TREE MUSEUM
TREE MUSEUM
TREE MUSEUM
TREE MUSEUM
NEAR DWELLERS
AS INDWELLERS
GUEST SPEAKER SERIES &
ARTIST-LED WORKSHOPS
TREE MUSEUM
OCTOBER 18: ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP
Saturday, October 18
1:00 - 5:00 pm pst
In person only
@ Bothkinds Project Space
602 E. Hastings Street
Vancouver BC
V6A 1R1
​
Places are limited to 10 people. To reserve a place, please email treemuseumprojects.gmail
​​​
Urban settings influence how coyotes navigate, adapt, and co-habit, and this workshop explores how coyotes “story” the places that we co-create. Scientific research shows how these canids skillfully adjust their behavior to coexist alongside human communities, revealing complex social structures and remarkable resilience in urban settings [1]. During the workshop, we offer an in-depth presentation and discussion about more-than-human realities along with an interpreted walk through a nearby park where coyotes and humans co-story the landscape. We intend to create a reciprocal space of dialogue with our participants as we deepen our understanding of the embodied realities of urban coyotes, inviting you to contribute your coyote stories to our growing repository of narratives of the more-than-human community. Together, we will consider what coexistence means, and how cultivating empathy, compassion and responsibility can help us share our metropolitan areas more harmoniously with these wild neighbors. Recognizing coyotes as individual, sentient beings broadens our understanding of their distinctive personalities. This workshop therefore invites participants to foster mutual respect, compassionate coexistence and appreciation of coyote’s unique perspectives. As a part of the Coyote Portraits project, our goal is to develop and refine future educational frameworks that encourage a shift in perspective, valuing both human and more-than-human well-being through reciprocity and interconnectedness.
[1] Alexander, Shelley M., and Victoria M. Lukasik. 2016. “Re-Placing Coyote.” Lo Squaderno 11 (42): 37–41. See also Stanley D. Gehrt and Kerry Luft, Coyotes among Us: Secrets of the City’s Top Predator, 1st ed. (Seattle: Flashpoint, 2024). See also Rewilding Magazine. 2022. “Living Peacefully with Coyotes Means Respecting Their Boundaries.” June 2. https://www.rewildingmag.com/living-peacefully-with-coyotes/.
Adriana Jaroszewicz
Adriana was born and raised in Mexico and has worked in animation for over 25 years. She received her MFA degree from the Division of Animation and Digital Arts, School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) at the University of Southern California (USC), and her BFA degree in Graphic Design from the University of the Pacific (UOP). She is currently Assistant Dean in Animation and Professor of the 3D Computer Animation program at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Throughout her career, she has worked as a senior digital trainer for teams of animators at Sony Pictures Imageworks and has collaborated with several independent directors creating visual effects for their award-winning projects. Her current research focuses on decentering the human to re-story narratives from multispecies perspectives, with a focus on urban coyotes. For more information, see https://jhughesinstitute.org/adriana-jaroszewicz
Dezirae Gautier
Dezi’s passion for wildlife welfare began during her childhood living in British Columbia’s northwest, where she enjoyed coexisting safely and responsibly with grizzly bears. Through experiences with the University of British Columbia and Stanley Park Ecology Society, Dezi gained experience in coyote monitoring work and coexistence education. Her experiences during this time transformed her perspectives on coyotes and on urban ecologies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Certificate of Ethics: Theory and Application from Simon Fraser University. Additionally, she is pursuing further education in ecology and human-wildlife coexistence. She has a diverse working history in the public sector, particularly in the areas of outreach, policy, data analysis, and public communication.
