Biography

University of Victoria - Political Science

Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Higher Education
Sarah Marie
Wiebe
British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe lives in Honolulu, HI and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa where she focuses on environmental sustainability. She has published in Citizenship Studies and Studies in Social Justice. Her book Everyday Exposure: Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada's Chemical Valley (2016) with UBC Press won the Charles Taylor Book Award (2017) and examines policy responses to the impact of pollution on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation's environmental health. At the intersections of environmental justice and citizen engagement, her teaching and research interests emphasize political ecology, participatory policy making and deliberative dialogue. As a collaborative researcher and filmmaker, she worked with Indigenous communities on sustainability-themed films including Indian Givers and To Fish as Formerly. She is currently collaborating with artists from Attawapiskat on a project entitled Reimagining Attawapiskat funded through a SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Sarah is also a Project Co-Director for the Seascape Indigenous Storytelling Studio, funded through a SSHRC Insight Grant with research partners from the University of Victoria, University of British Columbia and coastal Indigenous communities. For more, see: www.sarahmariewiebe.com.