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SUMMARY: Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Ex
 tremes
DESCRIPTION: Drawing on a century-plus of collective storytelling experienc
 e\, this panel of seasoned narrators will discuss how Indigenous narratives
  reframe and resist mainstream media's preoccupation with extreme weather e
 vents to instead forefront the colonial conditions surrounding these events
 .
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><img class="alignnone wp-image-54700 size-
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  /></p><p>How have Indigenous narratives helped Indigenous peoples cope wit
 h and confront climate change? What does it mean to see and story climate c
 hange not so much as a problem\, but as a symptom?</p><p>Drawing on a centu
 ry-plus of collective storytelling experience across multiple realms and lo
 cations\, this seasoned panel will discuss how Indigenous narratives refram
 e and resist mainstream media’s preoccupation with extreme weather events t
 o instead forefront what legacy newsrooms all but ignore: the colonial cond
 itions\, institutions and infrastructures surrounding these events.</p><p>P
 art of <em>Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF)</em>\, a larger weekend gathering of
  invited international Indigenous journalists\, experts and storytellers\, 
 <em>BFF</em> will explore the ways Indigenous narratives work to engage wha
 t climate change means on Indigenous terms\, and their capacity to both rea
 dy us for what's coming\, and help us navigate it once it's here.</p><p><st
 rong>Panelists:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Judi Kochon</strong> (Sahtú) ha
 s over 40 years of experience as a journalist\, and is currently the Sahtú 
 Language announcer and Director of Radio for CKLB in Yellowknife</li><li><s
 trong>Paul Seesequasis</strong> (Willow Cree) is an author\, editor\, journ
 alist\, curator\, and founder of the online Indigenous Archival Photo Proje
 ct</li><li><strong>Tanya Talaga</strong> (Anishinaabe) is an award-winning 
 journalist\, author\, filmmaker\, and columnist for <em>The Globe and Mail<
 /em></li><li><strong>Mark Trahant</strong> (Shoshone-Bannock) has worked fo
 r more than 50 years as a journalist\, columnist\, and editor\, most recent
 ly as Editor-at-Large for <em>Indian Country Today (ICT)</em></li></ul><p><
 strong><br />Moderator:</strong></p><ul><li>Longtime journalist <strong>Ric
 k Harp</strong> (Cree) has hosted/produced the Indigenous current affairs p
 odcast MEDIA INDIGENA since 2016. He also hosts the APTN News Brief podcast
 .</li></ul><p><strong><br />The panel discussion is FREE and open to the pu
 blic\, no RSVP is required.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Co-convened by Prof. <st
 rong>Candis Callison</strong> (SPPGA\; CIS) and<strong> Rick Harp</strong> 
 (MEDIA INDIGENA)\, <em>BFF</em> is sponsored by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau 
 Foundation\, Global Journalism Innovation Lab\, School of Public Policy and
  Global Affairs\, and the Museum of Anthropology.</p><p><img class="wp-imag
 e-54641 alignleft" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/si
 tes/5/2025/09/BFF_Graphic-300x133.png" alt="" width="450" height="199" /></
 p><p> </p>
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