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SUMMARY: EDI Speaker Series – Leigh Joseph – Ethnobotanist
DESCRIPTION: Indigenous Ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph will explore her researc
 h and writing practices that examine the ways that culturally important pla
 nts help support culturally grounded wellness practices and also the wider 
 cultural and political Indigenous resurgence taking place.
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 The UBC School of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media\, in partnership with th
 e Faculty of Land and Foods Systems\, is pleased to present an online talk 
 and Q&A with </span><span><b>ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph (Squamish First Nat
 ion)</b></span><span>\, on </span><span><b>Thursday\, February 1\, 2024\, f
 rom 12:30pm to 2pm (via Zoom)</b></span><span>. Join us for this exciting a
 nd informative event as part of the Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion (EDI
 ) in Writing and Journalism Speaker Series.</span></span></div><div><span s
 tyle="font-size: medium\;"><span>  </span></span></div><div><span style="fo
 nt-size: medium\;"><span>Reserve your ticket today for this free public eve
 nt. A link and passcode will be shared with registrants prior to the event.
 </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span> </span></
 span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span>Click </span><span>
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 m/jfe/form/SV_6AsFARC04tRn1qe">HERE</a></b></span><span> to register now!</
 span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span> </span></sp
 an></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span><b>Gathering Medicine
 : A </b></span><span><b>Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh</b></span><span><b> Perspective on Re
 searching and Writing on the Role of Culturally Important Plants and Places
  in Indigenous Resurgence\, Health\, and Wellness</b></span><span><b> </b><
 /span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span><b> </b></s
 pan></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span>During this t
 alk\, Indigenous Ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph will explore her research and w
 riting practices that examine the ways that culturally important plants hel
 p support culturally grounded wellness practices and also the wider cultura
 l and political Indigenous resurgence taking place.</span></span></div><div
 ><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span> </span></span></div><div><span st
 yle="font-size: medium\;"><span><b>Leigh Joseph</b></span><span> is an ethn
 obotanist\, researcher and entrepreneur from the Squamish First Nation. She
  contributes to cultural knowledge renewal in connection to Indigenous plan
 t and land-based relationships.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-s
 ize: medium\;"><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medi
 um\;"><span>Leigh holds a BSc in Botany\, MSc in Ethnobotany and is complet
 ing her PhD in Ethnobotany. She is the co-director and subject of the docum
 entary </span><span><i>Walking with Plants</i></span><span>\, which was nom
 inated for three Leo Awards. Her writing has been published in the journals
  </span><span><i>Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems</i></span><span>\, <
 /span><span><i>Canadian Journal of Botany</i></span><span> and </span><span
 ><i>International Journal of Indigenous Health</i></span><span> and she con
 tributed a chapter on the renewal of Indigenous plant knowledge to the book
  </span><span><i>Plants\, People\, and Places</i></span><span>.</span></spa
 n></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span> </span></span></div><
 div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span>As founder of beauty brand Sḵwá
 lwen Botanicals\, Leigh brings together Indigenous science and self-care\, 
 providing luxury skincare and wellness products that draw from the ceremoni
 al aspects of plants.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: mediu
 m\;"><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><spa
 n>Leigh aims to contribute her voice as an Indigenous academic so that othe
 r Indigenous authors and students will feel themselves represented and refl
 ected in ethnobotany literature. Her first book\, </span><span><i>Held by t
 he Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness</i></span><span>\, is a 
 bestselling Canadian nonfiction work that’s part narrative\, part field gui
 de and recipe book. It draws on her lived experience as an Indigenous woman
 \, her training in Western Science\, and her cultural journey toward identi
 ty.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span> </span
 ></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium\;"><span><b>About the EDI
  in Writing and Journalism Speaker Series</b></span></span></div><div><span
  style="font-size: medium\;"><span><b> </b></span></span></div><div><span s
 tyle="font-size: medium\;"><span>The School of Journalism\, Writing\, and M
 edia (JWAM) at UBC on the Musqueam land brings together a range of innovati
 ve approaches to the practice and teaching of journalism\, writing\, and ot
 her forms of communication. JWAM’s journalism and WRDS courses reach severa
 l thousand students from across the university each year. The research-info
 rmed pedagogy of the JWAM team has included the continued development of ou
 r teaching\, for instance\, on issues related to decolonization\, race\, In
 digeneity\, trans identities\, and disability. As we continue our work in t
 hese 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 teac
 hing of writing.</span></span></div><div></div><div><img class="alignnone s
 ize-full wp-image-21884" src="https://jwam.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploa
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