About Trudy Sable, is Director of the Office of Aboriginal and Northern Research at the Gorsebrook Research Institute, Saint Mary’s University and an adjunct professor of Anthropology. She is the SMU representative to University of the Arctic and to the Atlantic Association of Universities Working Committee...
About Dr. Salas holds a B.S. in Biology and MS in Marine Biology, she obtained her PH. D. at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada (Resource management and environmental studies). She spent a year in Halifax at Saint Mary’s University as a postdoctoral fellow working...
About I was born and grew up in Ysysk-Köl province of Kyrgyzstan. The province was named after the big lake that is located in that area. Ysyk means hot, köl stands for lake. Issyk-Kul is the world’s second-largest high-altitude lake and a major biological and economic...
About Juan Carlos Seijo obtained his MSc (1979) and Ph.D. (1986) degrees at Michigan State University in Resource Economics and Systems Science. He is currently a Professor of fisheries bioeconomics and Coordinator of the PhD program in Bioeconomics of Fisheries and Aquaculture at Universidad Marista de...
About Cristiana Simão Seixas coordinates the Commons Conservation and Management Group (CGCommons) and holds a researcher position at the Environmental Studies and Research Centre (NEPAM), the State University at Campinas (UNICAMP). She is Adjunct Professor at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Manitoba, Canada, and...
About I was born in Namibia, a country rich in natural resources and beauty. When I moved to Cape Town my passion for the ocean was kindled. In school I started diving and subsequently pursued my undergraduate degree in Marine Ecology. After finishing the degree I...
About Merle Sowman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. She obtained her PhD in 1994 and has been involved in research, consulting and training in the fields of environmental and coastal management and governance,...
About Larissa Sweeney is the current Coordinator and a Research Associate with the Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN). As the Coordinator, she creates a variety of outreach materials for the network, including social media posts, webpages, and the quarterly newsletter, ‘Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods Review’, in...
About Meagan Symington is originally from Vancouver Island, BC. Before beginning her university career she spent many years traveling around the world, working as a scuba instructor and amateur underwater photographer. The experience gained from this field of work ignited a passion for environmental conservation, with...
About Samantha Williams completed her Master’s degree (Development Studies) at the University of the Western Cape in 2005. Soon after, she joined the Environmental Evaluation Unit (EEU) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where she worked on various projects which included research on coastal and...
About Rebecca Zimmerman is an oceans-focused researcher whose work and volunteer experience has largely revolved around technical field studies and the biophysical dimensions of resource management. Since the completion of her Masters degree in Resource and Environmental Management (MREM) at Dalhousie University in 2015, Rebecca has...
About Alex Zachariah Chaligne, originally from Kerala, India, received his Bachelors from Dalhousie University in Halifax, and has recently graduated from the University of Manitoba’s Natural Resource Institute with a Masters in Natural Resource Management. Under the guidance of Dr. Fikret Berkes, Alex’s research took him to...