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Jun 18, 2025 39 min

Episode 1: Eva

from A Hot Topic: Addressing Heat Vulnerability in the Capital Regional District (CRD) Hosted by Erica Dolman, Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe, and Kirsten Mah

This episode tells the story of Eva Shaffer, member and Marine Liaison of T’Souke Nation, and her and her community’s experience with the 2021 heat dome, and extreme heat events that have happened since. Eva speaks from the perspective of a scientist and member of T’Souke Nation, and how these two identities are aligned with regard to land stewardship. This episode is hosted by Erica Dolman with the mentorship and guidance of Nicola Watts and produced by Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe and Kirsten Mah. Funding for this project was provided by the Michael Smith Health Research BC Reach Award. Bio Eva Shaffer is a member of T'Sou-ke First Nation. With a background in Natural Resource Conservation and Environmental Economics, she has worked on the T'Sou-ke Nation Marine Team since it's inception in 2020 - originally as a Marine Liaison Officer and now as the Director of Strategic Communications. She is concurrently pursuing a Graduate Degree at the University of Victoria Department of Geography researching ecosystem resilience in T'Sou-ke Nation Territory. Her passion for environmental protection has lead to the development of numerous monitoring, rehabilitation, and remediation programs within the Nation. Soundscape credits Background music: Insirish by Kjartan Abel. Visit https://kjartan-abel.com/library to find free music for your next project. This work is licensed under the following: CC BY-SA 4.0. Introduction fire sound: Fire_Forest_Inferno.aif by Dynamicell -- https://freesound.org/s/17548/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

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