Join us in person or online for an exciting conversation with Grace Nosek about her book, Rootbound, and the unique role that climate fiction and art can play in empowering youth and driving climate action.
Climate fiction and art are powerful tools to advocate for environmental justice and challenge the systems driving the environmental crisis. These creative mediums ignite passion and inspire the change needed for a sustainable future.
Grace Nosek is a passionate scholar, storyteller, and climate justice advocate. Her PhD and postdoctoral research explore how the fossil fuel industry undermines democracy and, importantly, how we can empower youth to take action. Rootbound, a joyful YA climate fantasy novel, is a product of this work and uses storytelling to challenge and counter the false narratives propagated by the fossil fuel industry.
Grace will be joined in discussion by Dr. Amanda Giang, UBC Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Modelling for Policy, and UBC student Amy Leung, BA Geography.
The event will include opportunities for attendees to ask questions through Slido and participate in a networking session later on. We encourage you to come ready to participate and connect with fellow attendees!
Date
Thursday, March 20
Time
12 - 2 PM
Location (in-person)
BC Hydro Theatre, CIRS
2260 West Mall (Open on Google Maps)
Location (online)
Zoom
Organized by the UBC Sustainability Hub, Sustainable Development Solutions Network University of Calgary, UBC Climate Hub, The Youth Harbour, UBC Sauder School of Business, and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
This event is part of SDG Month Canada, a national collaborative initiative that invites all Canadian universities and colleges to organize workshops, panels and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
meet the author
Grace Nosek is a legal scholar focusing on climate misinformation, protest, and democracy, as well as a long-time community organizer. She centers justice, joyful community, hope, agency, civic engagement, and systems change in her work and scholarship. As a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, Grace is researching novel strategies to empower youth in democratic decision-making and to inoculate youth against climate despair. Grace is a past Canada-U.S. Fulbright recipient, and she holds a BA from Rice University, a law degree from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Laws and PhD in law from the University of British Columbia. She’s never met a dance party she didn’t want to join.