Abstract: Given the impact of environmental disasters and uncertainties surrounding the climate crisis among students, we propose Climate Trauma-Informed Pedagogy (CTIP) as a transformative educational framework designed to equip teacher candidates with skills to address and mitigate the effects of eco-anxiety, climate injustice, and climate trauma among K-12 students. The project will document effective pedagogical strategies to establish the CTIP framework, using drag pedagogy as a healing-centered method. Informed by decolonial ethics and Indigenous epistemologies, we will implement three workshops in two sections of ‘Education, School and Social Institutions,’ taught by the principal applicant annually within the B.Ed. Teacher Education Program. With teacher candidates, we will generate resources: adaptable guidelines, trauma-informed curricula, and a set of filmed workshops. These materials, along with a podcast series for wider outreach, will be designed for use within the B.Ed. program. We’ll deliver workshops to faculty and GTAs to integrate CTIP into broader educational practice.
Awarded $20,184.00 for its 1st year of funding in 2025