Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast

HECLab University of Victoria

We’re burning down our house, and we’re in for nasty weather. But Indigenous peoples have ideas for planetary resurgence and restoration. Professors Heather Castleden and Hōkūlani Aikau bring you conversations with artists, activists, scholars, and other knowledge keepers tackling the climate crisis.

  1. 1D AGO

    'Āina Education: A framework and conversation about restoring relationships between people and place with Maya Saffery  

    Land-based or place-based education is probably a well-known pedagogical framework for folks working in Indigenous education. For our guest this week, Dr. Maya Saffery, a Kanaka ʻŌiwi cultural practitioner, educator, […]

    52 min

  2. OCT 29

    The Audacity of Indigenous Art/ists: A Conversation with Zena Cumpston

    As academic institutions in the United States experience a dramatic defunding of research related to decolonization, in Canada and Australia, these efforts are ongoing and accelerating. Given the larger political […]

    48 min

  3. OCT 15

    Co-creating transformative art from Turtle Island to Palestine with Smokii Sumac and Zaynab Mohammad 

    This powerful episode explores art as a practice of resistance, healing, and connection across lands and lineages. Guest hosts Kathryn Stone and Brenda Jimenez are joined by guests Smokii Sumac, […]

    52 min

  4. OCT 1

    From Stories on the Trapline to Protocols in Playhouses: Indigenous Resurgence through the Performing Arts with Reneltta Arluk 

    In this episode, Heather sits down with Reneltta Arluk, a performing arts artist and Indigenous arts advocate and leader. We get to hear beautiful stories from Reneltta of growing up […]

    55 min

  5. SEP 17

    Curation as Ceremonial Political Practice, a conversation with Léuli Eshrāghi

    Join Hōkū in this episode as she sits down with Léuli Eshrāghi, Curator of Indigenous Practices at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. For Léuli, this role goes beyond curating […]

    44 min

  6. SEP 3

    Go! Go! Stop! Land-based Wellness with Sandra Martin Harris

    We are back from our summer break! Before we get started, stop! Take a deep breath in … and … out. Pause. Where is the sun in the territory you’re […]

    34 min

  7. AUG 20

    Replay: Slugs and frogs, the underdogs of planetary health with Sarah Jim

    Summer break continues, and art meets planetary health in a replayed episode with Sarah Jim. Through her paintings, Sarah reminds us of small but mighty relations.   One of the key […]

    41 min

  8. AUG 6

    Replay: Supporting Indigenous health through governance and stewarding the land and waters with Dr. Shannon Waters

    Continuing with our summer break, let’s revisit an old episode with Dr. Shannon Waters. As a physician frustrated with a health system focused on sickness, Shannon talks about what keeps us […]

    46 min
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We’re burning down our house, and we’re in for nasty weather. But Indigenous peoples have ideas for planetary resurgence and restoration. Professors Heather Castleden and Hōkūlani Aikau bring you conversations with artists, activists, scholars, and other knowledge keepers tackling the climate crisis.

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