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Inclusion in Northern Research: Recreating Environments of Inclusion

Recreating Environments of Inclusion: Northern Research, one of our first artsincubator.ca projects, was a unique, evolving audio visual series featuring the Inclusion in Northern Research knowledge exchange community; and debuts an equity and inclusion toolkit with tangible actions for research and impact creation communities, and their emerging, collaborative partnerships. 

In this first installment debuting at ArcticNet Annual Scientific Summit 2021, Northern and Southern scientists, researchers, cultural impact creators and community builders outline experiential challenges and bridge their insights into required solutions for co-creating a collaborative impact movement to address planetary challenges being faced in the Arctic regions.

Thank you to our partners and mentors at LembasWorks, ArcticNet, the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse for making this project possible.

Dr. Catherine Girard, PhD

This episode features Catherine Girard (she/her), Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Footage is courtesy of the Microbial Heritage Lab. Co-writers are Catherine Girard and Tara Baswani. The series conceptor, creative director, producer, and theme composer is Tara Baswani, with film editing by River Prochaska. The background score producer and sound editor is Moses Baxter, and Remi Lemieux serves as the production designer and executive producer. Northern inclusion advisory is provided by Jamie Bell, with EDI advisory by Marie-José Naud. The episode is designed and produced by LembasWorks.

Paul Sokoloff, MSc

This episode features Paul Sokoloff (he/him), Senior Research Assistant at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Footage is courtesy of the Canadian Museum of Nature. The writer for this episode is Paul Sokoloff. The series conceptor, creative director, producer, and theme composer is Tara Baswani, with film editing by River Prochaska. The background score producer and sound editor is Moses Baxter, and Remi Lemieux serves as the production designer and executive producer. Northern inclusion advisory is provided by Jamie Bell, with EDI advisory by Marie-José Naud. The episode is designed and produced by LembasWorks.

Maeva Gauthier, MSc

This episode features Maeva Gauthier (she/her), PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Victoria and Co-Founder of Live it Earth. Footage is courtesy of Carmen Kuptana, Nathan Kuptana, Eriel Lugt, Darryl Tedjuk, Brian Kikoak, Jaro Malanowski, Maeva Gauthier, David Stewart, and the Inuvialuit Communications Society. Co-writers are Maeva Gauthier and Tara Baswani. The series conceptor, creative director, producer, and theme composer is Tara Baswani, with film editing by River Prochaska. The background score producer and sound editor is Moses Baxter, and Remi Lemieux serves as the production designer and executive producer. Northern inclusion advisory is provided by Jamie Bell, with EDI advisory by Marie-José Naud. The episode is designed and produced by LembasWorks.

Dr. Marie-José Naud, PhD

This episode features Marie-José Naud (she/her), Conseillère EDI at Université Laval. Footage is courtesy of Inclusion in Northern Research, featuring Atuat Tootoo, Poisey Alogut, Nellie Kusugak, and Jamie Bell. Co-writers are Marie-José Naud and Tara Baswani. The series conceptor, creative director, producer, and theme composer is Tara Baswani, with film editing by River Prochaska. The background score producer and sound editor is Moses Baxter, while Remi Lemieux serves as the production designer and executive producer. Northern inclusion advisory is provided by Jamie Bell, and EDI advisory by Marie-José Naud. The episode is designed and produced by LembasWorks.

Jamie Bell

This episode features Jamie Bell (he/him), Culture Connector for Inclusion in Northern Research and the Art Borups Corners Land Lab. Co-writers are Jamie Bell and Tara Baswani. The series conceptor, creative director, producer, and theme composer is Tara Baswani, with film editing by River Prochaska. The background score producer and sound editor is Moses Baxter, and Remi Lemieux serves as the production designer and executive producer. Northern inclusion advisory is provided by Jamie Bell, with EDI advisory by Marie-José Naud. The episode is designed and produced by LembasWorks.


We are grateful to each contributor for informing this toolkit, and committing to aware action as one ecosystem. Join our conversation and contribute your own insights and actions with #InclusionNorthernResearch #RecreatorsDesigns on social media. Recreating Environments of Inclusion: Northern Research is an original transformation design creation from the ongoing Recreators series with LembasWorks. 

Our community and regional programs and project have been made possible through support and funding from a number of institutions in the United States and Canada.