Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast

Dr. Heather lgloliorte (Inuk-Newfoundlander, Nunatsiavut) is an internationally renowned curator and art historian whose work centres circumpolar Inuit and other Indigenous arts and knowledges within global art contexts such as contemporary art exhibitions, public art installations, museum collecting practices, and new media art and film productions. Her research foregrounds Indig

In this episode, Hōkūlani Aikau explains how doing ethnographic research in the academy provided her with opportunities to learn from and about her various communities. As an ethnographer her approach is committed to understanding the experiences of the people with whom she works. Her training and experience have brought her to the Archipelago Collective and she explains how tra

Heather and Hoku sit down with Chamorro scholar, Tiara Na’puti, to discuss Indigenous planetary health from the perspective of Guåhan and the Marianas archipelago. Tiara is an Associate Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California-Irvine. Her scholarship and community work addresses militarism, colonialism, Indigenous cultures, and movements in

In both Canada and the United States, the idea of state, provincial, territorial and national parks are widely celebrated for preserving wilderness for the public to enjoy. However, what might be less known is that the origins of the nature conservancy movement that produced these parks are based in white supremacy and anti-Indigenous racism. While these parks were established in

Dr. Diana Lewis who is Mi’kmaq from the Sipekne’katik First Nation holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Health Governance at the University of Guelph. She joins co-hosts, Hokulani Aikau and Heather Castleden, for a conversation about doing community engaged research and the leadership role Indigenous women are playing to redress environmental injusti

One of the key values of our collective is prioritizing the importance of art to an Indigenous worldview. In this episode, Hoku and Heather sit down with Sarah Jim who is a visual artist from the village of Tseycum in W̱SÁNEĆ. As a muralist, her art practice reflects the lessons she’s learned from Coast Salish mentors and from her land-based work at PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱. She

In this episode, Heather and, guest host, Carey Newman have a conversation with Métis activist Breanne Lavallee-Heckert. When we spoke with Breanne, she was the Research Director for Indigenous Climate Action, an Indigenous-led organization that works on connecting and supporting Indigenous communities to reinforce their place as leaders who are driving climate change solutions f

In this episode, Heather and special co-host, Jeff Corntassel, a professor in Indigenous Studies and a member of our collective at the University of Victoria, sit down with Carey Newman, renowned artist, master carver, filmmaker, author, and public speaker to discuss the circuitous route he followed that brought him to be a part of the Archipelagos collective. Perhaps most wel

Planetary health has emerged as a new ‘science’ in academic circles. It is touted as the a framework that reimagines a path forward through the current climate crisis. But contrary to what you might have read or heard, the concepts behind planetary health are not new at all, at least not from the perspective of Indigenous worldviews. In this episode, Heather sits down

The Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast features artists, activists, and academics working to heal our planet through Indigenous-led resurgence. In this episode, co-hosts, Heather Castleden and Hokulani Aikau will introduce you to a few of the folks who comprise the Archipelago of Indigenous-led Resurgence for Planetary Health, including Carey Newman (Master Carver), Dawn Smith (N