This piece is part of Field Stories: Community-Engaged Research in Times of Crisis, a visual symposium from SFU CERi.

It has been almost 5 years since the overdose crisis was labeled a public health emergency by the B.C. Government. Since then, over 6,500 lives have been lost throughout the province. The introduction of Covid-19 as a second public health emergency has exacerbated the crisis, with 2020 marking the highest number of overdoses in the province’s history.

The Walk With Me arts-based community action & research project seeks to uncover the human dimensions of the overdose crisis as it has unfolded in the Comox Valley. Within and through it, a group of artist-researchers, front-line workers and people with lived and living experience have banded together in a spirit of solidarity, attempting to come to terms with the impact of the crisis on individuals and community groups through a practice of story sharing. The stories, conveyed through audio recordings, drawings and photographs, are made accessible through a ‘walking practice’, in which participants are guided through various ‘reflective spaces’ within Courtenay’s downtown core.

The stories and walks are now being translated into policy and systems-change initiatives (including reports, presentations, etc.) through which we aim to spur systems and policy change.

The project exists is part of a larger participatory action research project, Cultural Mapping the Overdose Crisis, developed by researchers in Comox Valley (Comox Valley Art Gallery) and Kamloops (Thompson Rivers University)–in partnership with AVI Health and Community Services and a network of community advisors. It has received funding from Vancouver Foundation, BC Arts Council and Island Health.

More information about this piece: https://bit.ly/3eIhIWR
More information about Field Stories: https://bit.ly/2OLcoa4

Walk With Me: uncovering the human dimensions of the overdose crisis

One of the key recommendations found in Quiet Alarm: A Review of CBC’s Climate Reporting is for the CBC to develop a daily climate emergency broadcast to bring Canadians stories from the frontlines of the climate crisis, honestly informing them and inspiring them to action. This recording is a demonstration of what such a broadcast could sound like on CBC Radio.

In this hypothetical broadcast, climate emergency reporter Seth Klein speaks with host Ziya Tong about the goals of this new programming, record-breaking heat waves and their impacts, and how scientists are getting better and faster at linking specific extreme weather events to fossil fuel-driven climate change.

It uses information and analysis from the following original reporting:

No Human Has Ever Seen it Hotter - The Crucial Years, Bill McKibben | July 5 [https://bit.ly/44LZXMC]
Seeing through the smoke - Chris Hatch, Zero Carbon for Canada’s National Observer | July 2 [https://bit.ly/47Y1v9f]
​​Beyond Goldilocks – Chris Hatch, Zero Carbon for Canada’s National Observer | July 9 [https://bit.ly/3LdV6wC]
Debriefed – Joe Goodman, Carbon Brief | July 7 [https://bit.ly/3r24NYq] 
The Chilling Question About This Week’s Record Heat Wave – Mitchell Beer, The Energy Mix | July 8 [https://bit.ly/3P4HPrz]

Quiet Alarm: A Review of CBC’s Climate Reporting was produced by SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) and the Climate Emergency Unit, who also developed this demo with editing and production support from SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement.

Download report: https://www.sfu.ca/ceri/resources/publications/quiet-alarm.html

SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi): https://www.sfu.ca/ceri.html
Climate Emergency Unit: https://www.climateemergencyunit.ca/
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement.html

DEMO | Climate Emergency Broadcast  July 7, 2023

One of the key recommendations found in Quiet Alarm: A Review of CBC’s Climate Reporting is for the CBC to develop a daily climate emergency broadcast to bring Canadians stories from the frontlines of the climate crisis, honestly informing them and inspiring them to action. This recording is a demonstration of what such a broadcast could sound like on CBC Radio.

In this hypothetical broadcast, climate emergency reporter Anjali Appadurai speaks with host Ziya Tong about the proposed expansion of the offshore oil industry in Newfoundland and Labrador, its impacts, and evidence of the increasing reliability and efficiency of renewable energies from a place you might not have expected – Texas. 
 
It uses information and analysis from the following original reporting:

Federal government approves controversial Bay du Nord oil project – Darrell Roberts, CBC | April 6, 2022 [https://bit.ly/45FTpjY] 
Off the Deep End [https://bit.ly/3P3JHkp] – A series by Canada’s National Observer 
- A map of Newfoundland and Labrador's tsunami of offshore oil plans – John Woodside & Cloe Logan | September 7th 2022 [https://bit.ly/3P8GVdz]
- Why Newfoundland and Labrador is going all-in on offshore oil – John Woodside | September 7th 2022 [https://bit.ly/3PaWi54]
Show this to anyone who says renewables are unreliable – Arielle Samuelsen,  Heated | June 29, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3PD539T]
No Human Has Ever Seen it Hotter - The Crucial Years, Bill McKibben | July 5, 2023 [https://bit.ly/44LZXMC]
Statement from environmental and Indigenous groups on Bay du Nord decision – Ecojustice | June 20, 2023 [https://bit.ly/44JBOpQ]

Quiet Alarm: A Review of CBC’s Climate Reporting was produced by SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) and the Climate Emergency Unit, who also developed this demo with editing and production support from SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement.

