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This blog post was written by FEELed Lab Administrator Julia Jung. Knowledge mobilization is the process of transforming academic research into more tangible community benefits. This includes thinking about who is potentially affected by the research, the most accessible formats for engagement, and the timing of engagement activities (Research Impact Canada). As part of a… Continue reading Updating our Knowledge Mobilization Strategy: Leaving Instagram

This blog post was written by FEELed Lab Research Associate Erin Delfs, as part of our support to syilx-led climate justice. On April 9th, a small group of folx[1] from IndigenEYEZ, the UBC Centre for Climate Justice (CCJ), and UBC Okanagan (UBCO) gathered at the FEEled Lab on unceded[2] syilx[3] territory with three key intentions:… Continue reading IndigenEYEZ, UBCO, and the UBC Centre for Climate Justice connecting towards sustainable futures: Workshop Reflections

The FEELed Lab gathers and unfurls on the traditional, ancestral and stolen territories of the syilx people. These lands were never ceded. We encourage you (if you haven’t already) to read the statement by the Syilx Okanagan Chiefs reaffirming unceded syilx Okanagan land as an historical truth and reality. The FEELed Lab stands in solidarity.… Continue reading This is Unceded Land: Making Connections

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. All photos by project member Jenica Frisque. Thank you to everyone who joined us at our access storytelling workshop on… Continue reading Access is Entwined with Relationship-Building: A Workshop

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 

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