Free event hosted in part by Dr. Swanson! You will hear from Mary Jane (Gùdia) Johnson, an Elder from Kluane First Nation, Lawrence Ignace, a policy analyst who is Anishinaabe, Kate Ballegooyen, Resource Manager for Kluane First Nation, and Carmen Wong, ecologist for Kluane Park
Proud to share the research of our female @water_institute members on #InternationalWomensDay including Prof. Heidi Swanson from @WaterlooSci "First Nations Fish safe to eat: Finding fish that are high in fatty acids and low in mercury" https://t.co/UyOw6N5aBd #WomenInWater
Ensuring fish are safe to eat in the Canadian north: @WaterlooBio researcher Heidi Swanson works alongside Indigenous communities to combine traditional knowledge with western science. Read more: https://t.co/pJy1ntqYcl #UWaterloo
Heidi Swanson is working to understand how catchment characteristics impact fish mercury concentrations... chlorophyll concentrations and forest cover are very important @NWF_Research@GWFutures