Publications
Bessette, D., Schelly, C., Schmitt Olabisi, L., Gagnon, VS., Fiss, A., Arola, K., Matz., E., Ong, R., and K. Halvorsen. 2021. Energy democracy in practice: Centering energy sovereignty in rural communities and Tribal Nations. In Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy, Eds. A. Feldpausch-Parker, D. Endres, T. Rai Peterson, and S. Gomez. Routledge Press.
Fergen, JT, Bergstrom, RD, Twiss, MR, Johnson, L, Steinman, A, Gagnon, VS. 2022. Updated Census in the Laurentian Great Lakes Watershed: A Framework for Evaluating the Population of the Region. Journal of Great Lakes Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.03.004
Gagnon, V.S, Ravindran, EH. 2023. Restoring human and more-than-human relations in toxic riskscapes: ‘In perpetuity’ within Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Sand Point. Ecology & Society 28(1)2 . https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13655-280102
Gagnon, VS. 2023. “Water and all my relations”: Reimagining Indigenous water justice for seven generations. Human Organization 82(3):274–287. https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525-82.3.274
Gagnon, V.S. (2021). Prioritizing land and life in the Great Lakes region. Northwest Knowledge Network (NKN) at the University of Idaho. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7923/8GHP-3125
Gagnon, V, and C Schelly, W Lytle, A Kliskey, V H Dale, A Marshall, L F Rodriguez, P Williams, M W Price, E A Redd, M A Noodin. Enacting Boundaries or Building Bridges? Language and Engagement in Food-Energy-Water Systems Science. SEPR. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-022-00110-0
Joseph A., Naseem A., Vijayanandan A. (2022) Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants: Occurrence, Fate and Mitigation Strategies. In: P. Singh S., Agarwal A.K., Gupta T., Maliyekkal S.M. (eds) New Trends in Emerging Environmental Contaminants. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8367-1_5
Kliskey, A., Williams, P., Griffith, D., Dale, V., Schelly, C., Marshall, A., Gagnon, VS., Eaton, W., Floress, K. 2021. Thinking big and thinking small: A conceptual framework for best practices in community and stakeholder engagement in food, energy, and water systems. Sustainability 13(4):2160. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042160
Perlinger, J.A., Quality Assurance Project Plan: The Tribal Landscape System Fish Toxics Analysis Program, Version 2.0, Torch Lake Public Action Committee and the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, November 15, 2021, 39 pp.
Shaw, E., Gagnon, V.S., and Ravindran, E. (2021). Guidance for Research Partnerships with/by/as the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Baraga MI.
Shaw, E., Gagnon, V.S., and Ravindran, E. (2021). Seasons of Research with/by/as the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) annual conference, Houghton MI.
Shaw, E.L. and N.R. Urban, 2022. What can we learn from 28 years of monitoring of fish tissue polychlorinated biphenyls in Michigan's rivers? Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, vol. 18. DOI: 10.1002.ieam.4613
Schelly, C, Gagnon, VS, Arola, K, Fiss, A, Schaefer, M, Halvorsen, KE. 2021. Cultural Imaginaries or Incommensurable Ontologies? Recognizing relationality and sovereignty as worldviews in socio-technological system transitions. Energy Research and Social Science 80(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102242
Stirling, K. M., and K. Almack, N. Boucher, A. Duncan, A. M. Muir, J. W.H. Connoy, V. S. Gagnon, R. J. Lauzon, K. J. Mussett, C. Nonkes, N. Vojno, A. J. Reid. 2023. Experiences and Insights on Bridging Knowledge Systems between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Partners: Learnings from the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.01.007
Presentations
Valoree Gagnon served as a panelist for the Water for Agriculture Workshop #3: Organizing, Funding and Doing Team Science, on May 27, 2022 (Penn State virtual event). The workshop was a USDA NIFA sponsored event on a multi-institutional research project and webinar series; the recording is shared at https://water4ag.psu.edu/.
Gagnon, V.S. (2021). Bridging Human Dimensions in Science, Governance, & Education. College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Seminar Series, Michigan Technological University.
