Samantha Farquhar, a doctoral student in the Integrated Coastal Sciences program at East Carolina University (ECU), will travel to northern Quebec next year to study and document how fisheries relate to food systems in nearby coastal Canadian communities. Her project is funded through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowships program and marks the first time an ECU student has received this award.

Farquhar’s project will explore the connections between fisheries and food consumption in nearby communities. She plans to spend time in the Inuit communities of Nunavik, Canada, conducting workshops and exercises with residents to get a sense of behavioral trends and how they relate to food security and consumption. When she is not in Nunavik, she will work with researchers at Laval University in Quebec City. She will also collaborate with the Makivik Corporation, an Inuit development organization that oversees the fisheries.