Kelp gardening: Co-designing research to support climate-resilient kelp forests by bridging Indigenous and western science

This project supports researchers from the Haíɫzaqv Climate Action team and Simon Fraser University, to co-design a kelp gardening experiment with Haíɫzaqv Y’mas hereditary leaders, marine managers, knowledge holders, and kelp harvesters. Through a series of on–line and in-person conversations and site visits, it will advance their understanding of the Nation’s kelp-climate research needs to support culturally informed, climate-resilient caretaking practices of wild kelps within Haíɫzaqv territory.