Professor Graham is being widely remembered for her significant contributions to the fields of public policy, local governance, community development, and Indigenous policy in Canada. At 3ci, we especially wish to honour her contributions to the fields of community engagement and community-based research.

Since the 1980s, Professor Graham was at the forefront of testing and learning on the most effective modalities of community engaged research and teaching with a wide range of partner communities and organizations. In 1994, she became founding Chair of 3ci鈥檚 Management Committee, helping establish our Centre as a national leader in stakeholder engagement and knowledge co-creation in the diverse fields of responsible investment, community economic development, Indigenous governance, impact measurement, and community-university partnerships. Professor Graham continued to serve on our Management Committee until this week.

From 2012 to 2015, Professor Graham also chaired the Steering Committee of the SSHRC-funded Community First project, based at 3ci. CFICE sought to optimize the impacts of community-university partnerships in poverty reduction, food security, environmental sustainability and combatting violence against women in seven Canadian provinces. CFICE gave birth to , a national network and community of practice that fuels authentic research, learning, and creative partnerships between academic institutions and community organizations.

Professor Graham was also founding Chair of , from 2008 to 2015, a pan-Canadian network of engaged scholars and non-profit practitioners that has continued to flourish. Subsequently, she was instrumental in the collective effort of 16 Canadian post-secondary institutions to pilot a Canadian adaptation of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a certification process for best-practices in this field.

Plans to remember Katherine at 杏吧原创 will be shared with the 3ci community in the new year.

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In this powerful and personal episode, host Peter Andr茅e is joined by Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel (University of Victoria, Cherokee Nation) and Dr. James Rowe (University of Victoria, author of Radical Mindfulness) to explore how mindfulness, ceremony, and heart-centred practices offer resources for witnessing and metabolizing the emotional grief associated with environmental and social injustice.

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In the second half of our two-part series on The Growth-Environment Debate, Ryan and Peter explore two of the more provocative discourses in the debate over sustainability and economic growth. What if growth is the problem? And what if it’s already too late?

First, they examine the 鈥淥verthrow Growth鈥� discourse through the work of Indigenous activist and economist Winona LaDuke, the principles of degrowth, and the rise of eco-Marxist critiques of capitalism. Then, they delve into a final, sobering discourse: 鈥淭he Damage of Growth is Done,鈥� featuring voices like Jem Bendell, who argues that societal collapse is already underway, and that the focus should now be on adaptation and resilience.

This episode continues to unpack the diverse, and at times conflicting, visions for ecological sustainability and economic futures in the Anthropocene. If you haven鈥檛 listened to, we recommend starting there.

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Join Dr. Peter Andr茅e as he explores the critical role of philanthropic organizations in advancing sustainability with two leading experts: Beth Hunter, Director at FoodBridge, and Lorne Johnson, Vice President at the IVEY Foundation. Discover how successful philanthropic efforts can be aligned with ecological goals, such as promoting sustainable agriculture in Canada. Our guests explain philanthropy鈥檚 鈥渟weet spot鈥� in, as Hunter puts it, being 鈥渟trategic,鈥� 鈥渇lexible,鈥� 鈥渢aking risks,鈥� and moving sustainability experiments 鈥渢owards scaling.鈥� Along the way, Johnson and Hunter discuss their 鈥渢heories of change,鈥� including how environmental activists (supported by foundations) interact with corporations and governments to achieve social and environmental change.

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is entitled the Politics of the Anthropocene鈥�.

, called 听鈥淲e鈥檙e Back! Talking about the Anthropocene鈥�, looks back on the first three seasons and provides a sneak preview on the topics and guests we鈥檒l be covering in season 4.

is entitled 鈥淎xe the tax, or face the Facts?鈥� Featuring Dr. Kathryn Harrison and Dr. Andrew Leach, this episode delves into the intricacies of the current debate over the federal carbon tax in Canada.

The artwork below was created for Season 4 by Adam Gibbard. This season of the Ecopolitics Podcast is produced by DGES PhD Student Kaleigh McIntosh.

DECEMBER 5, 12:30 – 1:45 PM ET, on ZOOM

Join faculty researchers, community partners, advisory committee members, and student research assistants for a virtual roundtable on the dos and don鈥檛s of collaborative, community-driven research. This open discussion, held on Zoom, will focus on building trust, creating a shared vision, and reciprocal knowledge exchange, especially in Indigenous contexts where data sovereignty and relationality are key. While housing and homelessness research is the main focus, all researchers and partners from other fields are welcome to participate. Please register here.

