Introduction �to the Salish Sea

Spring 2021

Week 8 - May 18

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This Week’s Agenda

• Announcements
• Overview of this module + this week’s learning
• Breakout 1: Hostile Waters
• Mini-Lecture 1: Storytelling & the Salish Sea
• Break: Rena Priest video
• Mini-Lecture 2: TransMountain Pipeline Expansion Project
• Breakout 2: StoryMap Peer Support
• Political Representation & Change

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Announcements

Summer Classes

• SALI 201�Introduction to the Salish Sea �Dr. Hatch
• ESCI 404�Indigenous Resource Management �Dr. Hatch
• C/AM / ESCI 397�Spatial Knowledge and the Land �Dr. Miller
• C/AM / JOUR 397�Canadian-American Media Systems �Dr. Moscato

Announcements

Reporting on Ecotopia: Cross-Border Environmental Media in the Salish Sea & Cascadia

Friday, May 21, 2021 11am-12:30pm

Register Here: tinyurl.com/ReportingEcotopia

MODULE 3

Climate Change, Justice, & The Future of the Salish Sea

Module 3

Week 8: Orcas, Pipelines, & Tankers

• Place: Burrard Inlet
• Themes: carbon-based economies and geographies, the Salish Sea in global trade, environmental media and impact assessments

Week 9: Herring, Coal, & Rail

• Place: Xwe’chi’eXen / Cherry Point
• Themes: systems of power and change, political activism and coalitions, sacred and shared spaces

Week 10: Salmon, Birds, & Cargo

• Place: Roberts Bank
• Themes: areas of emerging concern, cross-border consultation and consent, futurity

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Assignment: Letters to Leaders

Module 3

Week 8: Orcas, Pipelines, & Tankers

• Place: Burrard Inlet
• Themes: carbon-based economies and geographies, the Salish Sea in global trade, environmental media and impact assessments

Week 9: Herring, Coal, & Rail

• Place: Xwe’chi’eXen / Cherry Point
• Themes: systems of power and change, political activism and coalitions, sacred and shared spaces

Week 10: Salmon, Birds, & Cargo

• Place: Roberts Bank
• Themes: areas of emerging concern, cross-border consultation and consent, futurity

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Assignment: Letters to Leaders

This Module’s Learning Outcomes

• Identify emerging ethical and political questions about human life and ecological health in the Salish Sea

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• Develop a theory of change in relation to a critical issue in the Salish Sea

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• Interpret multiple critical environmental and social issues by tracing their complex origins and analyzing future effects in the Salish Sea

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• Examine different forms of storytelling about the Salish Sea, including environmental journalism, environmental impact assessment reports, and political campaigns

This Module’s Learning Outcomes

• Examine political actors and social movements in the Salish Sea in the US and Canada (ex: impactful social movements)

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• Practice reviewing and analyzing environmental impact assessment reports

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• Develop tools for learning about place and current regional issues, with a focus on Indigenous rights, carbon-based economies, and orca whales

• Articulate why multiple forms of storytelling and action are needed to address complex challenges in the Salish Sea region, such as the plight of the SRKWs

Breakout 1:

Hostile Waters Series

Breakout Instructions

Go around the circle and each person share your screen to scroll through your assigned article from the Hostile Waters series to show your peers the key points.

If someone is absent, click on the link and read the article together.

Add your group’s responses to the questions on the next two slides

• Orcas thrive in a land to the north. Why are Puget Sound’s dying?
• How a generation of killer whales was taken from Puget Sound
• Hunger: The decline of salmon adds to the struggle of Puget Sound’s orcas
• The Roar Below: How our noise is hurting orcas’ search for salmon
• Chasing a Memory: In California, orcas and salmon have become so scarce people have forgotten what once was. Will the Northwest be next?

Group Reflections

Name 3 things that stood out as effective storytelling qualities in the Hostile Waters Series…

• Tumbo: rich informational graphics tie in with emotional storytelling, personal story of Griffin’s relationship with orcas leading to a commodified and industrial extractive process, juxtaposition of professional and personal narrative storytelling styles
• Quadra: Videos that were provided help you see in real time the behaviors of the orcas and some of the effects humans have had on their environments in real time.
• Gabriola: direct/minimalist use of photography (maximum impact), k35 diving animation, audio (feel free to replace, I’m just listing them as i notice them)
• Yellow: relevant images/graphs, professional research, descriptive language
• Fox: The audio clips of the hunting orca were really immersive. The short video clips were also impactful. The graphs were incorporated into the narrative well, giving a data-driven backing to this emotional story.
• Speiden: personal connections to the article, incorporating videos, field research, high def photos make it easy to visualize
• Patos: statistics interspersed with narrative

Group Reflections

Name 3 things you learned about the Salish Sea and Orcas from the series �(try not to repeat other groups’ answers)

• Tumbo: Marine noise pollution in the Salish Sea is at 225 decibels (louder than a jet engine), 270 orcas taken with only 74 remaining today, when zoos or aquariums take rare species for display it can have major impacts even if informing the public
• Quadra: type here, Different orca pods take up different niches. Salmon in California, orcas dive 400 ft in less than 1 minute.
• Gabriola:, type here… Northern residents are thriving; southern residents experiencing a ton of problems like noise pollution and toxins burning their fat
• Yellow:
• Fox: The decline of the chinook salmon in the Salish Sea is one factor that has led to the decline of the Southern Resident Orca population in the Salish Sea. Another factor is their slow reproductive rate, despite their long lives (up to 90 years). They also have a melon in their heads with allows them to make sound underwater
• Speiden: Northern Whale Populations are increasing, 2.2% per year. OrcaLab monitors on the northeast side of Vancouver Island. The Marine Mammal Protection Act ended whale capturing in the U.S. But it still allowed SeaWorld to continue their hunt because it was granted an amusement park exemptio
• Patos: Pods can have up to 160 members (Northern resident, A pod),
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What’s a �Story Map?

TUMBO

Announcements

Reporting on Ecotopia: Cross-Border Environmental Media in the Salish Sea & Cascadia

Friday, May 21, 2021 11am-12:30pm

Register Here: tinyurl.com/ReportingEcotopia