Weaving Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing in Wildlife Ecology

The Department of Natural Resource Sciences invites you to its Environmental Biology Seminar Series. Guest speaker is Dr. Jesse Popp, Canada Research Chair on Indigenous Environmental Science and Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. Everyone is welcome to attend.

In a world where unprecedented environmental change has resulted in wildlife population declines across the globe, interdisciplinary research that embraces multiple ways of knowing is critical to fostering the preservation of biodiversity and culture. Through a two-eyed seeing approach, weaving Indigenous and Western ways of knowing, substantial advances can be made to ecological science. This presentation will emphasize the value of two-eyed seeing as an approach to strengthen ecological research by presenting examples of other works, as well as on-going research in the WISE (Wildlife, Indigenous Science, Ecology) Lab at Mount Allison University.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Jesse Popp is a Canada Research Chair (Tier2) in Indigenous Environmental Science at Mount  Allison University. She is an emerging scholar and member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, and strives to promote inclusive science that embraces multiple ways of knowing while on her journey of learning and sharing. Her research and teaching weaves Indigenous and Western ways of knowing to contribute to the advancement of environmental and ecological science. Dr. Popp recognizes that the number of declining species across the globe are increasing, jeopardizing ecological and cultural integrity. Dr. Popp’s interdisciplinary research uses a two-eyed seeing approach to investigate the causes and consequences of wildlife population fluctuations in ecosystems and to Indigenous traditional ways of life, contributing to conservation, sustainability, and the progression of the natural sciences in the spirit of reconciliation.
*Also see: https://www.wiselab.ca/