Candis Callison – The Conversation

Ice-off in Resolute Bay, Nvt. Warming is leading to earlier ice-free dates and challenging the local community who uses the sea ice to access traditional hunting areas. (Élise Devoie)

June 9, 2026

Researchers ask us to rethink the ways we see and study the Arctic

Candis Callison, University of British Columbia; Adrian Howkins, University of Bristol; Élise Devoie, Queen's University, Ontario, and Megan Bailey, Dalhousie University

Given increasing geopolitical tensions and economic interest in the region, how can academic research support those who live in and depend on the Arctic?

People walk on the snowless streets of Place Jacques Cartier in Old Montréal on Jan. 3, 2024. February 2024 was the warmest February in human history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

March 10, 2024

The world is not moving fast enough on climate change — social sciences can help explain why

Fayola Helen Jacobs, University of Minnesota; Candis Callison, University of British Columbia, and Elizabeth Marino, Oregon State University

Climate change is often seen as solely a technical problem. This is a misguided belief. Understanding how to build a better world begins, and ends, with understanding the societies which inhabit it.

Indigenous community members are doing the work to situate Colten Boushie’s life and death within the colonial context, answering not if race was a factor, but how and why. Colten Boushie’s brother, Jace Boushie, looks on during a media event at the Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs office after a jury delivered a verdict of not guilty in the trial of Gerald Stanley. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

February 16, 2018

Stanley trial highlights colonialism of Canadian media

Candis Callison, University of British Columbia and Mary Lynn Young, University of British Columbia

What can the events surrounding Colten Boushie’s death, the trial verdict and its media coverage tell us about the role of journalism and journalists in relation to Indigenous concerns in Canada?

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