Climate Hope

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Climate change is already causing untold damage to lives and livelihoods around BC and the world. But, too often, there has been a failure to tell the many human stories about climate disasters: from heat waves and floods to wildfires and droughts. As a result, we can feel alone and isolated in our own experiences with climate change. This exhibition space invites shared stories in order to feel hope through community connections. We invite you to share your own experiences.

This exhibition space was co-created with the Climate Disaster Project, an initiative led by journalism teachers and students across Canada. They work with those who have lived through climate disasters to share their stories with the public. And, since we are all climate disaster survivors, each student enrolled in a Climate Disaster Project class also shares their own story.

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Seth is a journalism student at Langara College. Growing up in Ottawa, Ontario, he played soccer in his free time, something he enjoys to this day, and was known for being a troublemaker. “I speak my mind sometimes too often, and I could use a…
Jeff and Cheryl met in 1983 while they were both living in Victoria, British Columbia. They married in 1985. Almost forty years later, they’re still happily married with three kids and two grandkids. “We both share a passion for our children and our…
Sophie is a writing and philosophy student currently studying on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ nations. She grew up in Nanaimo, a small harbour city on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with her mother, step-father, sister and…
Claudia was quite the rambunctious child. Her parents put her in a bunch of sports but she was never able to hang onto them. Her mom often reminds her of the trouble she would get into. One memory, in particular, is when she was dangling from the…
Abby is a third-year journalism student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. In high school, Abby delivered newspapers everyday before school and knew from an early age that journalism was the right path for her.  She grew up in St. Catharines ,…
Jasna is a journalism student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. As a child, Jasna chose to play with a pen and paper before toys. She was an independent child and pursued many creative hobbies such as making crafts and putting on theatre…
Prior to becoming a writing student at the University of Victoria in 2021, Kaitlyn attended Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. Thompson Rivers is just two hours north of the community she grew up in: Summerland, a town of 12,…
Growing up in Victoria, British Columbia and spending time in Lisbon, Portugal, Sarah Suleman always felt very lucky to be raised around forests and oceans. “There's something about trees. Where you can see that there's been growth for a lot of…
At twenty-two years old, Ashlee is in her last year of her undergrad at the University of Victoria, ready for the next steps of her career in professional writing and journalism. It’s a future a younger Ashlee would have never imagined. Curled up…