There is growing concern about how climate change is affecting coastal communities in Canada. Increasingly severe weather, flooding, coastal erosion, and changes in ecosystems, such as declining fish stocks, are directly impacting coastal community survival and well-being. Quick, technical, siloed fixes to this problem often fall short of bringing long-term, meaningful change and can even create injustices. With a grounding in the Mi’kmaq principles of Msit No’kmaq, loosely translated in English to all my relations, researchers will work with Indigenous and other coastal communities to share knowledge of existing problems, including if and what transformations are needed. The project will also provide an opportunity to learn and reflect on the relationships, processes, and strategies for meaningful transdisciplinary climate change research and action.

• Build community capacities to help support adaptation and mitigation practice and planning;
• Advance new thinking, theories of change, and planning approaches for just and ethical climate change adaptation and mitigation;
• Foster conversation about transformation for cross-cultural learning for meaningful institutional change in science, policy, and governance.

Dr. Erica (Samms) Hurley
Assistant Professor, Memorial University
Email: s96ejs@mun.ca

Dr. Evan J. Andrews
Banting Postdoctoral Researcher, Memorial University
Email: evana@mun.ca

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