Victor Lam

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Victor Lam

MA Student

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victorwaiyinlam@gmail.com

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Victor is broadly interested in cultural and social-behavioural dimensions of climate change. Specifically, he has been focusing on the interaction between climate change communication, climate movements, and religious environmentalism. His current thesis focuses on how religious publics articulate and disseminate messages on climate change, by examining how religious environmental organizations frame climate change in their participation of the resistance movements on the Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion and Dakota Access Pipeline projects. Particular vernaculars and modes of communication, such as the use of religious language and metaphors, as well as the emerging use of social media, have emerged as important instruments for bridging climate change understanding among such audiences.

Victor completed his BASc in Sustainability, Science and Society at McGill University. Prior to beginning his current studies at UBC, he worked in Hong Kong for three years in the field of energy policy and governance on the Asia-Pacific region in the Department of Geography and Asian Energy Energy Studies Centre at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Victor enjoys a variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, swimming, running, and gardening.

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