Kim-Ly Thompson

Education

• BSc, Biology and Environmental Studies, McGill University
• MA, Environmental Studies, University of Victoria

Biography

Kim-Ly is part of a CIHR-funded coast-wide research initiative supporting climate adaptation and resilience of coastal Indigenous fisheries. She is interested in community- and land-based adaptation actions and is particularly drawn to intertidal social-ecological relationships. 

Kim-Ly holds a BSc in biology and environmental studies from McGill University, and an MA in marine ethnoecology from the University of Victoria. Since 2015 she has worked with the Gitga’at First Nation (first as staff member, then as a Masters student and community-based researcher in collaboration with UVic) to monitor traditional food resources, with a focus on marine species. Most recently her work centered on co-designing and supporting a community-based monitoring program based in the observations of harvesters and knowledge holders to inform Gitga’at stewardship, land rights, education and wellness objectives. She is grateful for the opportunity to continue learning with and supporting her adoptive community as a doctoral student while sharpening her research skills