{"id":665,"date":"2024-12-09T13:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/diversescientiststhenandnow\/?post_type=chapter&p=665"},"modified":"2024-12-09T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:15:34","slug":"665","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/diversescientiststhenandnow\/chapter\/665\/","title":{"raw":"Chelsea Benally","rendered":"Chelsea Benally"},"content":{"raw":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Chelsea Benally<\/h2>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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Time period:<\/h3>\r\n

2011- present<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Environmental Engineering<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Biography:<\/h3>\r\nChelsea Benally is Din\u00e9 Navajo, from the One Who Walks Around Clan in Northern Arizona. She was inspired by her grade 7 environmental science class to pursue science. While studying science in high school she realized there were very few Indigenous women in STEM. She did an undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona. She found her work as a junior level engineer for an oil company unfulfilling. She decided to move to Alberta to unite her son with his father and applied to the University of Alberta\u2019s, who was a member of the Sucker Creek First Nation.\u00a0 Drawing on her knowledge of First Nations communities\u2019 issues with oilsands tailings ponds, she applied to the University of Alberta\u2019s doctoral program focusing on oil sand remediation. In 2018 she became the first Indigenous woman to graduate with a PhD in engineering from the University of Alberta.\r\n\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Summary of their contributions:<\/h3>\r\nDr. Benally\u2019s research is focused on oil sand remediation and filtering harmful toxins by creating membranes and other adsorption materials.\r\n\r\nShe uses her background in engineering to find solutions for human created issues and to help improve the environment.\r\n\r\nShe has recently published a paper on how treatment wetlands could provide a nature-based solution to filter water for Indigenous communities, as many do not have little or no access to filtered water.\r\n\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

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Integration with the BC Secondary Science Curriculum:<\/h3>\r\nDr. Benally\u2019s research integrates in the grade 11 environmental science of the BC Science curriculum. Particularly in the context of First Peoples knowledge and other traditional ecological knowledge, sustaining biodiversity, and how humans can play a role in\u00a0stewardship and restoration\u00a0of ecosystems.\r\n

For grade 12 environmental science, Dr. Benally\u2019s work relates to the big ideas of how Human actions affect the\u00a0quality of water\u00a0and its ability to sustain life, Human activities cause\u00a0changes in the global climate system, and how living sustainably supports the well-being of self, community, and Earth.<\/h5>\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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References:<\/h3>\r\nArslan, M., Benally, C., M\u00fcller, J. A., Usman, M., Hanna, J., & Gamal El-Din, M. (2024). Empowering indigenous resilience with treatment wetlands. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(8), 100149. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.crsus.2024.100149\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/wwest\/WWEST_blog\/7-indigenous-people-in-stem-you-should-know.html<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.stemminds.com\/indigenous-voices-in-stem\/<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/chelsea-benally-alberta-oilsands-indigenous-1.4920703<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/geoconvention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/abstracts\/2021\/67438-working-together_-indigenous-knowledge-science.pdf<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum\/science\/12\/environmental-science<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum\/science\/11\/environmental-science<\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Chelsea Benally<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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Time period:<\/h3>\n

2011- present<\/p>\n

Subject:<\/h3>\n

Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Biography:<\/h3>\n

Chelsea Benally is Din\u00e9 Navajo, from the One Who Walks Around Clan in Northern Arizona. She was inspired by her grade 7 environmental science class to pursue science. While studying science in high school she realized there were very few Indigenous women in STEM. She did an undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona. She found her work as a junior level engineer for an oil company unfulfilling. She decided to move to Alberta to unite her son with his father and applied to the University of Alberta\u2019s, who was a member of the Sucker Creek First Nation.\u00a0 Drawing on her knowledge of First Nations communities\u2019 issues with oilsands tailings ponds, she applied to the University of Alberta\u2019s doctoral program focusing on oil sand remediation. In 2018 she became the first Indigenous woman to graduate with a PhD in engineering from the University of Alberta.<\/p>\n

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Summary of their contributions:<\/h3>\n

Dr. Benally\u2019s research is focused on oil sand remediation and filtering harmful toxins by creating membranes and other adsorption materials.<\/p>\n

She uses her background in engineering to find solutions for human created issues and to help improve the environment.<\/p>\n

She has recently published a paper on how treatment wetlands could provide a nature-based solution to filter water for Indigenous communities, as many do not have little or no access to filtered water.<\/p>\n

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Integration with the BC Secondary Science Curriculum:<\/h3>\n

Dr. Benally\u2019s research integrates in the grade 11 environmental science of the BC Science curriculum. Particularly in the context of First Peoples knowledge and other traditional ecological knowledge, sustaining biodiversity, and how humans can play a role in\u00a0stewardship and restoration\u00a0of ecosystems.<\/p>\n

For grade 12 environmental science, Dr. Benally\u2019s work relates to the big ideas of how Human actions affect the\u00a0quality of water\u00a0and its ability to sustain life, Human activities cause\u00a0changes in the global climate system, and how living sustainably supports the well-being of self, community, and Earth.<\/h5>\n

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References:<\/h3>\n

Arslan, M., Benally, C., M\u00fcller, J. A., Usman, M., Hanna, J., & Gamal El-Din, M. (2024). Empowering indigenous resilience with treatment wetlands. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(8), 100149. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.crsus.2024.100149<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/wwest\/WWEST_blog\/7-indigenous-people-in-stem-you-should-know.html<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.stemminds.com\/indigenous-voices-in-stem\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/chelsea-benally-alberta-oilsands-indigenous-1.4920703<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/geoconvention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/abstracts\/2021\/67438-working-together_-indigenous-knowledge-science.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum\/science\/12\/environmental-science<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum\/science\/11\/environmental-science<\/a><\/p>\n

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