Alex Morton on Impossible Resilience, the Call to Kindness, and Building Activist Legacies for The Big Team

Alexandra (Alex) Morton has been called a mix of Jane Goodall and Erin Brockovich, but her decades-long fight for wild salmon and orcas is entirely her own. A scientist, activist, and author, Alex shares how she was pulled from whale research into one of BC’s most high-stakes environmental battles: challenging salmon farming and the systems that enable it. 

In this episode, Alex joins co-hosts Kai Chan (professor and Canada Research Chair at UBC) and Clare Price (UBC graduate student in soundscapes and urban transformation) to reflect on impossible resilience, the role of kindness in activism, and the collective power it takes to hold broken institutions accountable and call for lasting change. From lawsuits and grassroots protest to the return of salmon runs once thought lost, her story is both a warning and a source of hard-earned hope.

Stay up to date with her work on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.morton.1671/

Visit her website here: https://alexandramortonblog.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-morton-1770989a/?originalSubdomain=ca 

Instagram: @alexmorton4salmon

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