Lauren Eckert

PhD student (Chris Darimont)

Conservation science; environmental policy; ecology; human dimensions; knowledge bridging; equitable conservation

Office: DTB B109

MSc (UVic)

Explorer session co-lead/presenter/organizer, National Geographic 2021 Explorer’s Festival Explorer Takeover Session, Conservation "In A Good Way": equitably bridging knowledge types towards a better world with Dr. Andrea Reid and Dr. Losang Rabgey
Invited Speaker, Women Who Blaze Trails Festival, “Diving Back in Time: Interweaving Knowledge Types to Improve Marine Conservation” (February 2021
Invited Speaker, University of Victoria Dean’s Lunchtime Lecture Series, “Of Conflict and Coexistence: understanding human-wildlife relationships in a complex world”(June 2020)
Invited Speaker, Coastal Insights, “Episode 2 – Living in Harmony with Wildlife” Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Online (May 2020) *video accessible via hyperlink
Joint Presentation with Andrea Reid, “Applying a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach to Improve Research and Fisheries Management in the Anthropocene”, 1st Joint The Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society Conference, Reno, NV (September 2019)
Invited Speaker, Floating Ideas Lecture, “Towards Indigenous Marine Management: A case study of Yelloweye rockfish on the Central Coast of BC, Canada” Shaw Centre Aquarium, Victoria, BC (December 2018)