Jocelyn Joe-Strack, (Daqualama Da-kal-a-ma Aishihik First Nation) is an Indigenous Canadian scientist.[1]
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Education
She earned a degree in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Victoria, and a Master's degree in Northern Resources and Environmental Studies from the University of Northern British Columbia.[2] She pursued a PhD at the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability.[3] In 2017 she was one of three indigenous PhD students at the University of Saskatchewan to be awarded the Vanier Scholarship, a $150,000 scholarship over three years.[4] Joe-Strack's PhD research looked at a traditional land use plan.[3][4]
Career
She is a microbiologist, and hydrologist at Yukon University,[5] where she is research chair in Indigenous Knowledge.[2]
In early 2019 Joe-Strack was invited by a Canadian diplomat on a four-week speaking tour of embassies in Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and Stockholm, where she discussed indigenous approaches to climate change.[6][7]
She was selected for a TikTok accelerator program in late 2021.[8][9][10]
In 2022 Joe-Strack attended COP27, where she spoke on several panels.[11] In November 2022 she was also elected to the Yukon First Nations School Board.[12]
Personal life
Joe-Strack is a member of the Wolf Clan of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.[2] She speaks Southern Tutchone.[3]
Her father, Willie Joe (d. 1997), was a member of the Yukon Native Brotherhood's executive council, which later became part of the Council of Yukon First Nations. In this role, he helped to negotiate the Umbrella Final Agreement.[4] Joe-Strack's mother died in 2010.[4]
Joe-Strack has one daughter.[4]