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Nicole J. Wilson
She/Her
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Arctic Environmental Change
Nicole J. Wilson is a scholar of settler origin who examines Indigenous relationships with water and water governance in the context of colonialism and environmental change. She is an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Arctic Environmental Change at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Wilson holds a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies from the University of British Columbia, an MS in Natural Resources from Cornell University, and a BA in Development Studies from the University of Calgary. She is currently conducting community-based research with Carcross/Tagish First Nation (Yukon/British Columbia) and Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet), Nunavut in Canada. Since 2021, Dr. Wilson has co-chaired of the University of Manitoba United Nations Academic Impact Hub for Sustainable Development Goal 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation.
Publications/Papers
Cooperman, A.D., Rempel, J.L., Adams, E.A., Cantor, A., Fuerte, M.M., Osborne-Gowey, J., Wilson, N.J., Workman, C.L., Beresford, M., Harris, L.M., Méndez-Barrientos, L.E., Shah, S.H., Wutich, A., Stoler, J., 2025. (De)centralized Water Futures: Key Dimensions of Infrastructure, Governance, and Operations. WIREs Water 12, e70035. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.70035
Wilson, N.J., 2025. Does community-based monitoring advance Indigenous self-determination? Inuit- led monitoring and governance in Nunavut and Greenland. Environmental Science & Policy 172, 104215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104215
Wilson, N.J., Shah, S.H., Montoya, T., Grasham, C.F., Korzenevica, M., Octavianti, T., Vonk, J., Sultana, F., 2024. Climate–water crises: critically engaging relational, spatial, and temporal dimensions. Ecology and Society 29. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15469-290413
Wilson, N.J., Worden, E., O’Hanlon, G., 2024. Connecting community-based monitoring to Arctic environmental decision-making and governance: A systematic scoping review of the literature. Arctic Science 10, 261–280. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0034.
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