Libby Dean, Rebecca Zimmerman and Shannon Hicks work as Research Associates with Dr. Tony Charles at Saint Mary’s University, on OceanCanada
Partnership projects and for the Community Conservation Research Network. While Libby, Rebecca and Shannon have come to this work from various backgrounds, it turns out that all three have or are pursuing Master’s degrees at Dalhousie’s School for Resource & Environmental Studies.
Libby’s background includes a degree in Human Ecology, and working as senior project coordinator with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Canada’s National Inuit organization). She continues related work doing graphic recording at meetings with Indigenous communities, often on wildlife and health topics in Labrador.
Rebecca comes from Ontario and has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from University of Waterloo. She recently moved back to Nova Scotia to be closer to the ocean and to work in ocean-related research.
Shannon is a Nova Scotian and did her undergraduate Environmental Studies degree at Saint Mary’s University. She has a wide array of interests, including means of increasing adaptive capacity at the community level.
This dynamic team is striving to better understand and support coastal communities as they plan for – or create a vision of – the community’s future. The team’s research investigates how coastal communities in Nova Scotia are addressing various aspects of their future, including economic, environmental, and social considerations. Dr. Tony Charles and the team of researchers hope that this research will contribute to larger, Canada-wide and even global conversations about how coastal communities can prepare for the future.
This dynamic team is striving to better understand and support coastal communities as they plan for – or create a vision of – the community’s future. The team’s research investigates how coastal communities in Nova Scotia are addressing various aspects of their future, including economic, environmental, and social considerations. Dr. Tony Charles and the team of researchers hope that this research will contribute to larger, Canada-wide and even global conversations about how coastal communities can prepare for the future.