Author: astridaneimanis

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

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

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

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

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

This blog post was written by FEELed Lab Member Emma Carey, a Master’s student in UBCO’s Interdisciplinary Sustainability program, who is also working on the Enhancing Access and Inclusion in Environmental Humanities Research Practice Project When I first joined the access and inclusion project, way back in September 2023, the first task Astrida gave me was… Continue reading Recommendations for readings on access and disability justice

The FEELed Lab is thrilled to partner with Inspired Word Cafe (IWC) in a new SSHRC-funded Partnership Engage Grant that continues our work on the biodiversities of gender project. Biodviersities of Gender (or BOG, for short) is interested in making connections between gender abundance and ecological abundance – where many bodies, beings, places, and relations… Continue reading Biodiversities of Gender with the Inspired Word Cafe!

This blog post was written by FEELed Lab visiting artist/scholar Liz Toohey-Wiese, who is exploring the complicated topic of wildfires and their connections to tourism, economy, grief, and renewal… On Sunday, February 2nd, I drove from Vancouver to Vernon, where I am staying at the Caetani Center as an artist-in-residence and joining the FEELed Lab… Continue reading Quilted Connections: Grief, Resilience, and Community Through Creative Practice

This blog post was written by FEELed Lab associate Sierra Lammi on behalf of the Better World Club. BWC Starting up again on February 4th for interested middle and high school students The Better World Club is back! We are a group of middle and high school students passionate about taking action for the environment and the… Continue reading Preparing for Spring with the Better World Club

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 Liz Toohey-Wiese, who is joining the FEELed Lab as a visiting artist/scholar exploring the complicated topic of wildfires and their connections to tourism, economy, grief, and… Continue reading Researcher Profile – Liz Toohey-Wiese