FEELed Notes

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)

This FEELed Note was written by Research Affiliates Manuela Rosso and Tom Letcher-Nicholls. May saw the conclusion of Beyond the Desk, a student-led project co-convened by FEELed Lab members Manuela Rosso and Tom Letcher-Nicholls. We are both incredibly grateful for the support we received in proposing and unfurling this project.   Beyond the Desk specifically… Continue reading Recap: Beyond the Desk

As our SSHRC-funded Partnership Engagement Grant on the Biodiversities of Gender comes to close, we welcomed the Year of the Fire Horse very appropriately – welcoming OG ecosexuals Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens to a Kelowna screening of their ecosexual/environmental film Playing with Fire in tandem with local artist Mariel Belanger and Sierra Belanger’s film… Continue reading Recap: Biodiversities of Gender at the New Leaves Festival

How to Weather Together: Feminist Practice for Climate Change was published earlier this year – a labour of love, community, friendship — and also research! My co-author Jen Mae Hamilton and I, and our friend, collaborator and book illustrator Tessa Zettel, have been very excited to share this new book with friends, colleagues and future… Continue reading How to Weather Together: Book Welcomes (Upcoming May 19 & June 22)

Rebel salt crystals and the irreproducible equilibrium of sacred salt lakes.   This FEELed Note was written by Nina Vroemen, with contributions from Julian Self, as part of ASiR 2026, the FEELed Lab’s pilot Artist-and-Scientist in Residence program.   “What is saltier: human blood or the Ocean?” Indeed, both blood and swell are comprised of… Continue reading IN-SALTED

This FEELed Note was written by FEELed Lab administrator Julia Jung. Thank you so much everyone who joined our 5-year event on March 27th! There were over ~60 people who popped in and out during the day, joined the Keynote event, hosted a workshop or set up a self-led activities. We are so grateful for… Continue reading Celebrating 5 years at the FEELed Lab

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 long-time Woodhaven friend Nancy Holmes, who is now also joining the lab as a community affiliate. Can you tell us about your work/research? I am retired… Continue reading Researcher Profile – Nancy Holmes