Andrea Reid

Assistant Professor

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Canada Research Chair

Tier II, Indigenous Fisheries Science

Principal Investigator

Centre for Indigenous Fisheries

Research Unit

Centre for Indigenous Fisheries

Awards

Contact Information

Email: cif@oceans.ubc.ca
Website: Centre for Indigenous Fisheries

Degrees:
B.Sc., McGill University
M.Sc., McGill University
Ph.D., Carleton University

Biography

Dr. Andrea Reid is a citizen of the Nisga’a Nation and an Assistant Professor with the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. She has launched and is leading the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, working to build an inclusive hub for the study and protection of culturally significant fish and fisheries. Her research program adopts highly interdisciplinary and applied approaches to improving our understanding of the complex interrelationships between fish, people and place. Reid’s PhD in Biology (Governor General’s Gold Medal; Carleton University, 2020) centred on multiple stressor effects on Pacific salmon, using tools and insights from Indigenous and Western sciences in tandem. Reid is a cofounder of Riparia, a Canadian charity that connects diverse young women with science on the water to grow the next generation of water protectors. She is also a National Geographic Explorer and a Fellow of The Explorers Club.

Research Interests

Dr. Andrea Reid is an Indigenous fisheries scientist who employs community-based approaches and Indigenous research methodologies in her study of culturally significant fish and fisheries. Her freshwater and coastal research creates space for fishers, knowledge keepers, youth, and other community members to be full partners in the research process. Together, they investigate: (i) leading threats to aquatic ecosystems and their interactive effects for fish, people and place; (ii) consequences of fisheries-related stressors for fish and methods to ameliorate survival; (iii) Two-Eyed Seeing approaches to assessing aquatic ecosystem and fish health and evaluating associated changes through time and space; and (iv) Indigenous understandings and methodologies for effectively stewarding fish and waterways.

Teaching

FISH 506I Co-creating Aquatic Science
HGSE320A Indigenous Fisheries Science
SCIE 113 – First-Year Seminar in Science
Nisg̱a’a Youth Science Camps
Riparia Youth Paddling Trips

Publications

Centre for Indigenous Fisheries – publications list
Google Scholar

A collaborative study examined the concept of Indigenous data sovereignty in the context of salmon-bearing ecosystems in BC. The authors argue that successful conservation in the face of cumulative effects and climate change will require scientists to respect and incorporate Indigenous data sovereignty.