B.C. policy-makers urged to embrace controlled burns to reduce wildfire risk

My opinion piece in the Globe and Mail on why Canada needs to embrace long-term wildfire strategies that are informed by the best available science and millennia of Indigenous knowledge. Click on the image below to access the article.

I’m really proud to announce that I have been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship and an Early Career Research Grant from National Geographic for my postdoctoral research on Indigenous fire stewardship and wildfire resiliency in British Columbia, Canada. You can read more about my research here.

I recently contributed to CBC’s Quirks and Quarks special on the “Glass obstacle course: Why so few women hold top STEM spots.” This topic is so important. Find the article here and listen to the two-part special here. My voice is the first thing you hear on the program and my interview is intermingled with many of the inspiring women featured.

The Burning Bog is a mini documentary by Grant Callegari and the Hakai Institute on my fire history research on the Central Coast of B.C.

When PhD student Kira Hoffman first came to the BC Central Coast in the summer of 2012, she was struck by the wetness of the area. But surprisingly, while walking through a bog on Calvert Island, she saw charred trees with burnt scars. Why was there evidence of fire in a coastal rainforest, one of the wettest places in North America? Find out more at: https://www.hakai.org/research/kwakshua-watershed-program/fire-history-hecate-island Filmed and Produced by Grant Callegari Produced by Jimmy Thompson Edited by Meigan Henry

A dinnertime conversation at the Hakai Research Station is "A Feast of Ideas" to Jude Isabella. Featured in the October 2014 edition of The Walrus.

My field report about conducting research in bog ecosystems on Patagonia's blog, The Cleanest Line.

My research on coastal bog ecosystems has also been featured by the University of Victoria.

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B.C. policy-makers urged to embrace controlled burns to reduce wildfire risk