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Conference Presentations and
Invited Speaker

2025

L. Fulton, B. Thom.  2025. Treaty Relations of the Salish Sea. Canadian Association of Geographers / Canadian Cartographic Association Annual Conference. Ottawa, Ontario. May 20-23rd, 2025. Poster Presentation. 

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L. Fulton, B. Thom.  2025. Treaties of the Salish Sea. International Cartographic Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia. August 18-22nd, 2025. Oral Presentation. 

2023

L. Fulton. 2023. Harnessing Digital Storytelling with Maps to Empower Coastal Communities for Marine Stewardship and Conservation. Coastal Zone Canada Conference. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. June 11-15, 2023. Oral presentation.

 

L. Fulton, D. Lieske, S. Avery-Gomm. 2023. Development of a Geospatial Database for Coastal Islands in Eastern Canada. Coastal Zone Canada Conference. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. June 11-15, 2023. Oral presentation.

 

S. Spike, L. Fulton, G. Marty, P. Manuel, C. Aporta, F. Simmons. 2023. Living with the Seafloor: Exploring Local Knowledge of Coastal and Nearshore Benthic Spaces along the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. Coastal Zone Canada Conference. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. June 11-15, 2023. Oral presentation.

 

L. Fulton, D. Lieske, S. Avery-Gomm. 2023. Identifying current and future priority coastal habitats for protection in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Association of Geographers. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 8-12, 2023. Oral presentation.

2022

L. Fulton, C.J. Brown, J. McIntyre, A. Smith, T. Walker. 2022. Evaluating the benefits of side scan sonar as a detection method for abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear. GEOHAB Conference 2022. Venice, Italy. May 16 – 20, 2022. Oral Presentation.

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L. Fulton. 2022. Saving Ghost Fishing Gear. Esri Canada GIS Day in Canada. November 14, 2022. Virtual Presentation.*

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L. Fulton. 2022. Collaborative Remediation of Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear in Southwest Nova Scotia. The Canadian Marine Shipping Risk Forum (CMSRF). June 23, 2022. Virtual Presentation.*

2021

L. Fulton. 2021. Untangling the Problem of Abandoned, Lost, and Discarded Fishing Gear: Effectiveness of Side-Scan Sonar as a Gear Detection Method in Clark’s Harbour, Nova Scotia. Marine Affairs Program Sustainable Ocean Conference. September 23 – 25, 2021. Virtual Presentation.

Leah Fulton

Leah Fulton (she/they) is an early-career professional working as a coastal planner and cartographer on the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ peoples of the Coast Salish Nation (Victoria, British Columbia). She specializes in spatial data storytelling, digital cartography, and interactive geovisualizations, particularly as they pertain to the coastal environment. She is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Victoria, in the Department of Geography.

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Working on the lands of the Coast Salish and Straits Salish Territories of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples (Victoria, B.C)​

I am committed to engaging with and learning from diverse Indigenous Peoples and communities across Turtle Island as well as addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls To Action, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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