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Dr. Dana Reiter BA, PhD, MA
Postdoctoral Fellow School of Environment & SustainabilityResearch Area(s)
- Social-ecological connectivity
- Indigenous knowledge in conservation
- Stakeholder engagement
- Climate change adaptation
- Natural resource management
- Human-environment systems
- Environmental management, habitat restoration and conservation
- Species at risk
Research Description
Recent literature indicates that there is disconnect between the availability and analysis of IQ and its use in decision-making. Systematic analysis and thematic coding were conducted through use of NVivo qualitative data analysis software. Importantly, through this work we developed an IQ database for polar bear public hearings conducted by the NMWB, which will ensure greater access to polar bear IQ in polar bear management and benefit Nunavummiut. Results from this study will be shared locally, nationally, and internationally with wildlife co-management bodies, Inuit organizations in Nunavut and territorial/provincial/federal governments as input to decision-making related to polar bear harvest management and conservation. This project is expected to provide critical information for the co-management of polar bears in Nunavut and beyond.
Publications and Awards
Publications:
Reiter, D. Stewards of the Grasslands: Canadian Ranchers in their Own Words. Springer Nature, New York City, New York, USA (2023).
Reiter, D., Pittman, J., Ayambire, R. A., Brown, H. C. P., Colla, S. R., Loewen, T. M., McCune, J. L., Olive, A., & Parrott, L. (2022). Lessons learnt from multiple private land conservation programs in Canada to inform species at risk conservation. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe Canadien, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12770
Reiter, D., Parrott, L., & Pittman, J. (2021). Species at risk habitat conservation on private land: the perspective of cattle ranchers. Biodiversity and Conservation, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02199-3
Reiter, D., Pittman, J. & Parrott, L. 2020. Evaluating the Species at Risk Partnerships on Agricultural Lands program in southwest Saskatchewan: The perspective of producers. Prepared for the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association and the South of the Divide Conservation Action Program Inc. http://complexity-ok.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2020/04/SARPAL-Report_SODCAP-Inc_2020.pdf
Reiter, D., Meyer, W., & Parrott, L. (2019). Stakeholder engagement with environmental decision support systems: the perspective of end users. Canadian Geographer. doi.org/10.1111/cag.12555
Reiter, D., Meyer, W., & Parrott, L. (2017). Why do NRM regional planning processes and tools have limited effect? Presenting the perspective of the end user. Climate Risk Management. doi: 10.1016/j.crm.2017.09.001
Reiter, D., Meyer, W., Parrott, L., Baker, D. & Grace, P. (2017). Increasing the effectiveness of environmental decision support systems: lessons from climate change adaptation projects in Canada and Australia. Regional Environmental Change. doi:10.1007/s10113-017-1255-9
Conference Presentations:
Reiter, D., Parrott, L. & Pittman, J. (2020). Species at risk habitat conservation on private land: the perspective of cattle ranchers. North American Congress for Conservation Biology, Crossing Boundaries: Innovative Approaches to Conservation virtual conference.
Reiter, D., Meyer, W., & Parrott, L. (2017). Why do NRM regional planning processes and tools have limited effect? Presenting the perspective of the end user. 2017 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
Reiter, D. (2016) poster presentation: Increasing the effectiveness of environmental decision support systems: lessons from climate change adaptation projects in Canada and Australia. National Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation. Toronto, Canada.
Awards:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) AgriRisk Initiatives program (2021)
Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2019)
MITACS Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2019)
Nominated for a University Doctoral Outstanding Thesis Award (2018)
International Indigenous Postgraduate Research Award, Brisbane, Australia (2015-2018)
Fellow, Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference (2012)
Australian Government Endeavour Executive Award, Melbourne, Australia (2011)
Practitioner Residency at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre, Bellagio, Italy (2009)
Fellow, Aboriginal Women in Leadership; the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta (2009)
Fellow, International Leadership for Environment and Development program, Canada and Mexico (2008)
Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar: Salzburg Young Leaders Summit: Global Scenarios and Strategies for 2030, Salzburg, Austria (2007)
Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, Vermont, USA (2004)
SIT Intercultural Leadership Award, Vermont, USA (2004)
Fellow, Hollyhock Environmental Leadership Institute, Cortes Island, BC (2004)
Kellogg Foundation Fellowship, Junin de los Andes, Patagonia, Argentina (2003)
Fellow, Salzburg Seminar: Capitalizing on our Differences; Leadership across Cultural Boundaries and Geographic Borders in a Global Society, Salzburg, Austria (2003)
Fellow, United Nations University International Leadership Academy; Leadership for Climate Change and Human Security, Jordan and South Africa (2002)