In 2014, the Miistakis Institute hosted a Citizen Science Conference, exploring this diverse field with sessions on program design, evaluation, policy implications, technology and applications in parks and protected areas. This links to the website that chronicled that event.
Elliot Fox
Indigenous Citizen Science in Traditional Blackfoot Territory & the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem: Blackfoot Science, Bison Repatriation & the Earthwatch-Kainai Community Fellows
Speaker Bio: Elliot is a member of the Kainai (Blood Tribe) First Nation (Blackfoot Confederacy) who has worked in natural resource conservation and land management in southwest Alberta for the past 24 years. He’s a graduate of the Renewable Resource Management, Environmental Science Diploma Program at Lethbridge College (1994). Elliot has worked with Parks Canada (Waterton Lakes), Alberta Fish & Wildlife and the Blood Tribe as a fish, wildlife, forestry and rangeland technician and manager. He just completed his second year of employment with the Earthwatch Institute as a co-lead technician with the Restoring Fire, Wolves and Bison to the Canadian Rockies Research Expedition based in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Presentation: Indigenous Citizen Science in Traditional Blackfoot Territory & the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem: Blackfoot Science, Bison Repatriation & the Earthwatch-Kainai Community Fellows