Indigenous Ecology Lab
Dr. Jennifer Grenz
Grenz, J. (2024). Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing. Knopf Canada (imprint of Penguin Random House Canada), Toronto, Canada. University of Minnesota Press (USA rights), Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Finn RJ, Ned-Kwilosintun M, Ballantyne L, Hamilton I, Kwo J, Seymour-Hourie R, Carlson D, Walters KE, Grenz J, Martin TG. (2024). Reclaiming the Xhotsa: climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration via the return of Sumas Lake. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 5, 1380083. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1380083/full
Armstrong, C. G., Grenz, J., Zyp‐Loring, J., LaFontaine, J., Main Johnson, L., & Turner, N. J. (2024). Ethnoecological perspectives on environmental stewardship: Tenets and basis of reciprocity in Gitxsan and nłeʔkepmx (Nlaka’pamux) Territories. People and Nature. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10641
Grenz, J. Medicine Wheel for the Planet. Knopf Canada (imprint of Penguin Random House). Toronto, Canada. University of Minnesota Press (USA rights), Minneapolis, Minnesota. Full manuscript submitted Oct. 14, 2022, with Editor. Scheduled release to public Spring 2024. Presale links (Canada and US) can be found here: www.jennifergrenz.com
Jones, V.L. and Grenz, J. (2023). A review of the impacts and management of invasive plants in forestry. CABI Reviews. Vol. 18 No. 1. doi: 10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0034.
Grenz J and Armstrong CG (2023). Pop-up restoration in colonial contexts: applying an indigenous food systems lens to ecological restoration. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7:1244790. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1244790
Grenz, J. (2023). University ethics boards are not ready for Indigenous Scholars. Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00974-6
Grenz, J. and Clements, D. (2023). Water, wind and fire: extreme climate events enhance the spread of invasive plants in sensitive North American ecosystems in Tripathi, S., Bhadouria, R., Srivastava, P., Singh, R. and Batish, D (Eds.) Plant Invasions and Climate Change Spinger Nature. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-5910-5_6
Grenz, J. (2022). Indigenous Land Healing Beyond Hashtags. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01708-z/metrics
McKay, A. and Grenz, J. (2021). Healing the land and the academy. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01518-9
Gillies S, Clements D, and Grenz J. (2016). Knotweed management strategies in North America with the advent of widespread hybrid Bohemian knotweed, regional differences, and the potential for biocontrol via the psyllid Aphalara itadori Shinji. Invasive Plant Science and Management Vol. 9 No. 1 pp 60-70.
Clements D, Larsen T, and Grenz J. (2016). Knotweed (Fallopia sp.) Invasion of North America Utilizes Hybridization, Epigenetics, Seed Dispersal (Unexpectedly) and an Arsenal of Physiological Tactics. Invasive Plant Science and Management Vol. 9 No. 1 pp 71-80.
Sachs, N., Martin, T., and J. Grenz (2025). Centering Indigenous Cultural Resurgence to Improve Ecological Restoration: Learnings from the revitalization of Cultural Keystone Places of the Quw’utsun Peoples. Ethnobiology Letters, 16(2), 58-73. https://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/1920
Oeggerli, V. and J. Grenz (2025). From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery. Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 15: e71939 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71939
Andrascik, N. and J. Grenz (2025). Reconciling wildlife governance in a changing climate: A systematic review of mule deer management in St’át’imc Territory. Environmental Science and Policy. Vol. 171
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104136
Riley, J.R Finn, Murray, N (Kwilosintun), Ballantyne, L., Hamilton, I., Kwo, J., Seymour-Hourie, R., Carlson, D., Walters, K.E., Grenz, J., and T. Martin. (2024). Reclaiming the Xhostsa: climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration via the return of Sumas Lake. Frontiers in Conservation Science. Vol. 5 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1380083
Armstrong, C., Grenz, J., Zyp-Loring, J., LaFontaine, J., Main Johnson, L., and N.J. Turner. (2024). Ethnoecological Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship: Tenets and Basis of Reciprocity in Gitxsan and nłeʔkepmx (Nlaka’pamux) Territories. People and Nature. http://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10641
Jones, V.L. and Grenz, J. (2023). A review of the impacts and management of invasive plants in forestry. CABI Reviews. Vol. 18 No. 1. doi: 10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0034.
