Dr. Andrea Reid
Dr. Reid is of the Nisg̱a’a Nation and one of UBC’s newest Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Dr. Reid launched, and leads, the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at the IOF, working to build an inclusive environment for the study and protection of culturally significant fish and fisheries. She is also an assistant professor at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and along with her research team and Indigenous community partners, is focused on bringing together Western and Indigenous sciences and tools for the benefit of all.
Indigenous fishing technologies were and are often built with fish wellbeing in mind, with deeply selective abilities that allow fishers to make real-time decisions about catching and releasing females and/or larger-bodied organisms, as examples, and to avoid bycatch in the first place. Dr. Reid strives to honour the teachings of Etuaptmumk — Two-Eyed Seeing or the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language — which brings together the strengths and knowledge from both Indigenous and Western ways of knowing, as they examine and address fisheries-based conflicts on Canada’s East and West Coasts and aim to identify long-term solutions for fisheries sustainability and equitability in Canada and beyond.
Dr. Reid will receive her Award at a Gala being held on November 2, 2023.