Nicole Kaechele
PhD Candidate; 4 Year Fellowship; SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship; UBC Public Scholar; SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
Contact Details
nicolekaechele[dot]bc[at]gmail.com rioprojectmanagement[at]gmail.com
Professional profile: www.rioprojectmanagement.com
Research Interests
Bio
Nicole (Nikki) Kaechele is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability under the co-supervision of Drs. Terre Satterfield and Tricia Logan. Her research focuses on the revitalization of Indigenous legal processes and the negotiation of compensation agreements for historical losses. Nikki’s research methods are interdisciplinary and community-engaged, with a focus on decolonizing research processes in collaboration with community and organizational partners.
Nikki holds an MREM from the University of Dalhousie, where she focused on geographies of health and the application of community-based participatory research methods. She also holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Environmental Studies from the University of Victoria. Nikki lives and works from rural-remote communities in BC, supporting Indigenous-led planning, stewardship, and government-to-government processes. Of particular influence has been her collaborative work in ancestral governance, co-developing the Nuxalk Ancestral Governance project with colleagues and mentors from the Nuxalk Nation.
Nikki has a close network of family and friends who keep her sane and grounded. In particular, her husband and two kids, and their infinite imaginations, make for much time spent in the mountains and waters of BC, and always eating good food.
Featured Publications
Kaechele, N., Beveridge, R., Adams, M., Boyce, P., Artelle, K. (2023). A primer for the practice of reflexivity in Conservation Science. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13047
- Click here to download a visual primer created in association with this paper
Gregory, R., Halteman, P., Kaechele, N., Satterfield, T. (2023). Methods for Assessing Social and Cultural Losses. Science, Vol 381, pp. 478-481. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi2206
Nunanta (Iris Siwallace)., Kaechele, N., Jean-Leischner, E. (2022). Indigenizing Academic Minds to Work with Community: A Joint Reflection on the Everyday Work of Building Good Research Relationships. In The Community-Based PhD: Complexities and Triumphs of Conducting CBPR. Edited by Sonya Atalay and Alexandra McCleary. University of Arizona Press: 237-252.
Gregory, R., Halteman, P., Kaechele, N., Kotaska, J., Satterfield, T. (2020). Compensating Indigenous social and cultural losses: a community-based multiple-attribute approach. Ecology and Society 25(4):4. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12038-250404