Sara Cannon

PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia

marine biology, marine resource management, decolonial conservation, coral reef biology, coral reefs, climate change, impact of climate change on coral reefs

Media

Race and gender still an issue at academic conferences

The ConversationOnline

URL: https://theconversation.com/race-and-gender-still-an-issue-at-academic-conferences-92588

The super-corals of the Red Sea

BBCOnline

URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200408-the-middle-eastern-corals-that-could-survive-climate-change

A Beginner's Guide to Getting an Education Without Going to College

VICEOnline

URL: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkyv4n/guide-to-getting-education-without-college

Biography

Sara Cannon is a Ph.D. candidate, Vanier Scholar, and Ocean Leaders Graduate Fellow at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada (where she also earned an M.Sc.). Cannon's research interests involve attempting to understand the ways local and global human impacts interact to influence coral reef health and resilience in the central Pacific Islands, and how to utilize scientific knowledge to inform and support decolonizing approaches to conservation and resource management.

Expertise

  • marine biology
  • marine resource management
  • decolonial conservation
  • coral reef biology
  • coral reefs
  • climate change
  • impact of climate change on coral reefs

Languages spoken: English

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

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