Dr. Shivangi Mishra
Affiliations
Post Doctoral Associate
Faculty of Science, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment
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Background
Credentials
Emerging Teachers Development: Postdoctoral Scholars, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, 2025
Theories and Practices: Postdoctoral Scholars, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, 2025
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for Postdocs, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, 2025
Developing Your Teaching Dossier: Postdoctoral Scholars, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, 2025
Written Science Communication, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2025
Research Impact Canada's Knowledge Mobilization Course, Simon Fraser University, 2025
Visual Science Communication, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2025
Basics of Science Communication, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2025
Standard First Aid CPR/AED Level C, University of Calgary, 2025
Educational Background
PhD Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2022
Biography
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Calgary working within a Canada Excellence Research Chair program that centers Indigenous Knowledge Systems in addressing the climate and water crisis.
My current work focuses on how societies can move beyond managing nature as a resource and instead rebuild respectful relationships with land and water. The research explores water justice, land stewardship, forestry practices, and climate resilience through Indigenous-led and community-based approaches. I am particularly interested in how research can support Earth-based reconciliation and contribute to policy and practice that advances well-being for both people and the environment.
Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Arctic Institute of North America, where I worked on the Arctic Genomics Project on biodiversity co-management and Indigenous food security. My role focused on knowledge mobilization, ensuring research did not remain in academic journals but could be understood and used by communities, decision-makers, and conservation practitioners. I helped connect genomic and DNA-based tools with real conservation decisions supporting ecosystems and Indigenous livelihoods.
Trained as a conservation biologist, I began with conventional field-based methods and now combine them with genomics and transdisciplinary approaches. Across both roles, my work has a consistent goal: building bridges between research, Indigenous knowledge, and policy so environmental action is collaborative, practical, and community-grounded.
Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Projects
The project centers Indigenous Knowledge Systems in responding to the climate and water crisis.
Rather than treating climate change only as an environmental issue, the research understands it as part of a larger planetary health crisis, one rooted in broken relationships between people and the Earth. The work asks an important question: what does it actually mean to live well with the Earth?
The research focuses on interconnected areas including water justice, land stewardship, forestry practices, and climate resilience. Across these themes, the goal is to move away from viewing land and water as resources to be managed, and instead understand them as living relations with rights and responsibilities attached to them.
Awards
- William C Andersen Award, Raptor Research Foundation, USA. 2018
- James Koplin Award, Raptor Research Foundation,USA. 2019
- Wings to Fly Award, Raptor Research Foundation,USA. 2021
Publications
- Improving Arctic food security through DNA science and respectful collaboration with Indigenous Peoples. The Conversation Canada. (2025)
- Coming Together to Talk about Genomics and DNA-based Tools for Umingmak (Muskox, Ovibos moschatus ) Conservation: Muskox and Genomics in the Community (MAGIC) Workshop. ARCTIC. (2024)
- A new way to fight climate change: cataloguing the DNA of the Arctic Ocean. The Narwhal. (2025)
More Information
📸 Follow my journey through the Arctic knowledge mobilization work, conservation research on Egyptian vultures, and my reflections on northern life on Instagram: @shivangi30906
I host The Soaring Tales (YouTube), a channel at the intersection of science, conservation, and storytelling; sharing field adventures, wildlife encounters, and reflections on resilience, growth, and protecting our planet!
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