Indigenous-led Conservation on Fee Simple Lands

Kristi Leora Gansworth (she/her) has joined the CRP family through a postdoctoral fellowship jointly supported by the CRP and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Kristi Leora, a member of Kitigan Zibi, is an inter-generational Anishinabe beadwork artist & seamstress who also maintains a practice as a scholar, poet, and writer, as well as a researcher in the field of Indigenous geography. All of Leora’s work is formed with the hope of pursuing wellness and care for all Anishinabeg and our relatives. 

Leora will be working closely with the CRP Indigenous Land Trust Circle and students at Osgoode Law School to provide information to Indigenous Nations to help in their decision-making about appropriate conservation mechanisms for their lands. The work will help guide the development of a decolonial model of conservation to support Indigenous led conservation on fee simple lands. This project is also associated with the Domestic Law and Policy Stream.