Publications & VIDEOS
academic Reports,
articles & PhD
WORDS INTO ACTION: On the Frontline of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience: Children and Youth Engagement Guide for Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (2019). (Lead author; collaborative development)
Plush, T. (2016). We’ve raised their voice. Is anyone listening? Participatory video practitioners and valued citizen voice in international development contexts. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Australia.
Plush, T. and RbD Lab team (2018). Youth Vision & Voice in Wood Buffalo, ResiliencebyDesign (RbD) Research Innovation Lab at Royal Roads University. “Youth Voices Rising,” funded by the Canadian Red Cross. Open high-res version here.
Cox, R. S., Plush, T., Hill, T., Tremblay, C. & Heykoop, C. (2018). More than a Checkbox: Engaging Youth in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Canada. Natural Hazards, 1-15.
Plush, T., and Cox, R. (2018). ‘Hey, Hey, Hey – Listen to what I gotta say’: Songs elevate youth voice in Alberta wildfire disaster recovery. Engaged Scholar
Plush, T., Wecker, R., Ti, S. (2018). Youth Voices from the Frontlines: Facilitating Meaningful Youth Voice Participation on Climate, Disasters, and Environment in Indonesia. In: Servaes J. (eds) Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change. Springer, Singapore
Plush, T. (2015). Participatory video and citizen voice—We’ve raised their voices: Is anyone listening? Glocal Times 22/23.
Plush, T. (2015). Interrogating Practitioner Tensions for Raising Citizen Voice with Participatory Video. International Development in P. N. Thomas (Ed.), Beyond the Impasse: Exploring new thinking in communication for social change, 36, 57-70: Nordicom Review.
Plush, T. (2012). Fostering Social Change through Participatory Video: A Conceptual Framework (Version reprinted here: Page 55). In E. J. Milne, C. Mitchell & N. De Lange (Eds.), Handbook of Participatory Video (67-84). AltaMira Press.
Plush (2009) Video and voice: How participatory video can support marginalized groups in their efforts to adapt to a changing climate. Master’s Thesis, Institute of Development Studies, UK.
Khamis, M., Plush, T., & Zelaya, C. S. (2009). Women's rights in climate change: using video as a tool for empowerment in Nepal. Gender & Development, 17(1), 125-135.
Plush, T (2009). Amplifying Children's Voices on Climate Change: The Role of Participatory Video. Participatory Learning & Action, 60, 119-128.
UN & NGO REPORTS,
manuals & articles
UNICEF: Protecting children from disaster, climate and environmental risk. Stories of impact 2024-2025.
UNICEF: Building resilience with child-responsive climate risk financing in Bangladesh (2024)
UNICEF: Innovative finance reshaping cyclone resilience and child-responsive disaster management in Madagascar (2024)
UNICEF: DRR in Action: Every country protected; every child resilient - Child-centred disaster risk reduction builds resilient communities and societies (2022)
UNICEF: A brighter life for every child with sustainable energy (2022)
UNICEF: Renewable energy solutions improve children’s health and well-being in Malawi (2021)
UNICEF: Advancing Child-Centred Public Policy in Brazil through Adolescent Civic Engagement in Local Governance (2021)
UNICEF: Mainstreaming Adolescent Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Kazakhstan’s Systems (2020)
UNICEF: Scaling Up Action on Adolescent Nutrition, Diets, Services, and Practices in India (2020)
UNICEF: Preparing Adolescents in Jordan for Productive, Engaged, and Resilient Adulthood (2020)
UNICEF: Improving the Safety, Protection, and Wellbeing of Adolescent Girls in Iraq (2020)
UNICEF: Working Across Sectors in Turkey Accelerates Learning for All Adolescents (2020)
UNICEF: Adolescents Take Action to Mitigate and Alleviate the Harmful Effects of Air Pollution in Mongolia and Viet Nam (2020)
UNICEF: Mainstreaming Adolescent Participation in Indonesia for Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery (2020)
UNICEF/UNDRR: Engaging children and youth on the frontline of disaster risk reduction and resilience (2019)
Conducting research as a method of moving hearts and minds to generate conversations that matter and lead to action. Blog by RbD team members. (2019)
“Youth Voices From the Frontline: Community Digital Storytelling for Social Change,” project overview. Children in a Changing Climate, UNICEF Jakarta, and PananFoto Institute (2016).
