Sara Shneiderman

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  • Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs; Ivan Head South-North IDRC Chair, University of British Columbia
Buddhist monks conducting death rituals in Nepal’s Trishuli river valley in September 2026 to honour victims of devastating flash floods. (Usha Titikshu)

Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster

Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia and Amy Leigh Johnson, Berry College

Development in known hazard zones is creating untenable risks for communities around the world. Here’s how Nepal and the global community can build back differently.
The Bald Mountain Wildfire in the Grande Prairie area in Alberta in May 2023. Much of B.C. and Alberta is already experiencing higher-than-usual wildfire risk. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Government of Alberta Fire Service

As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters

Jonathan Eaton, University of British Columbia and Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia

High-risk, high-uncertainty events like earthquakes tend to fall out of view when we are occupied with more predictable seasonal events like wildfires, which have very visible effects on our lives.
Domestic migrants work at a construction site in Dhading, Nepal. February 2020. (Sara Shneiderman)

Learning from disasters: Nepal copes with coronavirus pandemic 5 years after earthquake

Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia; Jeevan Baniya, Tribhuvan University, and Philippe Le Billon, University of British Columbia

Nepal’s past dealing with multiple disasters, including the aftermath of its civil war and the massive earthquake of 2015 may have helped the country prepare for the current COVID-19 crisis.
Protests have engulfed Assam since the National Register of Citizens was published in August 2019. They have intensified since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the parliament. Central security forces, pictured here, have been sent in to repress the spontaneous protests by different citizens groups. (Arunabh Saikia)

New laws weaponize citizenship in India

Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia and Sahana Ghosh, Brown University

India has been working to expel or repress Muslim minorities. Nearly two million residents of India’s eastern state of Assam are at risk of losing citizenship.

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