Grenz J and Armstrong CG (2023). Pop-up restoration in colonial contexts: applying an indigenous food systems lens to ecological restoration. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7:1244790. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1244790
Grenz, J. (2023). University ethics boards are not ready for Indigenous Scholars. Nature. doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-00974-6
Grenz, J. (2022). Indigenous Land Healing Beyond Hashtags. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01708-z/metrics
McKay, A. and Grenz, J. (2021). Healing the land and the academy. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01518-9
Gillies S, Clements D, and Grenz J. (2016). Knotweed management strategies in North America with the advent of widespread hybrid Bohemian knotweed, regional differences, and the potential for biocontrol via the psyllid Aphalara itadori Shinji. Invasive Plant Science and Management Vol. 9 No. 1 pp 60-70.
Clements D, Larsen T, and Grenz J. (2016). Knotweed (Fallopia sp.) Invasion of North America Utilizes Hybridization, Epigenetics, Seed Dispersal (Unexpectedly) and an Arsenal of Physiological Tactics.
Invasive Plant Science and Management Vol. 9 No. 1 pp 71-80.
| Form of Mobilization | Topic / Title | Outlet / Audience | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podcast | Decolonizing land stewardship with Dr. Jennifer Grenz | YourForest Podcast Listen | Interviewee | Oct. 22, 2025 |
| Radio Show | Listening to what trees can tell us about the changing climate | CBC Radio – The Early Edition Listen | Interviewee | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| Digital Story | ‘They don’t think we know what we’re doing’: Plan to remove portion of dike at Cowichan estuary rejected | The Discourse Read | Interviewee | Sept. 11, 2025 |
| Digital Story | La roue de médecine, en finir avec l’état de nature | Le Devoir Read | Interviewee | June 16, 2025 |
| Digital Story | La roue médecine: guérir la planète en se guérissant soi-même | Unpointcinq Read | Interviewee | June 5, 2025 |
| Broadcast Interview / Digital Story | Cowichan Tribes Restoring Indigenous Agriculture to Enhance Food Security | CBC BC News Watch | Lab interview (Graduate Student) | March 23, 2025 |
| Print / Digital Story | Ecologist Jennifer Grenz Has a Plan to Decolonize Land Management | Sierra Magazine Read | Interviewee | Oct. 14, 2024 |
| Print / Digital Story | Together, Ecological and Personal Journeys Can Heal the Land | The Tyee Read | Interviewee | May 30, 2024 |
| Radio Show / Digital Story | An Indigenous ecologist on why we need to stop and listen to save the planet | CBC Quirks & Quarks Listen | Interviewee | April 19, 2024 |
| Digital Story | Why Ecological Restoration without Indigenous Leadership Won’t Last | Frontiers Science Communications Read | Author | Sept. 25, 2023 |
*most pertinent
Author. Jennifer Grenz (2021). “Successful Inclusion” of Indigenous Knowledge in Natural Resource Management Decision-Making: Scholarly Analysis and Recommendations. Prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Co-Author. Jennifer Grenz (2020). Indigenous Commercial Harvesting of Pinnipeds in British Columbia: Applying Indigenous Ecology for Management and Economic Opportunity. Pinniped Marine Management Plan. For: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (on behalf of Pacific Balance Marine Management Inc.).
Author. Jennifer Grenz. (2019). Framework for Knotweed Management in the Cowichan River Watershed. For: Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable (BC FLNRORD, BC Parks, Cowichan Regional District, North Cowichan Regional District, Mosaic Forest Management, BC Conservation Foundation, Cowichan Tribes, Cowichan Water Board).
Author. Jennifer Grenz. (2018). Regional Invasive Species Strategy for the Sunshine Coast. For: Sunshine Coast Invasive Species Working Group (Sunshine Coast Regional District, Sechelt First Nation, BC MFLNRORD, BC Parks, District of Sechelt, Town of Gibsons).
Co-Author. IPS Island Planning Services and Jennifer Grenz. (2014). Regional Invasive Species
Strategy for Metro Vancouver. For: Metro Vancouver.
Co-Author. Jennifer Grenz, Laurie Kremsater, Jennifer Morgan, Kyle Rezanoff, Dave Polster. (2014). District of Maple Ridge Noxious Weed Control Strategy. For: District of Maple Ridge.
Grenz, J. (2020). Healing the Land by Reclaiming an Indigenous Ecology: A journey exploring the application of the Indigenous worldview to invasion biology and ecology and its implications for the future of ecological management and food security.
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0394715?o=0
Oeggerli, V. and J. Grenz. (2025). Cheatgrass as a Post-Fire Colonizer: Patterns of Persistence and Spread After the McKay Creek Wildfire. Proceedings for the 79th Annual Conference of the Canadian Weed Science Society, 2025-11-05.
