EDGES member, Prof. Leila Harris, has been awarded a Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Catalyst Collaboration Fund Award. Congratulations, Leila!

The fund provides up to $10k support for collaborative research projects and/or events, knowledge translation and mobilization related to the climate and nature emergency.

Leila’s funded project is Makers’ Lab: Art/Research Collaborations and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. The project description reads as follows: “Coordinating spaces for BC-based artists and UBC artist/academics and students to connect, collaborate and create with a focus on exploring the climate and nature emergency. Zoom sharing and brainstorming sessions for artists and researchers working on key linked themes (biodiversity loss, climate grief, water insecurity) will be followed up with an in-person creative workshop and “makers’ lab” where creative teams will be able to act out, and explore their creative ideas (e.g., demonstrations, art installations).”

More information on the award and Leila’s project can be found here.