Dana Lepofsky

She is a professor at Simon Fraser University,[1] a former president of the Society of Ethnobiology, and received the Smith-Wintemberg Award in 2018.

[2] Lepofsky's research centers on the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and how they interacted with their environment in the past.

[1] She significantly revised anthropological thinking on the historical ecology of the Northwest Coast[2] by showing that indigenous communities there have a long history of intensively managing coastal food resources.

[5][6][7] Lepofsky's research is multidisciplinary, combining archaeology, paleoethnobotany, historical ecology, and incorporating traditional knowledge from indigenous peoples.

She has also served as the president of the Society of Ethnobiology and, in 2018, received the Smith-Wintemberg Award from the Canadian Archaeological Association.

SFU archaeologist Dana Lepofsky sizes up clams found in an ancient clam garden on a Quadra Island beach.
Clan Chief Kwaxsistalla Wathl’thla (Adam Dick) and SFU’s Prof. Dana Lepofsky from SFU’s Department of Archaeology