“Youth Voices” CDST Guide for Master Facilitators and Visual Storytellers, UNICEF Jakarta and PananFoto Institute (2016).
Our Valuable Voices: Community Digital Storytelling for Good Programming and Policy Engagement, CARE in Vietnam case study. Plush, T. and Coultier, M. (2015).
Voices of Ethnic Minority Children. Participatory Video on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change. Plan International in Vietnam: Plush, T. and Nguyen Trong, N. (2011).
Story-Driven Participatory Video for Mobile Technologies Facilitation. Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa. Plush, T. and Shahrokh, T. (2015).
PV for citizen mobilization in South Africa: Collaboration and dialog key for using visual storytelling for women’s empowerment. Media Development (2015 & 2013).
VIDEOS
Follow My Brain - Follow My Brain shows Cam's break from reality and difficulty in having to leave his boxing passion; offers reflections by his father on Cam's time in the hospital; details how Cam learns to manage schizoaffective disorder; and highlights the commitment by his therapist, coaches, family and friends supporting him in his recovery. In the end, like any good fighter, Cam gets back up again so he can return to what he loves. (2019)
Life Afloat - Fisherman’s Wharf in Victoria, BC, is a small float home village with a big reputation. Glimpse what life is like for three residents who share their experiences. (Telus, 2018)
No Time to Recover (climate change impacts on Ethiopian Pastoralists), CARE’S CARE’s Poverty, Environment and Climate Change Network (PECCN)
Where the Rain Falls (a global study of the impacts of rainfall and poverty), PECCN
Powerful Hands (a global campaign), PECCN
Managing Our Mangroves (a CARE project in Vientam), PECCN
INVITED TALKS & presentations
Conferences
Public Safety Canada Annual National Roundtable on Disaster Risk Reduction & CRHNet Conference, Vancouver, CA, 2018
Interlake Tribal Council Emergency Management Conference, Winnipeg, CA, 2018 (keynote speaker)
International Association of Media and Communication Researchers, Eugene, USA, 2018
Narrative Matters, Victoria, CA, 2016
International Visual Methods Association, Brighton, UK, 2015; Wellington, NZ, 2013
Australia Council for International Development, Ørecomm, Melbourne, Aus., 2015; Adelaide, Aus, 2013
Centre for Communication and Social Change Boutique, Brisbane, Aus, 2012
Community-based Adaptation Conference, UNFCCC, Hanoi, 2012
UNFCCC Conference of Parties 14, 15, 16, 17; Proznan, POL, 2008; Copenhagen, DK, 2009; Cancun, MX, 2010; Durban, SA, 2011
Presentations:
Fletcher, S., Hill, T., Plush, T. (2018). Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada. Crafting Compelling Stories through Digital Storytelling
Plush, T. (2017 & 2018) Roads to Research: Youth Voices Rising: Risk & Recovery in Wood Buffalo; project overview
Plush, T. (2015). University of Victoria, Canada: Workshop facilitator: Research with Community: Digital Stories as Method and Engagement
Lewin, T., Plush, T., Shahrokh, T., and Wheeler, J. (2015). Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK: See, feel, change? Critical perspectives in participatory visual processes
Plush, T. (2015). Webinar Presenter: Participatory Video: Better Practice for Social Change
Plush, T. (2014). Brisbane Development Circle, Aus: Communication for Good Development
Plush, T. (2014). UQ, Aus: Plan in Vietnam 'Best Practice' Case Study