Associate Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre
E-mail: [email protected]
Bluesky: @JessicaBlythe
Please find my Google Scholar profile here
Education
Ph.D. University of Victoria (Geography)
M.A. York University (Geography)
B.Sc. (Honours) Memorial University (Marine Biology)
About Jessica:
I grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland during the collapse of the North Atlantic cod stocks. Looking back, this experience inspired many of my research interests. Trained as a human geographer, my research explores how various ocean governance arrangements recognize (or exclude) different actor groups, how costs and benefits are unevenly distributed across people and places, and how to design and implement more equitable forms of ocean governance. My interests span a wide range of topics, including ocean equity, small-scale fisheries, coastal livelihoods, climate adaptation, blue justice, and marine conservation. My research is collaborative and embraces multiple perspectives and ways of knowing.
I am an Associate Editor at npj Ocean Sustainability.
I am a Board Member of the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network.
Publications
Please see Jessica’s Google Scholar profile for up-to-date publications.
More About Jessica
Jessica is the faculty lead on the Niagara Adapts Innovative Partnership project.
- June 17, 2019: Brock partners with seven municipalities to tackle climate change
- April 25, 2019: ‘The scale of climate change can feel scary, so we asked 5 climate scientists to break it down’
- January 11, 2019: The meaning of environmental words matter int he age of “fake news” (Originally published in The Conversation on January 10, 2019)
