Draft:Shelley Denny

Shelley Denny is the Director of Aquatic Research and Stewardship at the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources. Shelley has been a strong advocate for Mi'kmaq fishery rights and the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge and tradition with Western science for fisheries management. Shelley grew up in the Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Career
Shelly completed her Bachelor of Science at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, and later a Masters of Science in Biology at Saint Francis Xavier in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. She obtained her PhD in the Interdisciplinary Program from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Selected Publications

 * S. Denny, M. Nevin, A. Searle. 2022. Laying the groundwork: enhancing cross cultural understanding through two-eyed seeing. Environmental Studies Research Fund Report No. 222. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 18 p.
 * Denny, S.K. and Fanning, L.M., 2016. A Mi’kmaw perspective on advancing salmon governance in Nova Scotia, Canada: Setting the stage for collaborative co-existence. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 7(3).
 * Giles, A., Fanning, L., Denny, S. and Paul, T., 2016. Improving the American eel fishery through the incorporation of indigenous knowledge into policy level decision making in Canada. Human ecology, 44(2), pp.167-183.
 * Denny, S.K., Denny, A. and Paul, T., 2013. Distribution, prevalence and intensity of Anguillicoloides crassus in the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, in the Bras d'Or Lakes, Nova Scotia. BioInvasions Record, 2(1).
 * Crossin, G.T., Hatcher, B.G., Denny, S., Whoriskey, K., Orr, M., Penney, A. and Whoriskey, F.G., 2016. Condition-dependent migratory behaviour of endangered Atlantic salmon smolts moving through an inland sea. Conservation Physiology, 4(1), p.cow018.
 * Strople, L.C., Filgueira, R., Hatcher, B.G., Denny, S., Bordeleau, X., Whoriskey, F.G. and Crossin, G.T., 2018. The effect of environmental conditions on Atlantic salmon smolts’(Salmo salar) bioenergetic requirements and migration through an inland sea. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101, pp.1467-1482.
 * Denny, S. and Fanning, L., 2016. BALANCING COMMUNITY AUTONOMY WITH COLLECTIVE IDENTITY: MI'KMAQ DECISION-MAKING IN NOVA SCOTIA. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 36(2), p.81.