The Climate-Induced Migration in Atlantic Canada (CLIMAC) Project:

The impacts of climate-related events on the relocation of Atlantic Canadians

CLIMAC examines how climate-related events have affected the relocation of people across Atlantic Canada between 2000 and 2025. This research promotes access to knowledge on how climate events have shaped the lives of Atlantic Canadians through the development of an interactive map. As an ongoing research project, the CIMAC team continues to be interested in cultivating connections with professionals and the general public alike to better understand the role of climate change in our lives. 

 

About our presenters:

Josh Stevenson (he/him) is an MA student in Political Science(thesis-based) at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Josh completed his undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with a minor in Environmental Studies from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. As a CLIMAC research member, Josh investigated displacement and relocation in Nova Scotia, which is now the central theme of his thesis.

 

Averill Elisa Frankes (she/they) is an M.Phil. graduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador researching epistemic justice and the importance of seeing ourselves in stories, both fictional and historical. Averill brings fifteen years of experience in aviation and corporate communications to her studies, leveraging her experience to bring marginalized and interdisciplinary perspectives to academic knowledge production, dissemination, and mobilization. She holds a B.Ed. in Adult Education from Brock University and an Advanced Diploma in Aviation Management from Georgian College. Her focus on the CLIMAC project has been researching the climate-induced population impacts in Newfoundland and Labrador and data normalization and visualization.

 

Noah Schwarz (He/Him) is an MA student in Political Science at Memorial University, Newfoundland & Labrador. Noah’s research, broadly, is interested in issues of environmental/energy politics and contentious politics. His thesis examines what happens when Artificial Intelligence–a technology often understood as immaterial–becomes locally materialized through the construction of the centres that house the hardware needed to run A.I. models. In his work, he focuses on the contentious politics of data centre projects in New Brunswick. He completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science and History (Joint Honours) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). As a CLIMAC researcher, Noah studies displacement and relocation in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

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Location: Via Zoom

Date and Time: Thursday, Nov. 12 at 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM (NST)

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