Myrah Graham, MSc

What’s the work that you do?

I connect arctic marine research to arctic communities. The Amundsen is Canada’s research icebreaker, welcoming researchers from various institutions everywhere. I spend time in communities across Inuit Nunangat with the aim to listen to Inuit research priorities, and find ways to better inclusion and collaboration in arctic marine science. In Antarctica, I am a benthic ecologist on the hunt for the Colossal Squid, the largest invertebrate in the world which has never been filmed alive. By mapping and filming, we hope to further conservation in the southern ocean.

What keeps you going?

I love connecting science to people! It can be a very exclusive field.. and translating and connecting the amazing work people do to local and global audiences is very rewarding. It’s a way to have more people be included in polar science.

What’s your message to the world?

It’s cool to do polar science, but it’s even cooler to share it!