New Research Estimating Long-term and Large-scale Colonial Impacts on the Burrard Inlet Ecosystem, səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) People, and Harvesting Rights
This blog post introduces new research by Tsleil‑Waututh Nation and University of British Columbia researchers who modeled the cumulative impact of colonial forces—such as smallpox, settler fishing, shoreline destruction, and pollution-driven shellfish closures—on the Burrard Inlet ecosystem from 1750 to 1980.