OCTOBER 21: GUEST SPEAKER
THE REAL BAMBI STORY
& other writing on ecology and society
a conversation with Shauna Laurel Jones
​Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Online only
1:30 pm - 3:00pm PST
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm EST
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm GMT
​
Everyone is welcome to join the conversation:
​Join Zoom Meeting
https://emilycarru.zoom.us/j/62251767600?pwd=tTyddOY8baaTw6ljpZ99EIyDEJQHLn.1
Meeting ID: 622 5176 7600
Passcode: 452491
Shauna Laurel Jones will talk about her writings on the tensions and conflicts that arise when human and more-than-human communities come into contact. Specifically, she will speak to her essays on the complex status of swans and puffins in Iceland as well as her literary guide to Felix Salten’s Bambi, A Life in the Woods (1923) — the original story behind Disney’s animated classic. Considered one of the first ecological novels, this coming-of-age story can be simultaneously read as a parable of antisemitism and fascism in the early 20th century. What connects Jones’s work on Bambi to her research on human relationships with birds in Iceland is a concern for the ethics and practices of superimposing animal narratives that emerge in cosmopolitan settings onto living animals elsewhere. Everyone is welcome to join the conversation.
Members of the public are invited (but not required) to read Jones’s essays “Of Birds and Barley” and “Up, Up, on Implausible Wings” prior to the event. Jones’s guide to Felix Salten’s Bambi is available alongside purchase of the audiobook through the app Audrey.
OCTOBER 24: ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP
Friday, October 24, 2025
1:00 - 5:00 pm pst
A hybrid event
@ Bothkinds Project Space
602 E. Hastings Street
Vancouver BC
V6A 1R1
Online Portion:
1:30 pm - 2:30pm PST
4:30 pm - 5:30pm EST
9:30 pm- 10:30pm GMT
​
In person places are limited to 10 people. To reserve a place, please email treemuseumprojects.gmail
​
Everyone is welcome to join the online conversation:
​
Join Zoom Meeting
https://emilycarru.zoom.us/j/61138044337?pwd=fajszFVQNiN0S6cURRDBxVoMtBcM3x.1
Meeting ID: 611 3804 4337
Passcode: 136771
​​
Urban settings influence how coyotes navigate, adapt, and co-habit, and this workshop explores how coyotes “story” the places that we co-create. Scientific research shows how these canids skillfully adjust their behavior to coexist alongside human communities, revealing complex social structures and remarkable resilience in urban settings [1]. During the workshop, we offer an in-depth presentation and discussion about more-than-human realities along with an interpreted walk through a nearby park where coyotes and humans co-story the landscape. We intend to create a reciprocal space of dialogue with our participants as we deepen our understanding of the embodied realities of urban coyotes, inviting you to contribute your coyote stories to our growing repository of narratives of the more-than-human community. Together, we will consider what coexistence means, and how cultivating empathy, compassion and responsibility can help us share our metropolitan areas more harmoniously with these wild neighbors. Recognizing coyotes as individual, sentient beings broadens our understanding of their distinctive personalities. This workshop therefore invites participants to foster mutual respect, compassionate coexistence and appreciation of coyote’s unique perspectives. As a part of the Coyote Portraits project, our goal is to develop and refine future educational frameworks that encourage a shift in perspective, valuing both human and more-than-human well-being through reciprocity and interconnectedness.
[1] Alexander, Shelley M., and Victoria M. Lukasik. 2016. “Re-Placing Coyote.” Lo Squaderno 11 (42): 37–41. See also Stanley D. Gehrt and Kerry Luft, Coyotes among Us: Secrets of the City’s Top Predator, 1st ed. (Seattle: Flashpoint, 2024). See also Rewilding Magazine. 2022. “Living Peacefully with Coyotes Means Respecting Their Boundaries.” June 2. https://www.rewildingmag.com/living-peacefully-with-coyotes/.
Adriana Jaroszewicz
Adriana was born and raised in Mexico and has worked in animation for over 25 years. She received her MFA degree from the Division of Animation and Digital Arts, School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) at the University of Southern California (USC), and her BFA degree in Graphic Design from the University of the Pacific (UOP). She is currently Assistant Dean in Animation and Professor of the 3D Computer Animation program at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Throughout her career, she has worked as a senior digital trainer for teams of animators at Sony Pictures Imageworks and has collaborated with several independent directors creating visual effects for their award-winning projects. Her current research focuses on decentering the human to re-story narratives from multispecies perspectives, with a focus on urban coyotes. For more information, see https://jhughesinstitute.org/adriana-jaroszewicz
Dezirae Gautier
Dezi’s passion for wildlife welfare began during her childhood living in British Columbia’s northwest, where she enjoyed coexisting safely and responsibly with grizzly bears. Through experiences with the University of British Columbia and Stanley Park Ecology Society, Dezi gained experience in coyote monitoring work and coexistence education. Her experiences during this time transformed her perspectives on coyotes and on urban ecologies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Certificate of Ethics: Theory and Application from Simon Fraser University. Additionally, she is pursuing further education in ecology and human-wildlife coexistence. She has a diverse working history in the public sector, particularly in the areas of outreach, policy, data analysis, and public communication.
