Community-Engaged Research and the Climate Crisis

NOTE:

This event will be held in-person only therefore please only register if you are able to attend in-person at 312 Main in Vancouver on October 20th.

Water, tea, and coffee will be served in the morning and afternoon. Vegan lunch will be served for lunch. If you have any dietary needs or preferences, please email us at cericoms@sfu.ca

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

Climate crisis is already unfolding across BC: heat domes, wildfires, and floods have had devastating impacts on communities throughout the province, both urban and rural. These impacts – like other social and environmental injustices – are unevenly distributed, often exacerbating existing harms to Indigenous peoples, communities of colour, and the underhoused or socially vulnerable.

Community-engaged research offers powerful methods for understanding these impacts, increasing the capacity of under-resourced communities to plan for and live through them, and amplifying the stories and visions of change coming from those living through the climate crisis. But there is a tension between the pace and scale of community-engaged research – which requires that relationships be built with care, patience, and close attention to context – and the urgency of the global climate crisis. How then can we do community-engaged research at the speed of the climate emergency? What role can community-engaged research play in creating change that is both globally impactful and sensitive to local realities?

This symposium brings together community organizers, movement and youth leaders, media makers/storytellers, researchers, and other practitioners of climate justice to share practices, stories, and lessons to collectively strengthen our ability to advance climate justice. The one-day event will foster discussion and connection among initiatives centred on three themes:

1. Collaborative research and climate responses that advance Indigenous sovereignty;
2. Storytelling for community resilience and policy change; and
3. Youth-driven research and engagement for climate justice.

For info on speakers see: https://www.sfu.ca/ceri/events/Community-Engaged-Research-and-the-Climate-Crisis.html

***Registration closes on Tuesday, Oct 18 but there will be some tickets at the door. ***