Jessica Beaudette is a postdoctoral research Fellow in the School of Resources and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University (Halifax) where her projects include focusing on Indigenous, Inuit, and regional communities as they adapt to climate changes in the Maritimes. Her previous ethnographic study of Batswana and women scientists explored how conservationists work with communities on the ground to address human-wildlife conflict, climate change, and biodiversity loss in the Okavango Delta.