This past month, the CCJ hosted its first Year-End Fest with a Graduate Research Symposium, Keynote Address by Dr. Zoe Todd, and an End-of-Year Holiday Party! Another huge thank you to everyone who was involved in making these events possible as well as to everyone who attended.
The day started with celebrating a selection of research on which CCJ-affiliated graduate students have been working through three theme-based panels that focused on Multi-species Engagements with Water, Community Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Wildfire Ecologies, and Extractivism and (Un)Just Land Use.
Photo Credit: Leslie Kennah
Photo Credit: Leslie Kennah
Photo Credit: Leslie Kennah
Panel 1: Multi-species Engagements with Water
Moderator: Hann Scurlock, CCJ Graduate Student Programming Coordinator
- Emi Kingan – MA, Geography
- Annika Ord – MSc, Geography
- Melissa Plisic – MA, The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
Panel 2: Community Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Wildfire Ecologies
Moderator: Dr. Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Assistant Professor of Geography, CCJ Faculty Affiliate
- David Champagne – PhD, Sociology
- Manvi Bhalla – PhD, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
- Romina Tantaleán-Castañeda – PhD, The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
Panel 3: Extractivism and (Un)Just Land Use
Moderator: Dr. Sara Nelson, CCJ Research Manager
- Erik Post – PhD, Geography
- Naeem Nadaee – PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, UBC Okanagan
- Hoda Pourpirali – PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, UBC Okanagan
Following the Graduate Research Symposium was a Keynote Address by Dr. Zoe Todd, whose talk was titled “Freshwater fish and Indigenous legal orders and sovereignty in Canada: Or, towards ethical ‘spacetimemattering’ and embracing paradigm shifts in prairie land and water research.” A recording of Dr. Todd’s talk is available for viewing on the CCJ’s website.
We concluded the day with an End-of-Year Holiday Party in the Allard School of Law giving a chance for our leadership, affiliates, and staff to reconnect, celebrate our collective accomplishments, and build on each other’s excitement for an action-packed 2024.
CCJ community at Year-End Holiday Party – credit: Anjali Carter-Rau
