Publications

Journal Articles:

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2026, May). Indigenous Water Governance: AnishinaabekNaaknigewin (Law) Constructs the Role of Anishinaabek Kweok (Women) in N’bi(Water) Decision Making (Dr Nicole Klenk, Ed.). Environmental Science and Policy, 180, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104395

  • Grimm, Jamie, Soares, Bruno E., Laxiri Zanjani, Leila, Ballard, Myrle, Chiblow, Susan, Andrade R.S., . . . Bernos, Thais, A. (2026, February). Endangered species laws and the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges and sciences in risk assessments. Conservation Biology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70235

  • Erona, Elina, Chiblow, Susan, Niiyokamigaabow Smiles, Deondra & Oberg, Gunilla. (2026). Reckoning with the ways in which the mechanistic Anglo-dominant worldview is embedded in chemicals management and how it stalls the transformation needed to better account for the complexities of chemical risk (Krithika Srinivasan, Ed.). Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486251411653

  • Bowles, Ella, Henri, D. A., Provencher, J.F., Alexander, S.M., Love, N.E., Steel J., . . . Popp, J. (2026). Practices for braiding Indigenous knowledges and Western science for research and monitoring of biodiversity in Canada. Ecology and Evolution, 16(1), 1-29. doi: 10.1002/ece3.72358

  • Lukawiecki, J., Bowles, E., Menzies, A., Chiblow, S., Ford, A.T., Khan, J.S., . . . Popp, J. (2026). Cultural Keystone Species: Connecting land, water, and community through an Indigenous Lense (Katrina Brown, Ed.). Ecology and Society, 31(1). https:// doi.org/10.5751/ES-16774-310122

  • Ataria, James, Parata, Te Kaurinui, Moores, Audrey, Huia, Iti, Hill, Christopher, Chiblow, Susan, . . . Brooks, Bryan. (2025, January). Towards the Sustainable Management of Chemicals and Waste: Weaving Indigenous Knowledge with Green and Sustainable Chemistry. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13, 1-4. doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c08902

  • Kidd, Sean, Brzgrebelna, M. & Chiblow. Susan. (2024, September). Addressing Poverty is Central to an Equity-Focused Response to Climate Change. International Journal on Homelessness, 4(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5206/ijoh.2023.3.18987

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2024, June). Indigenous Worldviews on N’bi (Water): Responsibilities, Relationships, and Declarations (Wendy Jepson, Co-Editor-in-Chief and Jan Seibert, Editor-in-Chief, Eds.). WIREs Water Journal, 12(1). doi: 10.1002/wat2.1754T

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2023, August). Indigenous peoples understand human health relies on healthy waters (Laurie Wilson, Ed.). Healthcare Management Forum. doi:10.1177/08404704231208944

  • Ataria James, Baker Virginia, Trembley Louis, Brooks Bryan, Chiblow Susan, Murphy Michelle, . . . McGregor Deborah. (2023, June). Viewpoint: Orienting the sustainable management of chemicals and wastes towards indigenous knowledge. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04600

  • Patterson Healther, Bowles Ella, Chiblow Susan, McGregor Deborah, Kozmik Cory & Popp Jesse. (2023, June). Environmental and socio-cultural impacts of glyphosate-based herbicides: Perspectives from Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science (Libby Lunstrum, Ed.). Frontiers in Conservation Science, section Global Biodiversity Threats, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1186399

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2023, June). Reconciling our relationships with the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 49(1), 87-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.02.007

  • Chiblow, S. & Meighan, P. (2023). AnishinabekGiikendaaswin and Dùthchas nan Gàidheal: Concepts to (re)center place-based knowledges, governance, and land in times of crisis. Ethnicities, 24(4). doi:10.1177/14687968231219022

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2023). Relationships and Responsibilitiesbetween Anishinaabek and Nokomis Giizis [Grandmother Moon] Informs N’bi [Water]Governance. AlterNative, 19(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801231173114

