The Unama’ki Regional Team is led by Dr. Shelley Denny. UINR is Unama’ki’s Mi’kmaq voice on natural resources and the environment. The organization represents the five Mi’kmaq Nations in Unama’ki/Cape Breton, (Eskasoni, Membertou, Potlotek, Wagmatcook, We’koqma’q) on natural resources issues, contributing to an understanding and protection of Unama’ki’s ecosystem through research, monitoring, education, and management.

DeanuInstituhtta (the Deatnu Institute) is an Indigenous-led knowledge and documentation centre and publishing house located in Deatnu – Tana. Their work in the project will be to contribute to documentation of Sami language terminology and knowledge of the changing Deatnu watershed and perceptions of climate risks and changes. Key staff in the DeanuInstituhtta are professor in Sámi literature Harald Gaski and Sámi historian and leader of the institute Aage Solbakk. The institute conducts research and documentation within the field of traditional knowledge, with specific emphasis on documentation of salmon fisheries and the riverbased Sámi culture of the region.  

Sámediggi (Sámi Parliament of Norway) strengthens the Sámi's political position and promotes the Sámi's interests in Norway. Sámediggi contributes to equal and fair treatment of the Sámi people and works to create the right conditions for the Sámi to secure and develop their language, their culture and their social life.

The Centre for Water Resources Studies in the Faculty of Engineering is led by Dr. Graham Gagnon. Dr. Chad Walker and graduate students support this work.

The Sámi Regional Team is led by Dr. Camilla Brattland.

The team is comprised of Drs. Heather Smith, Bob Grabowski, Andrea Momblanch, and Michael Charlton.

Co-PI

Dr. Shelley Denny is from Eskasoni First Nation and is the Director of Aquatic Research & Stewardship at the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Graham Gagnon is the Director of the Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS) and Professor in the Department of Civil and Resource Engineering. Dr. Gagnon is also the Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University.

Research Team Lead

Dr. Chad Walker is an Assistant Professor in the School of Planning at Dalhousie University.

Co-PI

Dr. Brattland is an Indigenous coastal Sámi from Gáivuotna/Kåfjord in northern Norway and an associate professor in Sámi cultural studies at UiT The Norwegian Arctic University Museum.

Research Team Lead

Dr. Gaski is the chair of the board of the DeanuInstituhtta and a professor in Sámi culture and literature at UiT.

Co-PI

Dr. Heather Smith is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in water governance at the Cranfield Water Science Institute.

Research Team Lead

Dr. Robert (Bob) Grabowski is Reader (Associate Professor) in catchment science in the Centre for Water, Environment and Development at Cranfield University (UK).

Research Team Lead

Dr. Andrea Momblanch is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in water systems modelling in the Centre for Water, Environment and Development at Cranfield University (UK).