In recent years, women researchers, scientists, knowledge holders, and local champions have elevated their visibility and empowered their voices across the world. The polar regions are no exception. In 2021, a coalition of organizations including The Arctic Institute, Women in Polar Sciences, and Women of the Arctic are organizing a webinar series, Breaking the Ice Ceiling, that aims to illuminate polar research and achievements (past and present) by those who identify as women and to foster discussion on systemic change in polar sciences (Indigenous, natural, and social sciences) to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this webinar, you will learn from Director Romani Makkik and Producer Dr. Shari Fox about strengths-based research and transforming the research process through critical reflection and new expression.
In Wounded Healers, director Romani Makkik takes us on a personal journey into reconciliation. Makkik asks, ‘how can we as Inuit come to reconcile amongst ourselves’? What started as graduate study research turned into deep engagement with a counsellor training program, a powerful experience of self-reflection, and learning how one organization and one community transforms lives by drawing on its strengths. Join us for a special viewing of ‘The Wounded Healers’ with the director Romani Makkik and producer Shari Fox. Both long-time researchers and advocates in their fields, Makkik and Fox will host a discussion and Q&A session following the video (27 min), highlighting how the video and its making was a critical part of a research process.
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