Our Research Projects

Warming oceans, rising sea levels, and changes to marine and coastal environments impact people in unequal ways—often hitting vulnerable and marginalized groups the hardest. Based at Dalhousie University, the CJV2 Lab explores how diverse coastal and sea-facing communities—past and present—experience climate change amid social, cultural, economic, and political inequalities.

To examine these issues, the lab centers the experiences of Indigenous communities in Mi’kma’ki, climate refugees, seafarers and fishers, migrant workers, and historical indentured labourers across Atlantic Canada and the Americas. Our ultimate goal is to help shape more just and inclusive climate action policies.

Our work is organized as several interrelated projects grounded in a commitment to decolonizing research. This means incorporating diverse ways of knowing, fostering equitable and inclusive engagement, and prioritizing knowledge-making with—not about—the communities we work alongside.