Everyone needs an inspirational reel! Keep rising up friends! The work is hard, but so important. I’ve opened up my Instagram for more of the day to day happenings of my work, come follow along! instagram.com/reel/C7a-WWfOP…

Good medicine in the Cowichan Estuary today with grad students Alyssa and Nava! Assessing cultural plant health, quantifying threats, and taking aerial images today. Check out the wren nest 💙🐦‍⬛🪺 #ecology

Just out here, trying to work ethically and in truth, and not have my defense of that dismissed as being the “angry Indian”. Guess I’ll console myself that I’m not alone. #nativesinstem #nailedit

Indigenous Ecology Lab members, Nava and Alyssa, are out in the Cowichan Estuary documenting the Quw’utsun intertidal food system for Cowichan Tribes. Currently in a sea of camas. I may be jealous! The Nature Trust of BC #ecology #indigenousfoodsystems

A big congratulations to Indigenous Ecology Lab member, Vanessa Jones, for passing her comprehensive exam today! Congrats to the first PhD candidate of the lab, we are so proud of you!! 🙌🏽UBC Forestry #ecology #womeninstem #microbialecology #invasivespecies

Devil’s club harvesting today. Grateful to our friends who share their homelands with us. #plantmedicine #nativesinstem

Days on my homelands, with my Elders, our plants, & the next generation of cultural & language revitalizers… I was welcomed home by one of our plant knowledge keepers. There are simply NO WORDS. I wept as I knelt amongst the lilies. #nativesinstem #lostrelatives #ecology

Another week on Canada’s bestseller list! Happy long weekend all! cbc.ca/books/the-best… #newbooks #ecology . #climatechange #indigenousauthors CookeMcDermid Knopf Canada

The big news is out! Thank you SSHRC & NCTR for support of our project to contribute to reconciliation in Canada, “Developing and Implementing Indigenized Wildfire Recovery Processes for Ecological & Food Systems Reconciliation on St’at’imc Territory”.

My heart is so full. Sleeping on my territory next to the Thompson River at language fluency camp where I get to teach alongside my Elders about our plants and stewardship. For so long this was something only in my dreams. #nativesinstem #ecology

“If you’ve come to make a difference, you laugh as much as possible.” - Maya Angelou. I was reflecting on this as laughter is the sound I think of in my work in communities, and with my amazing cousins, like pictured here.

Grateful for another week on Canada’s bestseller list amongst some awesome authors. cbc.ca/books/the-best… #newbooks #ecology #indigenousauthors

We use cultural plants to increase resiliency on our farm. Thimbleberry is great for vertical structure to retain soil moisture and reduce soil temps for lower growing crops like herbs. They also make great snacks while weeding! #indigesnacks #ag #ecology

Obligatory northern lights photo of my daughters atop Little Mountain for the show of a lifetime. #NorthernLights #parksville #vancouverisland #bc

Thank you to the Society for Outdoor Recreation Professionals for bringing me to Lake Tahoe as the keynote for the National Outdoor Recreation Conference. It was great to be with so many parks and forest service folx and to take in the incredible lands and waters here!

Who’s catching a ride with you? Look out for #hitchhikers like #invasive Eurasian Water Milfoil. Always clean your boat hull, motor and fishing gear after use. May is B.C. Invasive Species Action Month! ow.ly/mmGM50RxrC7

Our review paper on the impacts of invasive plants and their management on forestry is now available Open Access here cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/ca… #invasivespecies #ecology #invasiveplants #forestry

It’s available now my US friends! U of MN Press #newbooks #nativesinstem #ecology

Had a lovely time Ottawa Writers Festival Thank you for having me. It was a wonderful discussion with Kahente Horn-Miller. #newbooks #climatechange #ecology #ottawainternationalwritersfestival