IBioS Research Associate
Contact Details
don.cdh@ubc.ca
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Don Carruthers Den Hoed (he/him) is a Research Associate at the UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and leads the Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership (CPCIL), a parks and protected areas leadership and research network funded by the Canadian Parks Council (CPC) and Parks Canada, and delivered in collaboration with universities across Canada. The CPCIL project supports effective and equitable parks and protected areas leadership through a series of programs and services aimed at connecting park leaders, academics, and Indigenous knowledge-holders.
Dr. Carruthers Den Hoed is an academic practitioner with nearly thirty years of experiences in parks and protected areas interpretation and education, public engagement, and land management and deep connections across the federal, provincial, and territorial parks community. He holds an MA in Educational Contexts and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, both from University of Calgary. Don completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Sustainability at Mount Royal University. His current research focus is on knowledge mobilization in parks and protected areas, incorporating Indigenous cultural monitoring in species at risk management, and inclusion and accessibility in parks and protected areas organizations.
Don’s work is rooted in the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, including experience managing two of Canada’s largest urban provincial parks (Fish Creek and Glenbow Ranch Provincial Parks). He also collaborates with the Iyarhe Nakoda First Nations in Treaty 7 territory to support Indigenous-led cultural monitoring of grizzly bears and the reintroduction of bison in Banff National Park. Don also works in a panCanadian context with a network of federal, provincial, territorial, community and Indigenous parks, protected areas, and conservation leaders.
Research Themes
Parks and Protected Areas | Interdisciplinary Knowledge Mobilization | Inclusion and Equity | Transformative Learning | Conservation Reconciliation
Geographical Area(s) of Research
Canada