  • Mussett, K.J., Chiblow, S, McGregor, D., Whitlow, R., Lauzon, R., Almack, K., . . . Reid, A.J. (2022, October). Wise practices: Indigneous-settler relations in Laurentian Great Lakes fishery governance and water protection. Journal of the Great Lakes, 49, S12-S21. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2022.09.010

  • Menzies, Allyson, Bowles, Ella, Gallant, Megan, Patterson, Heather, Kozmik, Cory, Chiblow, Susan, . . . Popp, Jesse. (2022). I see my culture starting to disappear”: Anishinaabe perspectives on the socioecological impacts of climate change and future research needs. Facets, 7. Retrieved from https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2021-0066

Book Chapters:

  • Chiblow, Susan & Meighan, Paul. (2026). Standing with Indigenous Science. In Dr. Barbara Wall and Dr. Mary-Claire Buell (Eds.), Power With: Indigenous Knowledges, Environmental Practice and the gifts of collaboration (1st ed.) (pp. 1-27). Toronto, Canada: Canadian Scholars.

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2025, April). Chapter One - Indigenous Peoples’ languages, culture, wisdom, scientific and technical knowledge. In FlagShip Reports (Ed.), The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples- Vol VI: Climate Crisis (Vol. VI) (pp. 8-22). United States of America: United Nations.

Online Resources:

Reports:

  • Chiblow, Susan, Craft, Aimee & * Longboat, Sheri. (2026). Living in Our Changing Climate (p. 5).

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2025). Traditional Ecological Elders from the Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin Address Biodiversity Loss (p. 5).

  • Chiblow, Susan. (2024). Anishinaabek Program of Research (p. 24).

  • McGregor, D., Tropia, E., Chiblow, S. & Whitaker, S. (2023). First Nation led Source Water Protection Planning toolkit (p. 20).

Ndaakendaaswen Gamig


Ndaakendaaswen Gamig is dedicated to nurturing lifelong learning through Anishinaabe ways of knowing, cultural teachings, and community collaboration. We create welcoming spaces where knowledge is shared across generations, empowering individuals, families, and communities to grow with confidence, strengthen identity, and honour the wisdom of our ancestors while building a brighter future for the next seven generations.

Efforts continue to evolve for sustainable and inclusive water governance in Canada. All humanity relies on N’bi (Water) for life, yet contrasting views and knowledge on N’bi still elude water governance. Far too often, Indigenous women are left out of water governance regardless of their relationships and responsibilities to and for N’bi. Indigenous women, more specifically Anishinaabek (Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island also known as Canada and the USA) kweok (women) understand the relationships and responsibilities Nokomis Giizis (Grandmother Moon) has to N’bi through the cycles of kweok and Nokomis Giizis and how this is guided through natural law. This article explores the relationships and responsibilities between Anishinaabek kweok and Nokomis Giizis and how it can inform water governance based on Anishinaabek naaknigewin (law).

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Reconciling our relationships with the Great Lakes

The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is an Agreement between the United States and Canada to restore and protect the Great Lakes that recognized the involvement and participation of Indigenous Peoples is essential to achieve the objectives of the Agreement. Stemming from this Agreement, the Canada-Ontario Agreement (COA) on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health (COA) set goals and objectives to restore and protect the Great Lakes. The COA includes Annex 13: Engaging First Nations and mentions that Canada is committed to reconciliation. Guided by an Anishinaabek Research Paradigm (ARP), which addresses decolonizing research on Indigenous peoples and employs a conversations style design, I explore what reconciliation is in Great Lakes water governance and how reconciliation can influence Great Lakes water governance. Reconciliation is more than words and involves the restoration of good relationships between people and with the waters. Reconciliation can also play a significant role in water governance. We are all water, and all come from water understanding that without water, there will be no life. This knowledge commits every human to preserve, protect, and conserve the waters. Understanding Anishinaabek views on reconciliation can assist with water governance.

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Reconciling our relationships with the Great Lakes

At Ndaakendaaswen Gamig, every person has a gift to offer and something new to learn. Together, we are building a future rooted in respect, reciprocity, belonging, and self-determination, one that celebrates Anishinaabe knowledge while welcoming collaboration, innovation, and lifelong growth.