Maeva Gauthier

Maeva Gauthier is the Program Manager of the DECODE project with the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. Her research interests include digital arts-based methods, human dimensions of global environmental change, participatory approaches, youth engagement and Arctic regions.

Maeva is also a PhD candidate in Geography. She uses Participatory Video, Story maps and Photovoice methods to engage Arctic communities around issues such as plastics in the environment and climate change. Her research amplifies Indigenous youth voices from the North to address their social and environmental justice concerns.

Advocating for education as a powerful agent of change, she is also the co-founder of Live It Earth, which delivers educational series that connect kids to the real and natural world. She recently completed the graduate certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of Victoria. She also completed a Graduate Certificate in Environmental Education and Communication (RRU, 2015), Masters in Marine Ecology (UVic, 2012) and BSc in Biology (UQAM, 2007).