About Me
Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe grew up on Coast Salish territory in British Columbia, BC, and now lives in Honolulu, HI. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa where she focuses on environmental sustainability. She has published in journals including 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. Alongside Dr. Jennifer Lawrence (Virginia Tech), she is the Co-Editor of Biopolitical Disaster. 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.
Grants
& Awards
2017 Charles Taylor Book Award
2016-2021
SSHRC Insight Grant
(Collaborator) Seascape: Indigenous Storytelling Studio
2016-2018
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
2014-2016
SSHRC Post-doctoral Fellowship
2013
Dean's Scholarship
2012
Population Health Improvement Research Network Award
2011-2012
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2008-2011
Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Fellowship
2011
Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Education
& Post-Graduate Experience
2013-2017
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Victoria & University of British Columbia
2008-2013
Phd, University of Ottawa
2006-2008
MA, University of Victoria
2002-2006
BA (Hons, Co-op), University of Victoria
