Youth Engagement in Climate Justice with Joanna Petrasek Macdonald

This is the 6th edition of Under The Weather, featuring Joanna Petrasek MacDonald of the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group A Necessary Voice: Youth Engagement in Climate Change Policy, Research, and Action She is currently completing her Master’s thesis at McGill on the impacts of climate change on the mental health and well-being of Inuit youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador and the connection between participatory video and youth resilience. Joanna’s interests in youth and climate change stem from a background in climate activism, including having attended both COP15 and COP16 for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as a Canadian Youth Delegate, as well as serving on the Executive Committee for the Sierra Youth Coalition. Come hear about how Joanna has bridged the gap between activism and academia in youth-based climate justice organizing and research! For more information on the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group, visit http://www.jamesford.ca/ Also featuring a special presentation by Thomas Pringle and Tyler Lawson of the Moving Image Research Lab at McGill University! We'll be doing a special collaboration with MIRL in June, so stay tuned for that! In the meantime, check out http://mirl.lab.mcgill.ca/