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2026 CRHNet Symposium 
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Voices from Jasper: Mobilizing Community Agency in a Changing Climate
Thursday May 14, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am MDT
PIC 120/122 - Full Conference Hall
A single story has the power to change hearts and minds. Our collective stories, when shared, have the potential to shape our futures.

Climate-charged disasters are becoming more frequent across Canada, and communities like Jasper, Alberta are navigating the complex impacts of events such as the 2024 wildfire. Stories of Resilience – a signature program of The Resilience Institute – is a thematic learning program that brings people together to explore what it means to be resilient in a changing climate. Through workshops on local climate risks and a creative storytelling process, participants craft personal narratives paired with visual arts, including painting, photography, and sketches.

This session focuses on Stories of Resilience: Voices from Jasper, an edition co-developed with Jasper residents in the wake of the wildfire. It shares artwork, photographs, audio recordings, and written stories that reveal experiences of displacement, loss, grief, vulnerability, support, belonging, and reconnection to land and community. Together, these stories illustrate how creative, community-rooted methods can build climate risk awareness, strengthen social support networks, and inspire agency and local action.

Co-presenters Brooklyn Rushton and Paulette Dubé will reflect on how story-based approaches supported community recovery, mobilized residents to engage in resilience-building, and helped deepen understanding of shared risk and collective pathways forward in a rapidly changing climate after disaster.

To extend this learning, the session includes a guided reflection activity inviting attendees to respond to these stories, identify attributes that foster individual and community resilience, and consider how story-based methods can help mobilize climate action, preparedness, and agency in their own communities.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Brooklyn Rushton

Dr. Brooklyn Rushton

Adaptation Specialist, The Resilience Institiute
Dr. Brooklyn Rushton is a Postdoctoral Fellow with Carleton University and The Resilience Institute who is passionate about advancing community-centered and transformative approaches to today’s most pressing climate challenges. She holds a Masters in Climate Change from the University... Read More →
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Paulette Dubé

Author
Paulette Dubé is a Jasper-based author who has shared her insights on stewardship, environmental responsibility, and our relationship with the natural world internationally. She contributed to Stories of Resilience: Voices from Jasper as both the writing guide and a cohort membe... Read More →
Thursday May 14, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am MDT
PIC 120/122 - Full Conference Hall NAIT Productivity and Innovation Centre
  Storytelling Session

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