About the Unama’ki Regional Team

The Unama’ki Regional Team with UINR & Dalhousie researchers and local collaborators is led by Drs. Shelley Denny and Graham Gagnon. Dr. Walker is a research team lead and co-lead WP1 with Dr. Brattland from UiT. Dr. Denny co-leads WP3 with Dr. Smith from Cranfield University and Dr. Gagnon leads WP4. The key Indigenous partner in the Team is the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources. The Team meets regularly with the Sápmi and Cranfield regional teams and is supported by an Indigenous-led steering committee.

This team works with the 5 Mi’kmaq First Nations of Unama’ki (Cape Breton) using the expertise from UINR and support from Dalhousie University. The local community engagement and collaborators will strengthen Mi’kmaw participation and leadership in the development of a multiple knowledge base for the region, while the Sharing our knowledge project will offer exchange of experiences and knowledge across Indigenous knowledge and water sciences based on the Two-Eyed Seeing approach.

Researchers and Master students will be recruited by the project to facilitate the knowledge mobilization work between Dalhousie University and the local communities.