Climate change impacts Indigenous ecosystems – Social Sciences – University of Victoria
April 16, 2026
“Climate change poses another significant threat to native ecosystems, changing natural rhythms, threatening traditional food and medicine sources, and causing great distress for Indigenous peoples,” says UVic psychologist, Alyssa Maryn, co-lead of a new federally funded project.
Concrete and Creative Pathways for Wellness through Thriving Indigenous Systems: Traditional Food and Medicine in Coping with Climate Change, is a community-focused project about creative expression and connection to culture through art and relationships.
“I take a relationships-focused, trauma-informed approach to research, centring the voices of communities,” says Alyssa Maryn, associate professor, Department of Psychology.
