{"id":10292,"date":"2024-01-30T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=10292"},"modified":"2024-01-30T11:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:03:10","slug":"joseph-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-10292","title":{"rendered":"Joseph invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, in partnership with the Faculty of Land and Foods Systems, is\u00a0pleased to present an online talk and Q&A with\u00a0ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph (Squamish First Nation)<\/strong>, on\u00a0Thursday, February 1, 2024, from 12:30pm to 2pm (via Zoom)<\/strong>. Join us for this exciting and informative event as part of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Writing and Journalism Speaker Series.<\/p>\n

Reserve your ticket today for this free public event. A link and passcode will be shared with registrants prior to the event.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to register now!<\/p>\n

Gathering Medicine: A\u00a0Sk\u0332wx\u0332w\u00fa7mesh\u00a0Perspective on Researching and Writing on the Role of Culturally Important Plants and Places in Indigenous Resurgence, Health, and Wellness\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

During this talk, Indigenous Ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph will explore her research and writing practices that examine the ways that culturally important plants help support culturally grounded wellness practices and also the wider cultural and political Indigenous resurgence taking place.<\/p>\n

Leigh Joseph<\/strong>\u00a0is an ethnobotanist, researcher and entrepreneur from the Squamish First Nation. She contributes to cultural knowledge renewal in connection to Indigenous plant and land-based relationships.<\/p>\n

Leigh holds a BSc in Botany, MSc in Ethnobotany and is completing her PhD in Ethnobotany. She is the co-director and subject of the documentary\u00a0Walking with Plants<\/em>, which was nominated for three Leo Awards. Her writing has been published in the journals\u00a0Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems<\/em>,\u00a0Canadian Journal of Botany<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0International Journal of Indigenous Health<\/em>\u00a0and she contributed a chapter on the renewal of Indigenous plant knowledge to the book\u00a0Plants, People, and Places<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As founder of beauty brand S\u1e35w\u00e1lwen Botanicals, Leigh brings together Indigenous science and self-care, providing luxury skincare and wellness products that draw from the ceremonial aspects of plants.<\/p>\n

Leigh aims to contribute her voice as an Indigenous academic so that other Indigenous authors and students will feel themselves represented and reflected in ethnobotany literature. Her first book,\u00a0Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness<\/em>, is a bestselling Canadian nonfiction work that\u2019s part narrative, part field guide and recipe book. It draws on her lived experience as an Indigenous woman, her training in Western Science, and her cultural journey toward identity.<\/p>\n

About the EDI in Writing and Journalism Speaker Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The School of Journalism, Writing, and Media (JWAM) at UBC on the Musqueam land brings together a range of innovative approaches to the practice and teaching of journalism, writing, and other forms of communication. JWAM\u2019s journalism and WRDS courses reach several thousand students from across the university each year. The research-informed pedagogy of the JWAM team has included the continued development of our teaching, for instance, on issues related to decolonization, race, Indigeneity, trans identities, and disability. As we continue our work in these areas, we recognize there are gaps in the diversity of our fields as well as the inclusivity of our research and teaching practices. The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Speaker Series is part of an ongoing effort to address these gaps and aims to further the conversation on EDI and the teaching of writing.<\/p>\n

Lindsay\u00a0Cuff<\/strong>\u00a0 (She\/Her\/Hers<\/a>)
\nAssistant Professor of Teaching
\nLand & Food Systems and Forestry
\nThe University of British Columbia | Musqueam Traditional Territory
\n2205 East Mall\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z4 Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, in partnership with the Faculty of Land and Foods Systems, is\u00a0pleased to present an online talk and Q&A with\u00a0ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph (Squamish First Nation), on\u00a0Thursday, February 1, 2024, from 12:30pm to 2pm (via Zoom). Join us for this exciting and informative event as part of the Equity,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10294,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10292\/revisions\/10294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}