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Learning to build better relationships between people, the planet, and more-than-human beings-- A blog by Melissa Fockler, PhD

Sustainability initiatives (social justice)

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- August 14, 2025

Watch the video below to learn more about Guelph's human trafficking awareness campaign.

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Season's Greetings

- December 25, 2025

I know the feeling of a "blue Christmas". I'm experiencing that feeling today. I hope you have a safe and happy holiday! Photo Credit: Freepik

Seeing things in unhabitual ways.

- September 13, 2011

"They knew, for their own good reasons, what the world was like, and their experience acted as a filter through which any new message was tested, confirmed, rejected, challenged, and reinterpreted. Changing their minds would have meant changing the world they experienced, not simply convincing them of a new set of ideals around equality of opportunity and the desirability of a different world." - Kessler, Ashenden, Connell and Dowsett (1985)

Melissa's Adventures in/with Nature

- December 30, 2025

When the chair is too big, make the chair fit you. Pictured above, me @ Kew Beach in Toronto, Ontario