FISH 506I / EOSC 448

Governance and Relationality in Indigenous Fisheries

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Credit Value: 3 Credits

Schedule: Term 2, 2026

Prerequisites, Restrictions, and Notes: Students can enroll at the graduate (FISH 506I / EOSC 448), undergraduate, or non-degree seeking levels – we welcome registrants from and beyond UBC. 

Admission to this course is by application (linked here annually). Given our focus and intentions for this course, priority access is given to BC First Nations.

Description: The main pillars of this course are Indigenous languages and laws, principles and ethics, governance and sovereignty, and methodologies and practices as they pertain to Indigenous fisheries and aquatic ecosystems and, critically, their care and maintenance in the truly long term.

This course creates an opportunity for network-building and co-learning across the province of so-called British Columbia and beyond. The curriculum and assignments centre community interests and priorities, and features guests and knowledge holders (leaders, scientists, and community members).

Please direct any questions to the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries.


Course Instructors: Dr. Andrea Reid (Nisga’a Nation) and Dr. Kii’iljuus Barbara Wilson (Haida Nation)