In Person: CFGS C168 (Sedgewick building, University of Victoria). The meeting will take place from 10am to 11am PST.
Raven Borsey and Morgan Brown are joining us for a special BIG_Lab Coffee Talk led by the Indigenous Internationalisms group to discuss their restoration work in relationship to the life and waters of Xw’ullemy (the Salish Sea bioregion), including efforts to protect the salmon amidst climate change and depleting fisheries, the restoration of ancestral plant medicines and seed rematriation, and more.
Xwesultun Raven Borsey is from Lummi Nation and is a graduate student in cultural anthropology at Western Washington University. He is a Young Tribal Leader and Research Fellow with the Setting Sun Institute. His work with Setting Sun Institute includes helping to publish ‘Reefnetters of the Salish Sea,’ the final thesis of world-renowned anthropologist Wayne Suttles.
Morgan Brown is a Tsimshian mother and Environmental Education Coordinator for the Swinomish Tribe who empowers Indigenous youth through traditional plant medicine, first foods, and language revitalization. Her work includes cultivating an educational ethnobotanical garden, revitalizing ancestral trade practices, and healing generational trauma with teachings rooted in kinship and stewardship.
Join us in person at Sedgewick C168 in the Centre for Global Studies on the UVic campus. The meeting will take place from 10am to 11am PST.
