Dr. Andrea Reid

A sockeye salmon jumping the falls on the Meziadin River

Wild Pacific salmon catches down 80 per cent, elders report

Wild Pacific salmon catches are one sixth what they were 50-70 years ago, Indigenous elders report. Employing Indigenous research methodologies, Dr. Andrea Reid interviewed 48 knowledge keepers from 18 First Nations across the Fraser, Skeena, and Nass rivers.

May 12, 2022

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Salmon camps show youth Indigenous science at work

Imagine a summer camp where you can watch grizzly bears catch salmon in streams, while learning about the migration and preparation of the fish hovering in the water at your feet.

Jan 25, 2022

Andrea Reid and John-Francis Lane with their salmon science camp participants from the Nisga’a village of Gingolx in the Portland Inlet on B.C. north coast in 2018. Credit: Andrew Stewart

Nisga’a scholar launches new Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at UBC

A new Centre for Indigenous Fisheries (CIF) is being launched at University of British Columbia, with Indigenous fisheries scientist, conservation biologist and Nisga’a Nation member Dr. Andrea Reid joining as Principal Investigator.

Jan 27, 2021