This ARC Engage grant supported exploratory studies in environmental monitoring in close partnership with the False Creek Friends Society (FCFS). Their vision for False Creek is to restore it and steward it in line with First Nations principles such that False Creek becomes a healthy environment for all, human and non-human, to experience and enjoy.
This ARC Engage period largely covered some proof-of-concept work ahead of a larger grant application that would essentially use the same methods. My role was to design an environmental study based on some initial work done in 2022. We decided on the technique of environmental DNA monitoring.
