The most beautiful burial I’ve ever witnessed. After over a 100 yrs the children who died at Carlisle Indian Boarding School are laid to rest by the youth of this generation. Wrapped in buffalo robes and back to the comfort of Grandmother Earth in their ancestral Lakota lands.

A thread... Having just completed my 5th and 6th circuit courts in the NWT since I started coming here in 2018, something is sinking in: I seriously whether we are "bringing justice" to remote Indigenous communities, or if we are imposing justice or even inflicting justice. /2

New Forbes article highlighting Joli Rumi (জলি ৰুমী)'s work on #Indigenous #agriculture in Northeast #India, her passion for science communication, and making science more inclusive and equitable. @ubcforestry #scicomm forbes.com/sites/andrewwi…

Feels good to be back in the field. I’m looking forward to developing this project further over the next several months. More to come!

Pablo Hernandez wins best poster award at #worldforestrycongress in Quebec City. Congratulations Pablo! @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky CIFOR World Agroforestry

Every four years, the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia offers the prestigious Future Forests Fellowship to an exceptional doctoral student. Details here: forestry.ubc.ca/future-forests… International and domestic students are invited to apply.

Lab members Debbie Pierce & Winy Vásquez presenting their PhD research on #landtenure & #foodsecurity at #FLARE22ROME. @ubcforestry

Our very own Debbie Pierce (Debbie Pierce) presenting on her work related to the impacts of land markets, access and deforestation on women's livelihoods. She highlights the complexities of tenure and rights in post-conflict landscapes. #FLARE22ROME @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky Sunderland Lab

Day Two of #FLARE22ROME: Terry Sunderland discusses the role of forests sustaining agriculture. World Agroforestry CIFOR @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky

The @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky Sunderland Lab delegation to #FLARE22ROME including Alida O'Connor, Winy Vásquez & Debbie Pierce who have all given excellent presentations on their work over the past two days. Very proud!

Lab member Alida O'Connor presented her #COLANDS research at #FLARE22ROME on land use priorities, power, and collaboration in Kalomo District, Zambia. @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky CIFOR

Wrapping up #FLARE22ROME with a workshop led by Terry Sunderland discussing next steps for research, policy, and impact of forests sustaining agriculture. CIFOR World Agroforestry @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky

Feeling grateful to have been selected as one of this years public scholars

Congratulations Diling!!!

#Peru: This massacre needs to stop! Today 19 Peruvians (mostly Indigenous civilians) dead in Juliaca, a town in the southern Andes. This is a human rights crisis! Meanwhile, in Lima the government is too busy finding ways to hold onto power to notice. #Peru

Out now! The rights way forward. Winy Vásquez & Sunderland review approaches that help reconcile the right to food with biodiversity conservation, with the aim of identifying #conservation initiatives that are more equitable, inclusive & just. Read here: doi.org/jz9c

New Sunderland Lab paper led by Winy Vásquez on #rights, access, #foodsecurity and #conservation @ubcforestry CIFOR World Agroforestry #thinklandscape Link to the full paper here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I'm starting fundraising to help 7 amazing young Peruvian scientists train in Sweden & the US. In January2024, they will travel abroad for a 12-week research internship. Please, help me with any size contribution and spread the word. #AcademicTwitter #RT gofund.me/6b6f1bda

Join me at this inaugural HIBAR-B webinar today at 4pm! There will be a panel discussion by different scholars, myself included, where we will share our experiences in conducting research in collaboration with non-academic partners

New video created by @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky PhD candidate Winy Vásquez & her team from the Una Amazonía project. Watch to learn more about the relationship between access to natural resources, health, & food security & nutrition in the Peruvian Amazon. youtube.com/watch?v=btimJQ…