Andrew Medeiros, 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies, spent winter quarter teaching ARCTIC 401 – The Arctic: Environmental Change and Challenges. The class examines on the causes and consequences of global environmental change and interactions with ecological processes and challenges for the human environment, with a focus on Inuit perspectives and knowledge. As part of the course, students take part in a “knowledge mobilization” activity to show how knowledge can be disseminated through different mediums. Students are tasked with painting a reflection of how climate change influences society, keeping in mind Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, which is how Inuit define all things known.
See some of the paintings below, and read Dr. Medeiros’ recently published paper on knowledge mobilization here.
