During the first year of my PhD, I kept a journal - that is now retired - and within that journal was a compilation of my curiosities. I have wondered been the kind of person to have conversations inside my head, with whats going on in the real time. For example, sitting at a coffee shop, wondering who the person my neighbouring coffee table is meeting. I started to write down a list of questions that I could ask strangers, first encounters, or people who check your groceries

On a daily basis, I work with maps that communicate the topography, and the relationships that exist on the land and in the sea. As a coastal planner and cartographer, I recognize the importance that maps have on understanding the landscape; however, am mindful that maps have also played a significant role in colonizing Indigenous lands by white settlers. As a queer woman with white settler ancestry, It is my role as a cartographer to evaluate my positionality with how I crea