Jones, V. and J. Grenz. (2025). Understanding the Role of Soil Microbiomes in Invasion Dynamics and Ecological Restoration Outcomes in the Pacific Northwest. Proceedings for the 79th Annual Conference of the Canadian Weed Science Society, 2025-11-05.
Graves, A. and J. Grenz. (2025). Impacts of Hedgerow Plant Community Structure on Susceptibility to Weed Colonization. Proceedings for the 79th Annual Conference of the Canadian Weed Science Society, 2025-11-05.
Chan, J. and J. Grenz. (2025). A drone and AI-based Framework for Post-Wildfire Invasive Species Spatial Dynamics Assessment. Proceedings for the 79th Annual Conference of the Canadian Weed Science Society, 2025-11-05. Poster.
Andrascik, N. and J. Grenz. (2025). Building Resilience through Tradition: St’át’imc Values and Knowledges for Hunting and Mule Deer. Proceedings for the 45th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology, 2025-05-22.
Sachs, N. and J. Grenz. (2025). A Methodological Approach to Enacting Food Systems Reconciliation at Hwkw’akw’la’hwum. Proceedings for the 45th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology, 2025-05-22.
Jones, V. and J. Grenz. (2025). The Legacy of People-Soil Relationships: The Ethno-Soil Microbial Ecology of Indigenous Forest Gardens in the Pacific Northwest and Implications for Indigenous Food Systems Revitalization. Proceedings for the 45th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology, 2025-05-22.
Oeggerli, V. and J. Grenz. (2025). The importance of culturally relevant plant classification when evaluating ecological health: a St’at’imc case study on post-wildfire landscape recovery. Proceedings for the 45th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology, 2025-05-22.
Jones, V., and J. Grenz. (2025). Understanding the role of soil microbiomes in invasion dynamics and ecological restoration in outcomes in the Pacific Northwest. Proceedings for the Weed Science Society of America & Canadian Weed Science Society 2025 Joint Conference. 2025-02-26.
Oeggerli, V., and J. Grenz. (2025). Evaluating factors driving vegetation trajectories and plant invasion dynamics of post-wildfire landscapes in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. Proceedings for the Weed Science Society of America & Canadian Weed Science Society 2025 Joint Conference. 2025-02-26.
Sachs, Nava, Sofie McComb, Jennifer Grenz and Tara Martin. (2024). Observing Relationships Between Indigenous-Led Deer Stewardship and Cedar Forest Health in the Salish Sea. Proceedings for the 44th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology, 2024-04-26.
Grenz, Jennifer. (2024). Centering Indigenous Cultural Resurgence to Improve Ecological Restoration Outcomes of Cultural Keystone Places of the Quw’utsun Peoples. Proceedings for the 44th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology, 2024-04-26.
Zandvliet, Alyssa. (2024). Characterizing Settler Colonial Land-Use Histories in the Cowichan River Estuary and their Subsequent Impacts on Quw’utsun Traditional Food Systems Proceedings for the 44th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology (Session XXI. General Poster Session), 2024-04-26.
Bae, J., Grenz, J., and Jones, V. (2023). Policy, regulatory, and management failures leading to resistance of Reynoutria species to glyphosate in coastal British Columbia. Proceedings for the 77th Annual Canadian Weed Science Society Conference. Canadian Weed Science Society, 2023-11-22.
Jones, V. and J. Grenz (2023). Cultural impacts of invasive species on Indigenous value systems. Proceedings for the 77th Annual Canadian Weed Science Society Conference. Canadian Weed Science Society, 2023-11-22.
Oeggerli, V. and J. Grenz (2023). Native and invasive plant growth trajectories across differing wildfire burn severities: preliminary observations from the McKay Creek Wildfire in St’at’imc territory. Proceedings for the 77th Annual Canadian Weed Science Society Conference. Canadian Weed Science Society, 2023-11-22.
Grenz, Jennifer. (2022). Honouring Stories Past, Present, and Future to Guide Adaptive and Resilient Land Healing. Proceedings Turtle Island Indigenous Science Conference. Indigenous Science Network, University of Manitoba Faculty of Science, 2022-06-16. Presentation11.
Grenz, Jennifer. (2019). Embracing Relational Science: What an Indigenous worldview offers complicated issues in invasive species management. Proceedings for the 73rd Annual Canadian Weed Science Society Conference. Canadian Weed Science Society, 2019-11-20.
Grenz, Jennifer. (2013). Control of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) to ensure public safety and economic efficiency in an herbicide restricted region of coastal British Columbia. Proceedings Western Society for Weed Science Conference 2013. Western Society for Weed Science, 2013-03-11. Poster.