Author: astridaneimanis

For the last three years (give or take), the FEELed Lab has been involved in a project called “Biodiversities of Gender” (or BOG for short!) This project (as you can read on the project page and in earlier FEELed Notes) sought to bring together ideas of gender abundance, Land relations (including being in good relations… Continue reading Learning abundance: wrapping up BoG

On April 11, FEELed Lab Director Astrida (that’s me!) teamed up with the UBC Centre for Climate Justice and our friends at the Belkin Gallery at UBC Vancouver to present Smoke Forecast – a one day symposium to mark the close of Structure of Smoke, a show that had been curated by Tania Willard and… Continue reading Smoke Forecast

This FEELed Note was written by FEELed Lab research affiliates and climate solution scholars Jamie Stevens and Estraven Lupino-Smith whose project explores the potential of using arts‐led social infrastructures to address polarization for Anticolonial Climate Justice. We are both settler-scholars and to begin, we offer gratitude to Indigenous scholars who have deeply informed this research.… Continue reading The Problem of Polarization

This post was originally published by the Center for Climate Justice. You can view the original post here. On April 23, the FEELed Lab and the Center for Climate Justice hosted a film screening of Juan Francisco Salazar’s latest film “Cosmographies” in Kelowna’s Innovation Center. The screening concluded with a Q&A with the director. When… Continue reading RECAP | Cosmographies by Juan Francisco Salazar

On May 8, our community affiliate Nancy Holmes hosted an Ecofiction Reading featuring Liz Johnston in conversation with local fiction writer Corinna Chong. We are grateful to Nancy and the Friends of Woodhaven for hosting such a wonderful event and are excited for more to come! Johnston’s novel, The Fall-Down Effect, spans thirty-one years in the… Continue reading An Ecofiction Reading Review

This FEELed Note was written by Research Affiliate Fabiola Melchior working on the Supporting Syilx-led partnership initiatives and Climate Justice Graduate Student Community project. This project is supported by the Principal’s Research Chair in Communities, Justice and Sustainability, The Centre for Climate Justice and the FEELed Lab. On May 22, the third Land as Teacher… Continue reading Land as Teacher: Experiential land-based workshop (continues)

This FEELed Note was written by FEELed Lab Administrator Julia Jung. On May 13 we hosted our second knowledge mobilization crafting session for our “crowd-sourcing community” campaign. As part of our overall knowledge mobilization strategy and our move away from Instagram, we have been encouraging people to sign up for our monthly newsletter, the FEELed… Continue reading Make & Mail: FEELed Lab Swag on its way

As we welcome new people to the FEELed Lab, we want to make space for longer introductions to project team members and research affiliates joining us this year. This profile is on Susanne Pratt, who joined the FEELed Lab as a visiting researcher in May 2026 and is currently an academic in Australia, at the University of Technology… Continue reading Researcher Profile – Susanne Pratt

This FEELed Note reflects on “Deep Writing: A FEELed Lab Summer Retreat” held at the lab in May 2026, co-convened by Susanne Pratt (Visiting Researcher at the FEELed Lab) with FEELed Lab Director Astrida Neimanis. The note was written by Susanne and Rhona Eve Clews, with iterative feedback and photos by Astrida and other participants,… Continue reading Deep Writing: A FEELed Lab Summer Retreat

On 4 June, our former Research Associate and core FEELed Lab member Emma Carey returned to Kelowna for her convocation! Emma completed an MA in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (Sustainability Theme), and produced a thesis entitled “Growing Plant Love: Park user perceptions of invasive plants in two parks of Kelowna, BC.” This work offered new ways… Continue reading Congratulations, Emma! (and the place-memory connection)