Valoree Gagnon and Emily Shaw served as invited Open Plenary Panelist for the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) annual conference (virtual): “Moving beyond Principles to Practice - Engaging Indigenous Communities,” (w/ Stephanie Carroll and Kathleen Smith)
Valoree Gagnon, Roundtable Panelist, From Legacies of Extraction to Environmental Health Governance: Collaborative Research and Responses to the Impacts of Mining in Indigenous Communities. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore MD
Gagnon, V.S., and Ravindran, E. (2021). Convergence Research: Bridging Knowledge Systems & Expertise for Understanding the Dynamics of a Contaminated Tribal Landscape System. Great Lakes Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Speaker Series, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Science Annex.
Hazra, L., Naseem, A., Partika, E.M, Perlinger, J.A., and Urban, N.R., Food Web Structures in Lake Superior Revealed by Stable Isotopes Help to Trace Bioaccumulation Pathways of PCBs, SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation, 11/12/23 – 11/16/23, Louisville, Kentucky.
Messer, J, Klanderman, M. and Juip, L. (2023) Indigenous Storywork: Bridging Gaps in Transdisciplinary Research. Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. Oklahoma City, OK
Partika, E.M., Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Naseem, A., Kapuralage, W., Hazra, L., Bollini, M., and Doyal, E., Filling the Data Gap on Responses of Fish Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Content to Remedial Actions in Torch Lake, Michigan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Water 2023 National Fish Forum, Virtual Poster Presentation, 3/9/23.
Perlinger, J.A., Urban, N.R., Partika, E.M., Naseem, A., Hazra, L., Bollini, M., Doyal, E., What’s in the Fish We Eat?, Tribal Landscape System Partner’s Meeting, Oral Presentation, 4/20/23, L’Anse, Michigan.
Ravindran, E. and Parent, J. (2021). Lake Superior Outreach - Buffalo Reef. Let's Talk Lake Superior webinar, hosted by the Lake Superior Partnership Working Group, co-chaired by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; July 8.
Tran, M. A., Gagnon, V, and Schelly, C. Indigenous community-directed research: An Ojibwa Forest Ecosystem Characterization. Ecological Society of America. Portland OR. Aug, 6-11, 2023.
Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Truong, L., Paterson, G., Experimental Evaluation of Additive Interactions in the Toxicity of Methylmercury and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) to Zebrafish, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Water 2023 National Fish Forum, Virtual Oral Presentation, 3/9/23.
Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Paterson, G.P., Partika, E.M., Hazra, L., Naseem, A., Contaminants as Tracers of Fish, Foodwebs, and Resource Availability in Lake Superior, 2023 Lake Superior Technical Committee Meeting, Virtual Oral Presentation, 2/23/23.
Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Paterson, G.P., Partika, E.M., Hazra, L., Naseem, A., Contaminants as Tracers of Fish, Foodwebs, and Resource Availability in Lake Superior, 2023 Upper Lake Committee Meetings, Oral Presentation, 3/21/23 – 3/24/23, Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Partika, E.M, Naseem, A., Hazra, L., Shaw, E., Bollini, M., Greene, M., Doyal, E., Ecosystem, Fish, and Human Health, Tribal Landscape System Partner’s Meeting, Oral Presentation, 4/20/23, L’Anse, Michigan.
Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Paterson, G.P., Partika, E.M., Hazra, L., Naseem, A., Fish Contaminants as Tracers of Foodweb Structure, 66th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Oral Presentation, 5/8/23 – 5/12/23, Toronto, Ontario.
Vye, E. (2021). Keweenaw Geology: How the Rock Connects Us. International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) annual conference, Houghton MI.
Invited Panel Facilitator: Application of Indigenous Knowledges (IK) for Environmental Protection, with panelists Evelyn Ravindran (KBIC), Austin Ayres (KBIC), Kyle P. Whyte (UMich), Jen Venator (GLIFWC). Co-sponsored by EPA's AIEO, OP/ORPM, Region 5, and ORD (virtual)
Events
Tribal Landscape System Community Partners Meeting, Co-organizers Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Great Lakes Research Center (National Science Foundation). Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, MI, 2023.