In this episode, we hear from Dr. Max Liboiron, a Professor in Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, where they run the CLEAR lab, the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research. Max’s dissertation research focused on the emerging state of plastic pollution as a field, and their work now focuses on creating tools and infrastructures for community-based plastic pollution research now that it is an established field. They are also the author of the book Pollution is Colonialism. Here, Max revisits the time they almost left graduate school during the first week, and what it took for them to ultimately learn how to navigate the culture and system at their institution so they could receive their PhD and do the work they wanted to do in the world. Let’s listen!

• Transcript: Here
• Scientist Info: Max Liboiron
  • Website: https://www.maxliboiron.com/
  • CLEAR lab: https://civiclaboratory.nl/
  • Read Pollution is Colonialism: https://www.dukeupress.edu/pollution-is-colonialism
• Fail-Safe Science Repository: https://risecenter.asu.edu/fail-safe
• International Postgraduate Mental Health Alliance (MHA): https://www.ispmha.com/
• Mental Health Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14G5m91FLPY5gZSHUzWXAQ4Jnm4uX9AS0yhypus3gsuQ/edit?usp=sharing
• Land Acknowledgement Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10lLcxY7OSsuTnXyq_CSC5Wvst8MSMRurisBfX5hK7AI/edit?tab=t.0