Cultural Resilience and Innovation: Building a Better Future with Indigenous and Afrofuturism 

Lily Packo (she/her) is an Indigenous undergraduate student in her third year of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus. She is passionate about exploring the connections between culture, environment, art and sustainability, with a focus on how these intersections support Indigenous conservation efforts and sovereignty. Her studies center on understanding how traditional… Continue reading Cultural Resilience and Innovation: Building a Better Future with Indigenous and Afrofuturism 

Reimagining Campus Life: Integrating Solarpunk Principles for a Sustainable Future

Lily Packo (she/her) is an Indigenous undergraduate student in her third year of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus. She is passionate about exploring the connections between culture, environment, art and sustainability, with a focus on how these intersections support Indigenous conservation efforts and sovereignty. Her studies center on understanding how traditional… Continue reading Reimagining Campus Life: Integrating Solarpunk Principles for a Sustainable Future

What do we actually mean? Diving deeper into our lab values using Storytelling

This blog post was written by Julia Jung, the FEELed Lab Administrator. Last semester, we came up with a set of current lab practices using the rich pictures method described in this FEELed Note. Building onto that, we held another workshop using a storytelling method at the FEELed lab last Saturday, March 15. We wanted… Continue reading What do we actually mean? Diving deeper into our lab values using Storytelling

Zines: A love letter

An excerpt from Lola's zine A Little Guide to Accessible Communication and Interaction with Hard of Hearing People

This blog post was written by FEELed lab friend and UBCO Alum Lola Melchior, whose visits we always warmly welcome! Dear zine, I hope this letter finds you well! I am writing to you today, even though it seems counterintuitive to write instead of sketch, collage or scribble (for once). I just wanted to say… Continue reading Zines: A love letter

Challenging Climate Justice, Engaging Earth Sense

Water is Life. Photo by Aaron Hemens (all rights reserved.)

This blog post was written by FEELed Lab Research Associate Erin Delfs, as part of our support to syilx-led climate justice. On September 27, 2024, a group of very cool people – Indigenous people from syilx territory and beyond joined by a group of UBC Okanagan professors and students keen on building understanding and support… Continue reading Challenging Climate Justice, Engaging Earth Sense

Community Zine-ing as Collective Care

This blog post was written by FEELed Lab Associate Jamie Stevens, who runs the Better World Club project together with Sierra Lammi. At the beginning of March, a FEELed Lab community partner, Ponderosa Education Community (PEC), hosted an afternoon community speed zining art session with 20+ community organizers from across movements. Settler colonialism is a… Continue reading Community Zine-ing as Collective Care