Laura Kozak

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Bio

Laura Kozak has published and presented papers at Participatory Design Conference, PIVOT: A World of Many Centers, Cumulus, The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) and the Service Design and Innovation Conference (ServDes). She is a past president of 221A Artist Run Centre Society and a recipient of ECU’s Ian Wallace Award for Teaching Excellence. She holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture from UBC and a BFA from Emily Carr.

Websites:

• laurakozak.ca

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Research Interests

Laura’s place-based research is focused on food practices and climate justice. She is a member of ECU’s DESIS Lab, and works to form durable, community-based relationships through interdisciplinary collaboration, field work and participatory action research. Getting outside is central to her work. In 2023, she co-led a Climate Justice Field School for sustainability planners and policy-makers at the City of Vancouver in collaboration with a renowned group of cultural and social justice practitioners. She is part of an interdisciplinary team working on Mapping swiya, which draws on shíshálh ways of knowing to re-surface stories of time and place, and is co-leading the Circular Food Innovation Lab in collaboration with numerous food businesses, food rescue organizations, local Nations, City of Vancouver Engineering Services and Solutions Lab.