Shelley Denny

Shelley Denny is a Mi’kmaq from Eskasoni First Nation and the Director of Aquatic Research and Stewardship at the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR). She attended Acadia University where she obtained her BSc in biology. Denny later obtained her MSc in biology at St. Francis Xavier University, and PhD at Dalhousie University. Her research interests are in exploring ways Indigenous and Western knowledge can be used for the benefit of all, known as Two-Eyed Seeing. Her doctoral research built on her current interest and experience at UINR by exploring how Aboriginal and treaty fisheries can be governed in Nova Scotia using Two-Eyed Seeing.

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