Download report: https://www.sfu.ca/ceri/resources/publications/quiet-alarm.html

SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi): https://www.sfu.ca/ceri.html
Climate Emergency Unit: https://www.climateemergencyunit.ca/
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement.html

DEMO | Climate Emergency Broadcast  July 8, 2023

One of the key recommendations found in Quiet Alarm: A Review of CBC’s Climate Reporting is for the CBC to develop a daily climate emergency broadcast to bring Canadians stories from the frontlines of the climate crisis, honestly informing them and inspiring them to action. This recording is a demonstration of what such a broadcast could sound like on CBC Radio.

In this hypothetical broadcast, climate emergency reporter Anjali Appadurai speaks with host Ziya Tong about this summer of global climate catastrophes, the pursuit of climate justice, global finance reforms, and the increasing cases of climate litigation to hold states and fossil fuel companies to account for their role in the climate crisis. It’s a lot – enjoy the ride!

It uses information and analysis from the following original reporting:

What you need to know about the COP27 Loss and Damage Fund – UN Environment Programme | November 29, 2022 [https://bit.ly/3PqNEku]
COP27 brings historical fund for loss and damage, but fossil fuel supremacy prevents meaningful progress – David Suzuki Foundation | November 21, 2022 [https://bit.ly/3sKnP6d]
Fossil Companies Face $50B Lawsuit Over 2021 Heat Dome Deaths – Mitchell Beer, The Energy Mix | June 25, 2023 [https://bit.ly/45FUmc2]
Oil companies are laughing while the world burns – Arielle Samuelson and Emily Atkin, Heated | July 11, 2023 [https://bit.ly/4629Cj4]
China’s plans for a summer of extreme downpours, floods, and heat waves – The China Project – Nadya Yeh, July 12, 2023 [https://bit.ly/481i83R]
India floods: monsoon rains leave 22 dead in north as Delhi sees wettest July day in decades – The Guardian | July 10, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3sK6dY0]
India heatwave: 96 people dead reportedly from heat-aggravated conditions – The Guardian | June 19, 2023 [https://bit.ly/486XzCU] 
India: Rain toll in north rises to 91, floods worsen in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh – The Times of India | July 12, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3Z3HASd]
Drought leaves millions in Uruguay without tap water fit for drinking – Martín Tocar, The Guardian | July 15, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3Z5s7RE]
US refuses climate reparations for developing nations – BBC News | July 14, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3PsTrGh]
Paris talks to focus on funding poor countries to tackle climate crisis – Fiona Harvey, The Guardian | July 17, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3Pvv9vn]
Climate activist Nakate urges rich countries to cancel debt, grant climate finance at Paris summit – Associated Press | June 21, 2023 [https://bit.ly/44MU8yl]
World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis – Fiona Harvey, The Guardian | June 22, 2023 [https://bit.ly/462r0nS]
Who is liable for the climate crisis? Canadians are going to court to find out – Benjamin Shingler, CBC News | June 19, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3ErWgRp]
Why US climate lawsuits against big oil matter in Canada – Andrew Gage, Sue Big Oil [https://bit.ly/3R9MCuk]
View Royal votes to sue big oil for a share of climate costs – Sue Big Oil | June 7, 2023 [https://bit.ly/3sFTNQN]
Mea Culpas Are Great, But Climate Leaders Need to Model Real Accountability – Drilled | July 14, 2023
Barbados PM fights for shake-up of global climate finance – BBC News | June 22, 2023 [https://bit.ly/481OwmS]

Quiet Alarm: A Review of CBC’s Climate Reporting was produced by SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) and the Climate Emergency Unit, who also developed this demo with editing and production support from SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement.

Download report: https://www.sfu.ca/ceri/resources/publications/quiet-alarm.html

SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi): https://www.sfu.ca/ceri.html
Climate Emergency Unit: https://www.climateemergencyunit.ca/
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement.html

DEMO | Climate Emergency Broadcast  July 15, 2023

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