Tidalectics: Oceanic Biodiversity + Cultural Resilience Tours
Schedule
Thu May 21 2026 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V6T 1Z2 | Vancouver, BC
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Take a tour of Trouble in Paradise: Climate Change in the Pacific with MOA Curator Mitiana Arbon in celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity.Trouble in Paradise: Climate Change in the Pacific explores the deep relationships between cultural and biological diversity in the context of environmental changes across the Pacific.
Through photographs by Pacific Islanders and selected highlights from MOA’s collections, the tour reflects on how rising seas, changing ecosystems, and resilient communities are reshaping life across the region. Together, participants are invited to consider the complex ways in which cultural knowledge and biodiversity are intertwined, and what these relationships mean to all humanity in a time of global climate change.
The tour is limited to 25 people; first-come, first-served.
Tour Schedule
Thursday May 21 | 12 pm
Friday May 22 | 12 pm
Biodiversity Days is a month-long event in May, to honour the International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22) with a series of engagement opportunities that aim to celebrate and raise awareness of the fragile species, genes and ecosystems that sustain our communities.
Bio
Mitiana Arbon is the Curator of the Pacific and the Ceramics Collection Program Coordinator at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC. His work bridges cultural institutions and Pacific communities, grounded in the values of service, community, and cultural representation. With a background in Pacific Studies and Museum Studies from the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Mitiana has long been passionate about creating pathways for Pacific communities within educational and cultural institutions.
LEARN MORE: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/tidalectics-oceanic-biodiversity-and-cultural-resilience-tours/
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