Indigenous fisheries have so often been ignored, overshadowed, or in many cases supplanted by Western and dominant approaches to fishing since the onset of colonization. Our work in the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries in the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia, on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory, is to challenge this frame and re-centre Indigenous fisheries as sites of knowledge building and sharing as well as community practice and connection. This talk by Dr. Andrea Reid, citizen of the Nisga’a Nation and Assistant Professor of Indigenous Fisheries at UBC, will introduce attendees to the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries – its membership and partnerships – committed to delivering science for the shared benefit of fish, people, and place.

The Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) at UNBC hosts a weekly lecture series at the Prince George campus. Anyone from the university or wider community with interest in the topic area is welcome to attend. Presentations are also made available to remote participants through Zoom Webinar. Go to http://www.unbc.ca/nres-institute/colloquium-webcasts to view the presentation remotely.

For Online participants only - Pre-registration (free) is required to attend this presentation; https://unbc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QJpLvhu8SQGScRFqRJmP7A

Past NRESi colloquium presentations and special lectures can be viewed on our video archive, available here.

This event is funded by the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP). The FWCP is a partnership between BC Hydro, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, First Nations, Public Stakeholders and the Province of BC, to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by existing BC Hydro dams.