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Finding keys to salmon resiliency through research

Sustainable fish populations depend on resilient ecosystems. With climate change, habitat loss and other environmental pressures posing significant threats to both fish stocks and their habitats, researchers at UNBC’s Quesnel River Research Centre (QRRC) are working to understand the impacts of those pressures on salmon and develop strategies to preserve salmon species for future generations.

UNBC Celebrates Promotions of Trailblazing Faculty Members

UNBC celebrated the promotion of 15 faculty members, including Dr. Indrani Margolin and Dr. Caroline Sanders, who have achieved the rank of full professor.

UNBC scientists receive $5 million grant for salmon research in Quesnel Lake

While the project focuses on salmon populations in the Quesnel watershed, the team of researchers expects the findings to be application to other large lake systems in the Pacific Northwest undergoing climate change.

New volcano course advances Indigenization

Students participating in a summer geography course will spend six days learning about both the Nisga'a history and culture surrounding the Sii Aks volcano and volcanology.

UNBC researchers secure nearly $2 million in funding

Eleven UNBC researchers received funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's Discovery Grant Program.

Holterman, Dr. Devin

PhD, MES (York University)

Instructor

Department of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Ecosystem Science and Management, Geography

Phone

403-800-4359 ext. 149

devin.holterman@unbc.ca

Campus

Off Campus

Biography

Dr. Devin Holterman leads a collaborative research project with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) and the University of Northern British Columbia that looks to develop an evidence-based social science research program for Y2Y.

Devin's research interests include investigating the political, economic, and ecological dynamics of biodiversity conservation and the extractive industries and, in particular, where the two sectors converge.

In Tanzania, his doctoral research examined how transnational resource extraction benefits from the biodiversity crisis, how protected areas are becoming increasing fortified, and how protected and conserved areas affect the lives of people and wildlife.

Devin has also co-founded the Beyond Extraction Research Collective and has worked with various not-for-profit groups around the world.

He enjoys climbing, hiking, snowboarding, and exploring the world alongside his young son.

Research and Expertise

Research Fields

Conservation
Environment
Geography

Areas of Expertise

Biodiversity conservation, extraction, political ecology, conservation social sciences, territory, political geography.

Languages Spoken

English

Selected Publications

Youdelis, M., Douhaibi, D., Holterman, D., Paudel, K., Preston, V., Remmel, T. K., Lunstrum, E., Mensah, J. (2021). Out of bounds: The BHER bones of teaching geography across borders. In W. Giles and L. Miller (Eds), Borderless higher education for refugees: Lessons from the Dadaab Refugee Camps. Bloomsbury.

Massé, F., Lunstrum, E. & Holterman, D. (2018). Linking green militarization and critical military studies. The Journal of Critical Military Studies, 4(2), 201-221.

Holterman, D. (2014). The biopolitical war for life: Extractivism and the Ugandan oil state. The Extractive Industries and Society. 1(1) 28-37.

Holterman, D. (2014). Slow violence, extraction and human rights defence in Tanzania: Notes from the field. Resources Policy (40) 59-65.

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