Anna Santo defended her PhD
Congratulations to Anna Santo for her excellent PhD defence! Her dissertation is entitled, “Disputed natures: Unpacking narratives, cognitions, values, and preferences about grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades Ecosystem”. Anna’s supervisor was Shannon Hagerman, and her committee included Kai Chan and Alex McInturff. Her university examiners were Terre Satterfield and Adam Ford, and her […]
Anna Santo’s Grizzly Bear Reintroduction short film is online
As a Public Scholars project, Anna Santo worked with the Joint Nations Initiative to produce a short film about a knowledge exchange summit they coordinated about the possibility of reintroducing Grizzly Bears to the Cascades. It’s online here.
Jo Fitzgibbons defended her PhD
Congratulations to Joanne (Jo) Fitzgibbons for her inspiring PhD defence! Her dissertation is entitled, “Knowledge pluralism in sustainability transitions: examining conservation in human-shared spaces“. Jo’s committee included Shannon Hagerman, and Don Carruthers den Hoed, with university examiners Amanda Giang, James Connolly, and external examiner Koen Arts. Bravo, Jo!
Announcing Season 2 of Small Planet Heroes, a CoSphere podcast—for you
If you’re reading this, maybe you’re devoted to or interested in transformation toward genuine social and ecological sustainability and justice.
If so, we made a podcast for you. Season 2 of CoSphere’s Small Planet Heroes is out.
It includes an incredible line-up of change-makers at the intersection of transformative change and science (both natural and social): Alex Morton, Suzanne Simard, Teika Newton, Eli Enns, Ingrid Waldron, David Boyd, Terre Satterfield, Sir Bob Watson, and David Suzuki.
The conversations were individually inspiring, and as a collection we hope they weave into something that can help grow an intersectional transformational community to leverage the change we need.
I hope you’ll listen, subscribe/follow, and favourite/like the series and each episode. Because it’s fun, engaging, and uplifting. And maybe educational, too.
Co-creating a Mutualistic City: A Collaborative Public Scholars Initiative Zine!
Zine cover (above) and entire zine designed and illustrated by Alana McPhearson All living beings have the same basic needs: a safe home or refuge, food to eat, water to drink, and air to breathe. Yet, dense cities like Vancouver have so far prioritized things like transportation and business over a healthy environment; predictability and […]
Towards a Relational Theory of Value
Kai and others argued that the complete domination of economics in policymaking is a problem, and that what’s needed is an alternative (relational) theory of value. This is the introductory editorial to a special feature in People and Nature.
Kai appointed Commissioning Editor at People and Nature
After serving six years as a Founding Lead Editor, Kai is now Commissioning Editor at the British Ecological Society journal, People and Nature. In this role, Kai is commissioning three new kinds of articles. Check out this blog post to suggest someone or a topic, or to see if one of your ideas might fit.
Alberto Campos announced a DeHaan Finalist for the Indianapolis Prize
Alberto Campos was named a DeHaan Finalist for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize for world-leading animal conservation. As a finalist, Alberto receives a $50,000 award to continue his efforts to conserve endangered species and rewild ecosystems. Bravo, Alberto!
Samantha Blackwell awarded a NSERC scholarship and wins President’s Medal
Incoming CHANS Lab Master’s student, Sam Blackwell, received the NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship for her proposed research on citizen science for understanding nest predation in urban birds. Sam was the President’s Medallist at the University of Windsor, an honour given to the student with the most outstanding combination of extracurricular involvement and academic achievement.