Sumaila enjoys exploring novel ideas and mentoring future thinkers. His interest in the environment started early in life when his grandfather used to say people should “walk as if the ground feels pain” – this is sophisticated environmentalism! His specific interest in ocean and fisheries was picked in Norway. He won the 2017 Volvo Environment Prize and was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2019. (Quantity Surveying) from the Ahmadu Bello University.
(Economics) from the University of Bergen and his B.Sc. Sumaila has experience working in fisheries and natural resource projects in Norway, Canada and the North Atlantic region, Namibia and the Southern African region, Ghana and the West African region and Hong Kong and the South China Sea. His research focuses on bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies, marine protected areas, illegal fishing, climate change, marine plastic pollution, and oil spills. Rashid Sumaila is a Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia.
Website: Fisheries Economics Research Unit, OceanCanada Partnership Tier I, Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics OceanCanada Partnership Canada Research Chair
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