leaders from developing the problem definition, to designing culturally appropriate pathways to solutions, to designing implementation approaches that suit the local culture and biophysical setting. Reid is an advocate of ‘Two-Eyed Seeing’ which recognizes the value of Western and Indigenous perspectives and proposes maintaining both views to operate effectively in these situations. They provide engaging examples from coastal British Columbia.

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Andrea Reid

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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WWdYxJgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Dr. Andrea Reid is a citizen of the Nisg̱a’a Nation, a descendant of the Gisk’aast/Killerwhale clan, with her paternal family coming from Ging̱olx. She was raised, however, on Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island by her mother (Irish ancestry) and brothers, and now lives in the Nass River Valley, home of her Nation, in Lax̱g̱alts’ap. Dr. Reid joined the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia as an assistant professor in 2021, and is now a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Fisheries Science (Tier 2). She has launched and now leads the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, committed to research and teaching approaches that are intergenerational, land-based, and profoundly relational.

Natalie Ban

(author)
Professor at University of Victoria

Dr. Natalie Ban, a Professor at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies in Canada and currently the President’s Chair in Social Sciences, is a marine conservation scientist who mixes social and natural sciences to understand conservation issues, priorities and actions for coastal species, places, and communities. Co-creating projects with and guided by research partners, she weaves multiple perspectives with conservation science to help devise effective strategies that balance the needs of human communities with the sustainability of marine populations. Having obtained her PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies from the University of British Columbia, and a Master’s degree in Geography from McGill University, Natalie’s research focuses on marine conservation, fisheries, marine protected areas, and marine spatial planning. She has published over 140 peer-reviewed papers, and has received multiple awards for her scholarship, including being inducted in the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars in 2022, and being selected as a NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellow (2021-2023).

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