Myrle Ballard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4215954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Myrle Ballard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Myrle |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballard |
| SIGNATURE | BALLARD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manitoba |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3069-0941 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disappearing Natives, Emerging Invasives
Climate change, deforestation, and chemical-intensive agriculture are rapidly reshaping ecosystems across the Global South, with profound consequences for Indigenous communities. Yet dominant biodiversity and invasive species research often marginalizes Indigenous interpretations and lived experience. This study examines how Gurung Indigenous and Dalit communities in Gandaki Province, Nepal understand shifts in native and invasive species and how…
Shifting from Economic Poverty to Prosperity
Two-Eyed Seeing in Research and its Absence in Policy
Two-eyed seeing is a guiding framework for research that values and uses Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. In this article, we describe the merits and challenges of using two-eyed seeing to guide a collaborative research project with a First Nation community in Manitoba, Canada devastated by a human-made flood. In 2011, provincial government officials flooded 17 First Nation communities including Little Saskatchewan First Nation (LSFN), dis…
Lake St. Martin First Nation Community Members’ Experiences of Induced Displacement
In 2011, a massive flood occurred in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and provincial government officials decided to divert water to Lake St. Martin and First Nation land to protect urban, cottage, and agricultural properties. As a result of this artificial flood, all community members were evacuated, with infrastructures and housing at Lake St. Martin First Nation permanently destroyed. Three years later, 1,064 Lake St. Martin First Nation mem…
Flooding Hope and Livelihoods
Lake St. Martin First Nation, a community situated in the Interlake Region of Manitoba, was permanently displaced in 2011. After they were flooded out of their ancestral lands and left homeless, the Province of Manitoba further disempowered the members of the community by refusing to listen to their preference for a new site. That a nearby Cold War radar base was selected by the Province as an interim location, against the wishes of the community…
Lake St. Martin First Nation Community Members’ Experiences of Induced Displacement
In 2011, a massive flood occurred in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and provincial government officials decided to divert water to Lake St. Martin and First Nation land to protect urban, cottage, and agricultural properties. As a result of this artificial flood, all community members were evacuated, with infrastructures and housing at Lake St. Martin First Nation permanently destroyed. Three years later, 1,064 Lake St. Martin First Nation mem…
Flooding Hope and Livelihoods
Lake St. Martin First Nation, a community situated in the Interlake Region of Manitoba, was permanently displaced in 2011. After they were flooded out of their ancestral lands and left homeless, the Province of Manitoba further disempowered the members of the community by refusing to listen to their preference for a new site. That a nearby Cold War radar base was selected by the Province as an interim location, against the wishes of the community…
Lake St. Martin First Nation Community Members’ Experiences of Induced Displacement
In 2011, a massive flood occurred in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and provincial government officials decided to divert water to Lake St. Martin and First Nation land to protect urban, cottage, and agricultural properties. As a result of this artificial flood, all community members were evacuated, with infrastructures and housing at Lake St. Martin First Nation permanently destroyed. Three years later, 1,064 Lake St. Martin First Nation mem…
Two-Eyed Seeing in Research and its Absence in Policy
Two-eyed seeing is a guiding framework for research that values and uses Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. In this article, we describe the merits and challenges of using two-eyed seeing to guide a collaborative research project with a First Nation community in Manitoba, Canada devastated by a human-made flood. In 2011, provincial government officials flooded 17 First Nation communities including Little Saskatchewan First Nation (LSFN), dis…
Shifting from Economic Poverty to Prosperity
Disappearing Natives, Emerging Invasives
Climate change, deforestation, and chemical-intensive agriculture are rapidly reshaping ecosystems across the Global South, with profound consequences for Indigenous communities. Yet dominant biodiversity and invasive species research often marginalizes Indigenous interpretations and lived experience. This study examines how Gurung Indigenous and Dalit communities in Gandaki Province, Nepal understand shifts in native and invasive species and how…
Geography (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · First nation (2 works) · Flood myth (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works)