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Connecting for Climate Change Action
Instructors
Beth Hundey, Katrina Eyvindson, Sara Mai Chitty, and Serena Mendizábal, pictured here standing on Western University’s campus near the banks of Deshkan Ziibiing (Thames River, London, Ontario), created this course as a team, with a shared vision for climate change education, and a collective urgency to bring people of all identities and spheres of influence together to envision and achieve a good climate future. They see the momentum and community that they have built to be the foundation for the kind of action they hope to see occur with learners. Individuals who care learn to speak up, they find momentum in the communities they create and join, and these communities can snowball into the systems change we so desperately need to ensure a good climate future.
Sara Mai Chitty
Sara Mai Chitty is a storyteller and educator, Michi Sagig Anishinaabekwe, and a member of Alderville First Nation. Sara Mai is a subject matter and pedagogical expert for Connecting for Climate Change Action.
Katrina Eyvindson
Dr. Katrina Eyvindson is a settler to Turtle Island. She is a professor in Geography & Environment whose research focuses on climate and environmental change. She is privileged and excited to be part of an amazing team of educators developing a course that draws on Euro-Western & Indigenous sciences to provide a framework to address climate change.
Beth Hundey
Dr. Beth Hundey passed away April 2025. Beth was a settler to Southwestern Ontario. She was a Curriculum Specialist and an Assistant Professor in Geography & Environment. Beth was committed to bringing together diverse voices for climate justice and action, and in helping learners explore climate data that is meaningful to them. Beth inspired and motivated our team every step of the way, and we miss her deeply.
Serena Mendizábal
Serena is a Cayuga Panamanian Wolf clan woman from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory with a Masters of Geography and Environment at Western University. Serena is a community-based researcher and community organizer driven by Indigenous governance and just clean energy futures
Our Team
The course involves 14 other team members and dozens of generous interviewees who bring their gifts to this learning experience. This team effort has been recognized in institutional and national awards, and we want to acknowledge the members of Western’s Centre for Teaching and Learning, students and staff at Instructional Technology Resource Centre, and artist Hawlii Pichette for using their gifts and creativity to bring this course to life.