Critical Distance DIRECTORY Amanda White

Amanda White (she/her) is an artist and researcher, living on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories. She is Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Ecological Justice, and Climate action in Creative Practices (Tier II) at Emily Carr University, where she is currently building a kitchen-lab to support environmentally engaged work with a focus on plants and food. Her recent collaborative projects include co-author and producer for Ecologies in Practice (book and podcast); the Creative Food Research Collaboratory; and Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge, a graphic novel for middle grade readers about food security (Second Story Press, 2026).