Shannon Hicks

About

Shannon Hicks is a Research Associate with the Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN), whose work has largely centred around identifying effective ways to support environmental stewardship efforts in different global contexts and addressing issues relating to poverty and climate change at the community level. Through addressing the interplay between social and ecological wellbeing, these two interrelated concerns can be better understood to inform policy and improve the efficacy of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, disaster risk reduction efforts, environmental conservation outcomes, and measures intended to improve food and social security at the local level.

Shannon is a graduate from the Saint Mary’s University School of the Environment, with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies (Fall 2018), and has recently completed the Master of Resource and Environmental Management program at Dalhousie University in the spring of 2021. During her undergraduate studies, she was very thankful to have had the opportunity to study overseas at Western Sydney University (NSW, Australia), where she gained experience conducting water and air quality assessments – and enjoyed being immersed in a climate and culture which differed greatly from that in her hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Shannon has volunteered with the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, attended and presented at the 2018 G7 Oceans Partnership Summit and Inspiration Expo, and focused her research on means of supporting social wellbeing and local stewardship efforts by resource-based communities. Shannon is a member of the Atlantic Region Working Group with OceanCanada, working with colleagues to investigate the diverse ways coastal communities in Nova Scotia are building their resilience and planning for their futures. Her main areas of professional interest include contributing toward enhanced social-ecological sustainability, adaptive capacity, empowerment and environmental justice.