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Jocelyn Joe-Strack, (Daqualama Da-kal-a-ma Aishihik First Nation) is an Indigenous Canadian scientist.

Education

She earned a degree in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Victoria, and a Master's degree in Northern Resources and Environmental Studies from the University of Northern British Columbia. She pursued a PhD at the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability. In 2017 she was one of three indigenous PhD students at the University of Saskatchewan to be awarded the Vanier Scholarship, a $150,000 scholarship over three years. Joe-Strack's PhD research looked at a traditional land use plan.

Career

She is a microbiologist, and hydrologist at Yukon University, where she is research chair in Indigenous Knowledge.

In early 2019 Joe-Strack was invited by a Canadian diplomat on a four-week speaking tour of embassies in Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and Stockholm, where she discussed indigenous approaches to climate change.

She was selected for a TikTok accelerator program in late 2021.

In 2022 Joe-Strack attended COP27, where she spoke on several panels. In November 2022 she was also elected to the Yukon First Nations School Board.

Personal life

Joe-Strack is a member of the Wolf Clan of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations. She speaks Southern Tutchone.

Her father, Willie Joe (d. 1997), was a member of the Yukon Native Brotherhood's executive council, which later became part of the Council of Yukon First Nations. In this role, he helped to negotiate the Umbrella Final Agreement. Joe-Strack's mother died in 2010.

Joe-Strack has one daughter.

References

  1. "Jocelyn Joe-Strack". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  2. ^ White, Dave (27 June 2021). "Yukon University's new research chair in Indigenous Knowledge has big plans". CBC. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ Glazebrook, Henrytye (14 July 2017). "Land and language intertwined for SENS student". University of Sasketchewan News. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  4. ^ Hwang, Priscilla (6 June 2017). "Yukon First Nations woman wins 'ferociously competitive' 150K scholarship for PhD on land use planning". CBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. "Publications | Jocelyn Joe-Strack - Daqualama". scholar.yukonu.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  6. "Indigenous scientist from Northern Canada to share climate change insights at embassies in Europe". Eye on the Arctic. 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  7. Rosano, Michela (8 February 2019). "Interview: Lessons from Indigenous Peoples on climate change". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  8. "Indigenous creators get a boost from TikTok accelerator program". CBC. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  9. Connors, Sara (2021-11-06). "TikTok picks First Nations woman in Yukon for accelerator program". APTN News. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  10. "Indigenous knowledge, cabin life and sandwiches: Yukoners sink their teeth into TikTok". CBC News. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  11. "'Big message': Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27". Trail Daily Times. 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  12. "The newly-minted Yukon First Nations School Board elected its trustees. Now what?". Yahoo News. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
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