Gracelynn Lau

Gracelynn Lau 劉頌恩 was born and raised in Hong Kong when it was still a British colony. Self-identified as a settler of colour who is dealing with a triple colonized past, she moved to Canada in 2005 for her master studies in ecofeminist theology.  Gracelynn is daughter, water, auntie, ecovillager, lover of life, herbalist, microbial cultures maker (fermentation and other human culturing), nature-based expressive arts therapist (Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association), permaculture and ecovillage design education facilitator with Gaia Education.  Currently a PhD candidate, Gracelynn is curious about the spaces between the known and the unknown, the air between those that have language to speak about and those that don't, and the abundances of possibilities and mysteries between the either/or dichotomy.  Her community-based participatory research focuses on fostering community resilience in physical communities (not online!) to navigate emerging social conflicts and polarity in the Indigenous-settler contexts in Canada and in Hong Kong, and how play and imagination in expressive arts therapy theory and practice can facilitate such situations.  Her hidden intention, however, is to increase more biodiversity within the mainstream academic ecosystem by being part of it.