Lenka Tomlinson (they/she) is completing their final year of Undergraduate studies in a Bachelor of Science, double majoring in environmental science and sustainability at Dalhousie University. Working on their Honours thesis under Dr. Wright, they are focusing on the nexus of arts and sustainability in museum-type institutions, examining how these educational spaces have engaged with climate change, and what ought to be done moving forwards.
With a background in environmental science, sustainability, and art history, this intersection of topics has continued to interest Lenka as they have worked in exhibition design and sustainability offices across the HRM.
Lenka is currently taking a phenomenological approach to her research, examining the precedent and barriers of climate and environmental sustainability engagement through professionals' perspectives across Canada. She will be completing her research in Spring of 2024, hoping to summarize thematic similarities in reference to prior literature, in order to perform an environmental scan, and potential recommendations for museums and museum-type institutions going forwards.