Dana Lepofsky, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Latest papers

The global relevance of locally grounded ethnobiology.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2024
Ancient DNA reveals phenological diversity of Coast Salish herring harvests over multiple centuries.
Scientific reports · 2022
11,500 y of human-clam relationships provide long-term context for intertidal management in the Salish Sea, British Columbia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Cultivating Resurgence: A Deep Time Approach to People-Plant Relations and Indigenous Food Sovereignty
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$90,686
Influence of institutional trust on life satisfaction: A multilevel analysis of 28 nations through the Covid-17 pandemic and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$32,525
Protecting and Honouring Archaeological Heritage in the Salish Sea Through Community-Engaged Research
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$272,640

All 14 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

The global relevance of locally grounded ethnobiology.

Fernández-Llamazares Á, Teixidor-Toneu I, Armstrong CG, Caviedes J, Ibarra JT, Lepofsky D, McAlvay AC, Molnár Z, Moraes RM, Odonne G, Poe MR, Sharifian Bahraman A, Turner NJ

Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13002-024-00693-w PMID: 38762450

02

Ancient DNA reveals phenological diversity of Coast Salish herring harvests over multiple centuries.

Petrou EL, Kopperl R, Lepofsky D, Rodrigues AT, Yang D, Moss ML, Speller CF, Hauser L

Scientific reports2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17656-4 PMID: 35933511

03

11,500 y of human-clam relationships provide long-term context for intertidal management in the Salish Sea, British Columbia.

Toniello G, Lepofsky D, Lertzman-Lepofsky G, Salomon AK, Rowell K

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1905921116 PMID: 31611398

04

Intraspecific DNA contamination distorts subtle population structure in a marine fish: Decontamination of herring samples before restriction-site associated sequencing and its effects on population genetic statistics.

Petrou EL, Drinan DP, Kopperl R, Lepofsky D, Yang D, Moss ML, Hauser L

Molecular ecology resources2019

DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12978 PMID: 30561168

05

3500 years of shellfish mariculture on the Northwest Coast of North America.

Smith NF, Lepofsky D, Toniello G, Holmes K, Wilson L, Neudorf CM, Roberts C

PloS one2019

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211194 PMID: 30811412

06

Between a rock and a soft place: Using optical ages to date ancient clam gardens on the Pacific Northwest.

Neudorf CM, Smith N, Lepofsky D, Toniello G, Lian OB

PloS one2017

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171775 PMID: 28182645

07

Ancient clam gardens increased shellfish production: adaptive strategies from the past can inform food security today.

Groesbeck AS, Rowell K, Lepofsky D, Salomon AK

PloS one2014

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091235 PMID: 24618748

08

High potential for using DNA from ancient herring bones to inform modern fisheries management and conservation.

Speller CF, Hauser L, Lepofsky D, Moore J, Rodrigues AT, Moss ML, McKechnie I, Yang DY

PloS one2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051122 PMID: 23226474

Cultivating Resurgence: A Deep Time Approach to People-Plant Relations and Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Armstrong, Chelsey Geralda D.

Keywords: historical ecology; landscape archaeology; paleoethnobotany; restoration ecology; Indigenous knowledge

$90,686

Influence of institutional trust on life satisfaction: A multilevel analysis of 28 nations through the Covid-17 pandemic and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Habibov, Nazim

Keywords: institutional trust; life satisfaction

$32,525

Protecting and Honouring Archaeological Heritage in the Salish Sea Through Community-Engaged Research

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: community-based archaeology; Northwest Coast; Salish Sea; local governance; heritage protection

$272,640

Empowering a Nation: The Laxgalts'ap Website and Mobile App Project, Gitga'at Territory, Northern Coastal British Columbia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: Indigenous heritage; Northwest coast; education and outreach; Gitga'ata; oral traditions

$49,963

Protecting and Honouring Archaeological Heritage in the Salish Sea Through Community-Engaged Research

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: community-based archaeology; Northwest Coast; Salish Sea; local governance; heritage protection

$98,040

Teachings from Huyat: a cultural keystone place of the Heilstuk

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: cultural landscapes; identity; Northwest Coast; history; oral traditions

$20,000

Historical ecology of cultural keystone places of the northwest coast

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: historical ecology; northwest coast; ethnoecology; archaeology; cultural landscapes

$231,600

Exploring distinct indigenous knowledge systems to inform fisheries governance and management on Canada's coasts

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: indigenous knowledge systems; western knowledge systems; knowledge mobilization; fisheries; Canada

$1,997,900

Ancient resource management and use among the Northern Coast Salish

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: resource management; traditional ecological knowledge; northern coast salish

$80,384

The Herring School: visualizing culture, ecology, and management to support sustainability on BCs Central Coast

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Public Outreach Grant Open Category

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: cultural keystone species; herring; Central Coast; Great Bear Rainforest; Heiltsuk; ecosystem based management

$49,752

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Dongya Yang

Department of Archaeology

2 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Lepofsky, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The global relevance of locally grounded ethnobiology." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Protecting and Honouring Archaeological Heritage in the Salish Sea Through Community-Engaged Research" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]