Please join Sierra Lammi for the next Starting the Conversation!
Tuesday, March 19
12 noon to 1:00 pm (PDT)
In-person in Arts 368
Online via Zoom (please e-mail icer.ok@ubc.ca for the link)
Abstract:
My research uses participatory mapping processes as a tool for UBCO students to share and understand one another’s experiences with climate change, with an additional focus on experiences with the Grouse Complex Fire that took place in August, 2023. Working in collaboration with the Global Engagement Office, both international and domestic student experiences with climate change are explored, and my research specifically questioned the role of the participatory mapping processes in sharing our climate stories. In this presentation, I will share some impacts of climate change that were particularly relevant to UBCO students, and reflect on how the participatory mapping process can help facilitate intersectional and place-based discussions of climate change.
Bio:
My name is Sierra Lammi, and I have been an uninvited settler on Syilx Okanagan Territory for almost two years, when I began my Masters at UBCO. I am originally from ‘Minnesota’ on tradi-tional Ojibwe territory, where I studied biology and ecology and worked in conservation and en-vironmental education for several years before coming to the Okanagan. As an educator, I was constantly learning from my students, which inspired me to study methods that allow us to collaboratively and critically discuss various experiences with climate change.
