Art, Science and Climate Futures Meet at Symposium
The SCI_ART symposium, hosted by UBC Okanagan, brings together artists and scientists from Canada and the EU to explore climate change and environmental data. The event aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration to make complex environmental issues more accessible.
Why it matters
Interdisciplinary approaches are increasingly viewed as essential for communicating the urgency of climate change and developing creative solutions to environmental challenges.
John Desnoyers Stewart presents Speculative Futures: Machines, Space, and Temporal Imagination during the 2025 SCI_ART Symposium at UBC Okanagan.
What: SCI_ART: After the Data/Cultural Climate Futures Symposium
Who: Artists and researchers from Canada and the European Union, hosted by UBC Okanagan's Critical Future Studio/Lab
Where: UBCO's Critical Future Studio/Lab, Innovation Precinct Annex 1, 3505 Spectrum Court, Kelowna
Having artists dialogue with scientists creates opportunities for discovery that neither field could achieve alone.
SCI_ART 2026: After the Data/Cultural Climate Futures brings together artists and scientists from Canada and the European Union to examine some of the most pressing environmental questions of our time.
Now in its fourth year, this symposium takes place from October 2 to 5 in Vancouver, and on October 7 and 8 in the Okanagan.
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