Skye Augustine

Skye is a descendant of the Stz’uminus Nation and is a doctoral candidate with the Ocean Relations Collabortive. Skye first fell in love with clam gardens in 2009, when she began working with them as a summer student. Recently, she led a 6-year clam garden restoration project in the Southern Gulf Islands – a collaboration between Coast Salish Nations and Parks Canada. This landscape-scale restoration experiment examines the impacts of revitalized clam garden practices on intertidal ecosystems and linked human communities by drawing on Indigenous knowledge and marine ecology. Skye continues to advise on this effort as a member of Hul’q’umi’num Seafood Working Group. Outside of work and her studies, Skye can be found adventuring in nature, dancing with friends, and being a pet parent to her sweet dog Willow.