When: July 5, 2025 | Doors: 6:00pm Event: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Where: Forest Sciences Centre, UBC Vancouver
Cost: Free
This event will not be recorded or live-streamed.
Join us for an evening of powerful storytelling and ecological reflection. This free double documentary screening explores the vital connections between forests, water, and the people working to protect them.
The Salmon Forest Project
Written, directed, and produced by Bill Heath, this film follows Indigenous leaders, researchers, and advocates in the territory of the Heiltsuk Nation, around the coastal community of Bella Bella. Alongside UBC’s Dr. Teresa (Sm’hayetsk) Ryan and Dr. Suzanne Simard, the film features powerful contributions from Heiltsuk community members who speak to the cultural and ecological significance of salmon and forest stewardship. It offers a visually rich reflection on ecological interdependence, traditional knowledge, and cultural resilience.
Trouble in the Headwaters
Directed by Daniel J. Pierce, this urgent and revealing film follows UBC hydrologist Dr. Younes Alila into the forest headwaters above Grand Forks to investigate how widespread clear-cutting is intensifying floods, landslides, and drought across British Columbia. Through science and storytelling, the film raises important questions about the long-term impacts of industrial logging on watershed health and community safety.
Stay after for a reception and Q&A with the filmmakers and featured UBC researchers.
