Science, Governance, and Relationality in Indigenous Fisheries |
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| Credit Value: 3 Credits
Schedule: Term 2, 2026/7 Prerequisites, Restrictions, and Notes:Students can enroll at the graduate (FISH 506I) or undergraduate and non-degree (EOSC 448) levels – we welcome registrants from and beyond UBC. Admission to this course is by application (linked here annually). Priority for joining the course cohort is given to: host Nation members and other Indigenous students; participants in the IOF’s Indigenous Community-Based Researcher Pathway; and new members of the CIF. Description:The goal of this course is to recognize the deep wisdom that is generated and carried through Indigenous fishing systems. The science, governance, and relationality that is embedded within these systems is essential to caring for fish and waters into the future. 2027 Theme:Unsettling “Indian Fishing” and Restorying Indigenous Fisheries This hybrid course combines online classes with in-person, land-based experiential learning centred on Indigenous fisheries. In this offering, we will critically and carefully examine historic and existing narratives of Indigenous fishing activities, using Hilary Stewart’s “Indian Fishing” as the core course text, and students will engage context-specific Indigenous source material to restory these practices, activities, and how they are governed and sustained by Indigenous Peoples. This offering also gives students time and opportunity in the Nass River Valley to interact with Nisg̱a’a ts’eets’iks (land), ayuuḵ (law), adawaaḵ (stories), hoon (fish), g̱alts’ipts’ap (villages), t’ist’isit (elders), g̱a’aadit (fishers), and gyuwil (even more). Please direct any questions to the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries. Course Instructors:Dr. Andrea Reid (Nisg̱a’a Nation), Dr. Ḵii’iljuus Barbara Wilson (Haida Nation), and colleagues. |
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