Grappling with themes of sustainability, recovery, community and resilience, Rita Leistner’s epic five-years in the making Forest for the Trees examines the hardship and opportunity of the Anthropocene by creating the most in-depth and intimate multi-media art project ever made about professional tree planting in Canada, widely considered one of the toughest jobs in the world and one of the most feasible ways of combatting climate change. In this talk moderated by Professor of Forestry, Dr. Sandy Smith, who was the forestry consultant on Forest for the Trees, Leistner will discuss her work as politically engaged art, and share the process, inspirations and influences that got her here (and of course show photographs and film footage and tell a few stories!).