Recent Projects
The moment I fell in love with the Arctic! Peaking through the CCGS Amundsen icebreaker window while documenting research on board as we were going through the Northwest Passage in 2009. The six-week journey took us from Paulatuk, NWT to Quebec City via Eastern Baffin Island and the Labrador Fjords. Eternally grateful to my mentor Dr. S. Kim Juniper for this opportunity.
📷 : Joannie Ferland.
Over the past 15 years, I have worked with the academic sector, private companies, non-profits, and governmental organizations on projects related to higher education and K-12 education, knowledge mobilization, youth/community engagement, Arctic global change, and ocean science.
Current Projects:
🎥 Engaging Inuvialuit youth on climate change using Participatory Video in the Community-Based Research Lab at the Univ. of Victoria for my PhD (2017-2024) - Happening to Us film Released in 2024!
👀 Developing strategic partnerships to co-create mind-blowing K-9 education programs with communities as a Co-Founder of Live It Earth (2017-)
🌐 Supporting the UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education with Dr. Budd Hall (UVic) and Dr. Rajesh Tandon (PRIA, India) to engage researchers and communities on knowledge democracy, open science, decolonization of knowledge, and participatory research (2021-)
🌅 Supporting as a Co-Investigator and Research Assistant the Canada-Inuit Nunangat-United Kingdom (CINUK) Arctic Research Program entitled “Carving out Climate Testimony: Inuit Youth, Wellness & Environmental Stewardship” with Dr. Karla Williamson, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Dr. Jen Bagelman, Newcastle Univ., UK, Dr. Heather Castleden, Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe, and Dr. Budd Hall at UVic. We are working with the community of Tuktoyaktuk, NWT. (2022-)
Highlights of Recent Projects:
🌍 Co-Facilitating and Co-creating a Community-based Participatory Research hybrid course with Dr. Crystal Tremblay, Director of CIFAL Victoria. Organized by ICLD, CIFAL Victoria, UN Habitat and UVic, the in-person workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was a culmination of a 5-week course on community-based approach and arts-based tools (community mapping, participatory video, photovoice) in support of the SDGs (2022).
🐙 Supporting Marine Planning and Communications for the Marine Protected Areas Campaign with Pacific Wild
🎬 Providing a short Arctic film on research for the Franklin Exhibit in museums across Canada with the Royal Ontario Museum
👩💻 Creating an Innovative French Educational program with the BC Ministry of Education to connect French schools in BC with French schools in New Caledonia through Live Underwater Shows
🌊 Organizing over 15 live underwater broadcasting events with Fish Eye Project (Shipwreck, Arctic, Deep-Sea, for classrooms and Giant Screens)
📱 Developing a Community monitoring App and Producing a promotional video for Beach Observer (Coastal and Ocean Resources)
🐟 Supporting marine conservation by creating deep-sea species guides for the Marine Spatial Analysis and Planning Group at DFO Canada
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