Kelly Bannister 

Dr. Kelly Bannister (summit co-host) is an ethnobiologist and applied ethicist who is devoted to supporting intercultural collaborations that bridge Western scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems. Her work explores how we can work well across different worldviews and knowledge systems, guided by diverse wisdom traditions and embodied practices, to address pressing social and ecological issues and support biocultural diversity and resilience. She is Co-Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance in the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria (Canada). She is also an Aikido and somatic movement practitioner, a Zen student with Chosei Zen, and an Instructor with the Institute for Zen Leadership. Kelly is a 4th generation settler on unceded Coast Salish territory.