This virtual roundtable is co-sponsored by the Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home and the 杏吧原创 Centre for Community Innovation (3ci).

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Panelists

, College of Law Faculty, University of Saskatchewan

Sarah Buhler is the daughter of Jake and Louise, the mom of Simon, Ben and Rachel, and the spouse of Charlie. Her grandparents and great-grandparents were Mennonite farmers who came as refugees/ settlers from what is now Ukraine to Treaty 6 territory just north of Saskatoon. Sarah grew up in Bangkok, Thailand, and has also lived in Winnipeg and Toronto. She joined the University of Saskatchewan College of Law鈥檚 faculty in 2010. Prior to that, she practiced law in a Saskatoon law firm and served as the Executive Director and Supervising Lawyer at Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City (CLASSIC).听 Sarah鈥檚 research is focused on access to justice, the human right to housing, and the legal processes around eviction.听 Sarah is the recipient of the University of Saskatchewan Award for Distinction in Outreach and Engagement and the University of Saskatchewan Award for Distinction in Community Engaged Teaching and Scholarship.

, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent University

As an ally scholar, Dr. Kevin Fitzmaurice has experience in Indigenous research co-leadership, teaching, course development, and university administration. He is presently an Associate Professor for the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University and a Professor Emeritus with the University of Sudbury/Laurentian.听 He is the former Truth and Reconciliation Coordinator and Director of Research for the Center for Research in Social Justice and Policy at Laurentian University.听

Dr. Fitzmaurice is currently co-leading several community-driven research projects.听 He is a Co-Investigator and National Steering Committee Member with the ‘A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy’ and the Ontario Regional Co-Director with the ‘Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN)’.听 He is also a Co-Investigator with the ‘Making the Shift: Youth Homelessness Innovation Lab (Sudbury/Timmins)’ and the ‘Maamwizing Indigenous Research Institute / Race Gender Diversity Initiative’.听 Dr. Fitzmaurice was also a Regional Lead with the 2021 ‘National Centre for the Collaboration on Indigenous Education (NCCIE)’ as well a Co-Director with the 2011 ‘Toronto Aboriginal Research Project (TARP)’ and the 2007 ‘Ontario Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)’.听 His areas of teaching and research specialization include Urban Indigenous Studies, Housing and Homelessness, Indigenous-Settler Politics and Law, Indigenous Critical Theory, and Indigenous Research Methods.

Discussants

Elie Azar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 杏吧原创 University

Dr. Elie Azar is a Canada Research Chair and an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at 杏吧原创 University. He is a co-applicant on the Safe and Affordable project, serves on its national steering committee, and leads the 鈥淐limate Impacts and Mitigation鈥� theme. Dr. Azar鈥檚 research focuses on enhancing the performance of buildings and communities by advancing and integrating building simulation tools, including physics-based and data-driven models. He has contributed to or led research projects with funding exceeding $7.5 million and has supervised over 30 graduate students. Dr. Azar has co-authored approximately 150 scientific publications and reports, including the 2024 UNEP-CCC Climate Technology Progress Report, along with four books on sustainability, smart cities, artificial intelligence, and carbon neutrality. He holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnique Montreal, as well as an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent University

David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He is a Professor of Indigenous Studies and Chair of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, was the first Principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies since 1993. He is also a Professor in the School of Business. Professor Newhouse is Co-Chair of the Trent Aboriginal Education Council. He was the IMC/U of S Aboriginal Scholar in Residence at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in 1998/99. He also teaches in the Graduate CED Program at Concordia University. In 2016, he received the Trent Award for Education Leadership and Innovation.

Chair: Peter Andr茅e, Director, 3ci

Department of Political Science, 杏吧原创 University

Peter Andr茅eis a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science at 杏吧原创 University. He is cross-appointed in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and in the Institute of Political Economy. Prof Andr茅e鈥檚 research focuses on the politics of food and the environment. He practices, and teaches, community-based participatory research methods. He is the Director of the 杏吧原创 Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) and a member of the research team. Prof. Andr茅e is a first generation immigrant to Canada from the Netherlands. He lives with Chris Hamilton and their son Nicolas, on unceded Algonquin territory alongside the Gatineau river in Qu茅bec.

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