Student examining whether fish in Sudbury-area lakes safe to eat
, 2023-01-10 20:23:10,
Wahnapitae First Nation member and Laurentian graduate student, Taylor Nicholls, pursues scholarship in aquaculture
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A Wahnapitae First Nation member and Laurentian University graduate student is studying whether different species of fish caught in the region are safe to eat.
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“This funded study, which my thesis is a part of, is an analysis of fish in our territory which can create a baseline for future projects,” Taylor Nicholls said in a release. “I love the fact that this research is about our Indigenous culture as well as marine studies.
“I want to use my degree and the research I conduct as a student to help advance my community,” said Nicholls.
Nicholls, a Wahnapitae First Nation member, began the pursuit of her master’s in science in biology at Laurentian University. She is a recipient of the Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation’s first-ever aquaculture scholarship.
Established to honour the legacy of the late Kurt Grinnell, a Native American leader from the Jamestown S. Klallam Tribe in Washington State, who saw aquaculture as a solution to Tribal food security, the scholarship provides financial…
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