Research

Canadian projects

Aphrodite Salas

Founder and Director, Climate Leadership Story Hub. Leads a multimedia platform co‑created with Indigenous partners that reports on Indigenous‑led clean energy and sustainability transitions, developed in response to Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action 86.
Principal Investigator, Indigenous Clean Energy Sovereignty: Mapping a Way Forward with Cogenerative Journalism (Volt‑Age seed project, 200,000 dollars, Concordia University). Develops collaborative journalism projects with Indigenous communities that centre reconciliation, sustainability and inclusivity, and examines the role of non‑Indigenous journalists in media–Indigenous reconciliation.
Co‑Principal Investigator, Advancing Autonomous Energy Networks in the North: Research and Development of Technologies for Extreme Cold Environments (Volt‑Age Impact Project, 4 million dollars, Concordia University). Focuses on constructive climate reporting and community engagement in developing cold‑climate‑compatible renewable energy systems that reduce diesel dependency and improve energy sovereignty in northern Indigenous communities.

Giannis Triantafyllidis

Research Collaborator, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Maintains a longstanding partnership formalized by a Memorandum of Understanding, collaborating with Dr. Nikos Panagiotou and the Peace Journalism Laboratory on media literacy, climate communication and misinformation. Contributes through teaching at the Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy (THISAM) and serving on the Scientific Committee of the Thessaloniki Conference on Global Media and Culture.
Teaching Fellow, Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), Fall 2026. Selected for a funded staff mobility for teaching under the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme, with a focus on media literacy, climate communication and misinformation.

Selected Past Research Projects

Lina Forero

Aphrodite Salas

Principal Investigator, SSHRC Insight Development Grant: Documenting Indigenous Clean Energy Initiatives Through Mobile Journalism: Employing Conciliatory Innovative Practices (74,091 dollars). Studies how mobile journalism can document Indigenous‑led clean energy and sustainability initiatives through innovative practices.
Co‑Principal Investigator, Sustainable Transitions Team Research Initiative (STTRI): Documenting Indigenous Clean Energy Initiatives Through Mobile Journalism: Use of Conciliatory Innovative Practices to Address SDG Goal 7 (19,386 dollars). Explores mobile journalism approaches to Indigenous clean-energy initiatives in Manitoba linked to SDG 7.
Co‑Principal Investigator, New Frontiers in Research Fund: The Sub‑measurable is Not Unreal: Modeling and Communication of the Effect of COVID‑19 on the Brain (250,000 dollars). Uses visual journalism and art to document research on long COVID and deepen public understanding of complex scientific and medical issues.
Co‑Investigator, SSHRC Partnership Grant: The SpokenWeb: Conceiving and Creating a Nationally Networked Archive of Literary Recordings for Research and Teaching (2.5 million dollars). Supervises students in communications, social media, and external media outreach within a nationally networked archive of literary recordings.