Sara Cannon

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Coho salmon swim at the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Capilano River Hatchery, in North Vancouver in 2019. Indigenous knowledge and data can help advance conservation efforts as long as the data, and its keepers, are treated with respect. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Indigenous data sovereignty can help save British Columbia’s wild salmon

Sara Cannon, University of British Columbia; Alexander Tahkwakin Duncan, University of British Columbia, and Nigel Sainsbury, Simon Fraser University

Indigenous knowledge is a boon to environmentally responsible efforts, but only if the data — and its holders — are treated with respect.
Women and people of colour experience “chilly climates” at academic science conferences. (Shutterstock)

Race and gender still an issue at academic conferences

Sara Cannon, University of British Columbia; David A. Reid, PhD, PAg, University of British Columbia; Kiely McFarlane, University of British Columbia; Leonora King, University of British Columbia; Lucy MacKenzie, University of British Columbia; Marc Tadaki, University of British Columbia, and Michele Koppes, University of British Columbia

The geosciences are the least diverse of all STEM fields. Inhospitable climates at academic science conferences may be one of the reasons.

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