For more information on the Coyote Portraits project, visit coyoteportraits.ca
OCTOBER 28: GUEST SPEAKER
URBANIZATION
& the degradation of wild lives
a conversation with Shelley Alexander
Adriana Jaroszewicz & Dezirae Gautier
​Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Online only
1:30 pm - 3:00pm PST
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm EST
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm GMT
​
Everyone is welcome to join the conversation:
​
Join Zoom Meeting
https://emilycarru.zoom.us/j/61142295224?pwd=hZuoVPs4kCkS11MZDHb0ngYOYDQSRe.1
Meeting ID: 611 4229 5224
Passcode: 547203
​​
Guest speaker Shelley Alexander will be joined by artist Adriana Jaroszewicz and Dezirae Gautier to discuss the various public perceptions of coyotes (as a pest, nuisance, or biosecurity threat etc.) and the challenges this presents for living in a multispecies nexus. Alexander‘s research investigates human-coyote conflict and the effects of urbanization on coyotes, landowner experiences and media portrayals of coyotes, spatial epidemiology, and the intersection of colonial ideology, ethics, and coyote killing. Jaroszewicz and Gautier will talk about their art and research project called Coyote Portraits. Everyone is welcome to join the conversation.
Members of the public are invited (but not required) to read Shelley Alexander’s co-authored article 'Coyote Killing: Where Species and Identities Collide.'
Dr. Shelley Alexander is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Calgary, Canada. She has over 30 years of experience studying wild canids, specializing in wolves and coyotes. Her research (Canid Conservation Science Lab) spans from coyote ecology, ethology, and coexistence to ethics, landscape ecology, human dimensions, and geospatial analysis. She engages non-invasive methods and the principles of Compassionate Conservation in research. Shelley has provided expert review and testimony for international communities and developed policy/protocols for human-coyote coexistence. For more information, see https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/shelley-alexander
PREVIOUS EVENTS
OCTOBER 14: GUEST SPEAKERS
ROADKILL
a conversation with Jane Desmond
Lou Florence & Roelof Bakker
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2025
Recordings available on request
​
Guest speaker Jane Desmond was joined by artists Lou Florence and Roelof Bakker to discuss the role that art plays in contending with feelings of loss and mourning for more-than-human beings that are subjected to the harms of our roadways. This panel heard from Lou Florence and Roelof Bakker who spoke about how they address this complicated subject matter through their art. Jane Desmond shared her insights about what this implies for an ethics of co-habitation, and the value of art in forging pathways for thinking anew about our relationships with other-than-human beings.
​
Members of the public were invited (but not required) to read Desmond's recent book ‘Displaying Death and Animating Life: Human-Animal Relations in Art, Science and Everyday Life.’
Jane Desmond is a Professor in Anthropology and Gender and Women's Studies, and Co-founder and current Director of the International Forum for U.S. Studies, a center for the Transnational Study of the United States. She also holds appointments in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, the Center for Global Studies, and in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Her primary areas of interest focus on issues of embodiment, display, and social identity, as well as the transnational dimensions of U.S. Studies. Her areas of expertise include performance studies, critical theory, visual culture (including museum studies and tourism studies), the critical analysis of the U.S. in global perspectives, and, most recently, the political economy of human/animal relations. She has previously worked as a professional modern dancer and choreographer, and in film, video, and the academy. She is the Founding Resident director of the international Summer Institute in Animal Studies at UIUC, and of the Animal Lives Book Series at the University of Chicago Press. In addition to academic publications, she has written for a number of public publications such as CNN.com, The Washington Post.com, and the Huffington Post, and her creative work has appeared on PBS and at numerous film festivals. For more information, please visit: https://anthro.illinois.edu/directory/profile/desmondj