Humber Liberal Arts Academic Conference 2022 In March 1912, an article in Popular Mechanics focused on the remarkable weather of 1911, citing extreme heat across North America and Europe and unprecedented melting of ice in the Arctic. The conclusion? Human-created climate change based largely on an over reliance on coal energy. More than a century […]
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This panel focuses on the urgent need to rethink global or international experiential learning programs in response to the climate crisis. Canadian university campuses are quickly returning to pre-Covid “normal,” and international programming is again in high demand among students. The research presented in this panel explores a wide range of the responsibilities for institutions […]
Specific stories from various front lines of the climate crisis are explored in this panel. This includes an analysis of how art can offer a critique of the environmental racism faced by the Sámi in Sápmi, specifically looking at how art created through the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can go beyond a visual […]
This panel will explore various ways in which educational approaches and disciplines are, or should, be responding to the climate crisis. Discussion will move from looking at specific disciplines, including teaching about the need to create sustainable fashion and exploring a framework for teaching Climate Change Education, to broader approaches around how hope and resilience-based […]
This panel explores the stories being told in response to the climate crisis, including analysis of eco-weird stories manifesting the fear and anxieties of climate change. While the discussion will be wide ranging, it will grapple with questions about whether or not Eco-SF predicts the future or models potential scenarios and how water scarcity could […]
Nikki Sanchez is a Pipil and Irish/Scottish academic, land defender, media maker, environmental spokesperson, and decolonization expert. Her work can be found broadly, including on the VICELAND series RISE and in her TEDx talk “Decolonization is for Everyone.” She is also an activist, author and educator, as well as the founder and director of Decolonize […]
