Women Plus Water

Voices making waves: jake moore jake is an intermedia artist whose primary medium is space – treating everything from exhibitions to administrative and capacity-building projects as sculptural acts that reshape public environments. Her practice blends material, movement, language, and voice to create immersive installations, public interventions, critical writing, and curatorial work. jake is the Director of University Art Galleries and Collection, co-chair of the MFA Studio Arts program, and an assistant professor of Art and Art History in the School for the Arts at the University of Saskatchewan. Please join us on Thursday, April 10th, for a conversation led by jake on the art-climate nexus! https://lnkd.in/gTpsZ3dn

Voices making waves: Andrew Denton Andrew is the Director of the new School for the Arts at the University of Saskatchewan. He has a collaborative practice spanning art-design-science and art-design-education contexts, as well as research engaging with non-human design ethics and climate emergency. His creative practice uses experimental filmmaking to shift how viewers perceive time and space in everyday life. His research explores decolonizing and de-centering human perspectives in design education. Recent projects include Time’s Strange Tissue, based on Antarctic geoscience archives, and the Wai Project, which studies young children's interactions with water in daycare settings. Please join us this Thursday, April 10, for a conversation about the art-climate nexus with Andrew and guests. All are welcome! https://lnkd.in/gTpsZ3dn

Voices making waves: Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer Rebeka is a visual artist and creative communications advisor with experience in climate justice, social change, and humanitarian fields. Rebeka founded and hosts The Heart Gallery podcast, which explores the intersections of art and social issues. Her artwork has been showcased at UN climate conferences, the Design Museum London, and projected on the Brooklyn Bridge. As an artist-in-residence and learning advisor with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, she leads art and multimedia storytelling initiatives. Through Rebeka's residency at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, she leads a participatory art experiment around Imagination Thresholds. Rebeka invites you to participate in this experiment! Details are in her Instagram account (see below), or DM us and we'll share the details! 🌐 Rebeka's portfolio: https://lnkd.in/gq-tX6s7 🎧 The Heart Gallery podcast: https://lnkd.in/gY-F8ZNt 🔗 Rebeka's Instagram: https://lnkd.in/g7K6Ju9P 🎨 Imagination Thresholds experiment: https://lnkd.in/gZ2vmc55 Join us and Rebeka on Thursday, April 10, for a conversation about the art-climate nexus! All are welcome to attend: https://lnkd.in/gTpsZ3dn

Voices making waves: Dani Lindamood Dani Lindamood is the Program Director for Wellington Water Watchers, a powerhouse eNGO dedicated to protecting local water resources from corporate extraction and pollution through advocacy, education, and activism. Through movement building and activism, Dani's role is to direct the visual and storytelling efforts, allowing Dani to bring her art into these efforts. Dani also sings in a jazz trio and is writing a novel! Please join us on Thursday, April 10, for a conversation with Dani about her experience using art and stories to motivate people to take action and much more! All are welcome to join the conversation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gTpsZ3dn

Merging art and science helps make climate change more relatable and emotionally impactful, turning complex data into compelling narratives that inspire awareness and action. Join us on April 10th for a conversation on the art-climate nexus! https://lnkd.in/gt9NX3p6

Voices making waves: Caroline Côté Caroline is a Canadian adventure filmmaker and polar guide renowned for her solo expeditions in polar environments. Her work focuses on capturing images during her journeys to present in documentaries, aiming to inspire and educate audiences about the natural world. Caroline is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of protecting glaciers, emphasizing their critical role in the planet's freshwater systems. Join us, Caroline, and guests for a conversation around our important water towers - mountains and glaciers! Register here: https://lnkd.in/grm7MPEr

Voices making waves: Sunwi Maskey Sunwi is a Cryosphere Research Associate at ICIMOD specializing in glacial lake outburst flood modelling and monitoring glaciers and permafrost in Nepal. She is dedicated to making high-altitude field research more inclusive and led the HKH Women on Ice field expedition designed to empower women in glaciology and mountaineering fields. Sunwi has a special connection with the Yala Glacier in Nepal where she witnessed the drastic recession of the glacier between 2017 and 2023: "As researchers, we often talk about glacial melt, but experiencing such a drastic transformation within my lifetime was overwhelming." Join us, Sunwi, and other guests on March 20th for a conversation around our water towers: mountains and glaciers. All are welcome to join! Register here: https://lnkd.in/grm7MPEr Learn more about the HKH Women on Ice field expedition: https://lnkd.in/gRfVgrXj Recent news about Yala Glacier: https://lnkd.in/gZ3Xb5if Glacier Lake Outburst Flood Modeling Publication: https://lnkd.in/gB2-nyvr

Voices making waves: Corinne Wallace Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace is the Executive Director of the Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) at the University of Saskatchewan. She founded the Women Plus Water community, is the inaugural Chair of Cansu Global's Science, Innovation, Technology, and Education (SITE) initiative, and a UNESCO chairholder in Mountain Water Sustainability. In 2023 she was recognized as a Water Shero by the Red Dot Foundation. Corinne’s research uses a coupled systems approach to explore how environmental and social factors shape water-related health in rural, remote, and marginalized communities. By integrating diverse knowledge systems and bridging research, practice, and teaching, her work advances equitable, climate-resilient water management. Join Corinne and guests on March 20th as they discuss the world's water towers: mountain and glaciers. Registration is still open: https://lnkd.in/grm7MPEr

Please join us for our next #WomenPlusWater conversation on the world's water towers - mountains and glaciers! Our guests will share their experiences with and knowledge about glaciers around the world, what is happening to them, and how that impacts downstream communities. This event is being held in celebration of the inaugural World Day for Glaciers (March 21) and World Water Day (March 22). Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gFCEqeEU Corinne Wallace | Sunwi Maskey | Laura Thomson | Queen's University | ICIMOD | University of Saskatchewan| Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS)

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Thank you to everyone who joined us today for a conversation about ensuring fieldwork is safe and accessible for everyone. A special thanks also goes out to Isabel Hilgendag, Aude Vincent, and Lynda Yorke for leading the informative conversation 👏 We had some questions we didn't have enough time to answer, so we thought we'd try to continue the conversation here. Comment your answer to the questions we have posed below, or share your questions, experience, or advice! 1) What are some of the unique needs to consider while doing fieldwork to help make it more inclusive? (perspectives: gender, mental health, cultural, socio-economic, mobility, etc.) 2) What are some resources or advice that people can use to be more inclusive when planning and executing fieldwork?