Climate+ Challenge / Wild Spaces Book Club: Theory of Water

Book cover titled "Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead", by Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
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KPU Wild Spaces, the Climate+ Challenge, and KPU Library invite you to join us for a virtual book club where we discuss Theory of Water by Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Winner of the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize and a national bestseller, this powerful book reimagines water as a healing and environmental source of connection and change.

The book club will be hosted by Lee Beavington (Learning Strategist, Wild Spaces, former Climate+ Challenge Fellow) and Mark Vardy (Criminology, former Climate+ Challenge Fellow).

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Teal background with large white text reading “6 Clean Water and Sanitation” and a white icon of a cup with water and a raindrop, representing UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.
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White tree, birds, and lines representing land on a bright green background, with text "15 Life on Land" in bold white font at the top left, representing sustainable development goal number 15.

Obtain a Library copy here.

This event supports SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation and SDG 15: Life on Land by exploring water as a living, interconnected system tied to land, ecosystems, and Indigenous knowledge, encouraging collective responsibility for environmental stewardship and reciprocity.

 

2026-03-26 12:00 PM 2026-03-26 01:00 PM America/Vancouver Climate+ Challenge / Wild Spaces Book Club: Theory of Water KPU Wild Spaces, the Climate+ Challenge, and KPU Library invite you to join us for a virtual book club where we discuss Theory of Water by Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Winner of the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize and a national bestseller, this powerful book reimagines water as a healing and environmental source of connection and change.The book club will be hosted by Lee Beavington (Learning Strategist, Wild Spaces, former Climate+ Challenge Fellow) and Mark Vardy (Criminology, former Climate+ Challenge Fellow). Image Image Obtain a Library copy here.This event supports SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation and SDG 15: Life on Land by exploring water as a living, interconnected system tied to land, ecosystems, and Indigenous knowledge, encouraging collective responsibility for environmental stewardship and reciprocity.  Microsoft Teams