Janna Wale: Climate Policy for a Sustainable Future

The Root & STEM Podcast

On this episode of The Root & STEM Podcast, we hear from Indigenous climate researcher, Janna Wale, a policy advisor at Canada Climate Institute. Janna begins by reminiscing on her interest in schooling as a youth (00:50). She then describes her role and some of her current responsibilities at the Canada Climate Institute (02:01). Janna tells us about her inspiration behind dedicating her career to climate research (05:38), before emphasizing the importance of salmon and salmon abundance to her home of Gitanmaax First Nation (7:53). Lastly, Janna provides a change in research process recommendation that she believes would lead to a positive 5-year climate outlook (11:12) and offers some advice to youth looking to assist in climate change mitigation efforts (12:10).