Leveling the ivory tower

An older man and younger woman look at the camera. Behind them a wall of snow rises.

“As a mentor it’s important for me to advocate for my students, especially as undergraduates you really feel like you’re at the bottom and you have no power.”

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Loud, critical, ambitious: sexism in science

Jessica and Jessie smile in front of a bed of lichen and leaves.

” I have to be able to be on my toes and defend all of the work that my team has done, and yet if I question any of the work any of the other teams have done, immediately I’m called in the office.”

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Grad school files

Rachel and Jill smile in front of an aerial view of a forest.

“I thought environmental science was a really good way to connect people’s problems and Earth’s problems and learn about the physical world yet the social science world, too.”

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Another day at work

Lily and Bo smile at the camera in front of a mountain.

“Being able to move on and feeling supported by your superiors, takes away so much of the trauma that women often experience when they try to report.”

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Arctic diplomacy and Native Movement

Arlo and Jessica stand back to back and smile in front of trees and an orange sky.

“I think the more that we talk about our differences and our full stories and how they’ve informed where we’re at, that is how we make the community stronger for whatever we face.”

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Storytelling as a conduit of culture

Orville and Justin, two older men with glasses, smile in front of kelp and clam beds.

“Since our existence is glued together by stories and songs and language, all of our laws and everything, I have a certain way of looking at stories that the next generation won’t be able to accommodate.”

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Growing a collaboration

Jessie wears a "Northern Ecohydrology" sweatshirt, and Bob wears a "Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay" T-shirt.

“I think what I’ve been focusing on is how can we take something that can spill out of people in such a negative way and make it neutral?”

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