Knowledge Sharing

These are the projects that the Informing Climate Action team has participated in.

Climate & Communities: A Game Design Inquiry Practicing Sensemaking within a Climate Context

Benjamin Mertick’s capstone research paper for COGS 402 at UBC.
Recap: Future Framing Workshops with Fraser Valley Regional Library

Recap of our future framing workshops with Fraser Valley Regional Library.
Climate Sensemaking Axioms

Handout that explains the climate sensemaking axioms we developed. These handouts were used in our workshops with our partner libraries.
Recap: Climate Conversation Workshops with Nelson Public Library

Overview of in-person workshop with Nelson Public Library.
Information in Times of Crisis: Learning Together

A short article in Information Matters about Drs. Lisa Nathan and Luanne Sinnamon’s course on Information in Times of Crisis during Summer 2020.
Acclimatizing the Profession: Perspectives on Librarianship and Climate Action

This poster was created for iSchool Research Day 2025, and explores how efforts to reframe library work as a “climate job” are experienced by sixteen library workers.

Related Resources

These are resources that are related to our research project with our partner organizations.

This report, by UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, discusses challenges related to climate communication within communities, with particular attention to misinformation.
It includes three case studies of community climate communication.
It recommends approaches to hosting climate conversations, and addresses messaging, safety, community engagement, collaboration, measurement, and timeliness.

The in-person Climate Initiatives Workshop hosted in partnership with Nelson Public Library will be conducted in an open space style, where participants set the agenda. This short document describes open space meetings.

This statement identifies calls to climate action for libraries as they support their communities in climate change related adaptation, preparation, and mitigation efforts.

City of Nelson’s Community Climate Plan outlines plans for adaptation and mitigation.

A graphic representation of Salt Spring Island Public Library’s Strategic Plan 2022 – 2027