https://www.tamaraplush.com/index-rally daily 0.75 2026-03-21 https://www.tamaraplush.com/home daily 1.0 2019-11-02 https://www.tamaraplush.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537031017396-N280UMF1C4XZJTV39822/xIMG_6257.jpg CONTACT Great work is always the result of a great team. It was a privilege to work with the talented PannaFoto Institute and UNICEF disaster risk reduction teams in Jakarta, Indonesia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1565652784367-KHU1G14ZTKUE024X8E6R/11289690_1095783257117163_90328100_n.jpg CONTACT Participatory Video workshop with our great local partners and ActionAid Nepal. https://www.tamaraplush.com/old daily 0.75 2018-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1542907956105-D9MC9EQVDXC7KSA5CH7U/Tamara_Cover2016.jpg old https://www.tamaraplush.com/vision daily 0.75 2023-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538334957821-D7UJ2ETWACSZB6W64ALU/VietnamYouth Vision https://www.tamaraplush.com/knowledge daily 0.75 2025-10-21 https://www.tamaraplush.com/work daily 0.75 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/07f26c28-7fe0-4e4b-9e55-0c5d5eebaeeb/IDDRR-2023-UNICEF-1.jpg WORK - Content Development In 2025, I’m working as a Strategic Content Developer for UNICEF’s Climate, Environment, Energy & Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) team, producing STORIES OF IMPACT and videos like the 2023 animation on Child-Centred DRR and the 2024 Madagascar case study on innovative finance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1606019652006-CXD9CYLLXPJOGCEG7XCU/WiA+C%26Y+Image+4a.png WORK - KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT From 2019-2024, I worked in Knowledge Management for the UNICEF CEED team (strategies, research, writing, reports, webinars, case studies, trainings, internal communication, advocacy support, global events, and social media). - In 2021-2022, I produced/acted as lead author for publications on child-sensitive climate policies for every child for COP27, disaster risk reduction, sustainable energy, & renewable energy solutions in Malawi. - In 2020, I led KM for an internal UNICEF adolescent and youth engagement initiative and researched/developed seven in-depth case studies (example from Kazakhstan). - In 2019, I led a global team as the lead author and coordinator of the Words into Action guide: On the Frontline of DRR and Resilience: Children and Youth Engagement Guide for Implementing the Sendai Framework with UNICEF, UNDRR, & more than 100 contributors. www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/67704 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1543559677093-4TJUTEBGDB3RQDUAU4FW/DtD7gHnU8AAx0zk.jpg WORK - Social Media, ARTs & RESEARCH For my postdoctoral research with RRU, I co-led theYouth Voices Rising project that learned from and with youth affected by the 2016 Horse River wildfire disaster in Fort McMurray, Canada (Funded by the Canadian Red Cross). We worked alongside youth in using action research, creative arts, and other visual storytelling methods as tools of disaster recovery and resilience building. Photo: Brina and Mariam, age 17 and 15, present the Youth Vision & Voice report to the region’s Mayor and Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538337597144-C9YPXWL7JZ3QECMRI8CC/VietnamCDST WORK - DIGITAL STORYTELLING Youth & non-governmental staff sort through photos to develop storyboards as part of at a UNICEF-supported Community Digital Storyteller facilitator training in Indonesia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538337662175-BSHWPFY2VN69B0NHN75D/Nepal_PV.jpg WORK - PARTICIPATORY VIDEO Cambodian youth shoot a scene in a participatory video showing how climate change impacts their lives; and the solutions they want to see as part of a Plan International in Cambodia and Institute of Development Studies (IDS) project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538256438889-B4K0EGW1DDEEDT1P5ZOP/Sonke21.jpg WORK - MOBILE PHONE FILMMAKING Gender violence activists from Sonke Gender Justice in Cape Town, South Africa, learn mobile phone filmmaking as a tool for awareness-raising, reflection, and dialogue (working alongside IDS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538318300701-YBJ8KWISNFRDH1ZYI7BQ/image-asset.jpeg WORK - Communication After 12 years as a multimedia and video producer in industry and documentary work, I shifted my career to international development — working as the Global Climate Change Communication Coordinator for CARE’s Poverty, Environment and Climate Change Network. Photo: Women from Nanighi , Kenya, chose the photos they want to use for a photo story on climate impacts and solutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537117930814-MK3T0A7GLJYYRIHRROB4/image-asset.jpeg WORK - TEACHING and FACILITATION As an educator, I’ve worked in diverse contexts ranging from facilitating a participatory video workshop with Somali pastoralists facing negative climate change impacts to instructing a University-level course on Culture, Ethnicity and Identity. In teaching, I prioritize experiential learning where students are active participants in the journey—bringing in their own expertise, skills, motivations, cultures and joy into the experience. Here is an example from a Participatory Video course I co-taught at the University of Queensland: Short Films for Social Change in Brisbane, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/9821e67d-b19d-472b-90e2-b2987415803b/Float+Homes.jpg WORK - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.tamaraplush.com/tp-cv daily 0.75 2023-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1565652452163-ZCIYZO9TDA5Y48YOV49T/Welcome%2B-%2BImaginePhD.url.jpg CV Disaster Management Committee members from Nepal learn filmmaking to explore how weather change is impacting their communities; with the aim of connecting their views to local and national policy through an ActionAid project. <View Project> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1565652234308-MBIKH19QK8PLXI6PGSE3/youthvoice.png CV Youth from Indonesia contribute their views on climate justice in their communities through a UNICEF-funded storytelling project (photo by Yoppy Pieter). <View Project> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1565652480681-P7L08SR3SP8VNUXJAYZI/1TP_8827.jpg CV A visioning exercise at a Sonke Gender Justice workshop in South Africa. The exercise helps the group decide what they wants to tell about tackling the social stigma of sexually transmitted diseases. The group focuses on how they want the audience to think and feel, what they should hear and see, and the action to take. <view project> https://www.tamaraplush.com/photos daily 0.75 2018-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537034391166-HPWA2HFBE38HO8VFUUOA/1abc0.jpg Photos The calm of the forest on the way to Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537035301146-480EIKOSPFNSHDY7AK7U/NghiTamFestival_2.jpg Photos The sacredness and joy of ceremony near my home in Vietnam (the woman smiling was my landlord in the time I lived in Hanoi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537034702662-71ZKA60E8VFBS3FEP194/_DSC0037.jpg Photos The awe of an alpha male silverback mountain gorilla in Virunga National Park, Rwanda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537035434351-ZYCHYEGOOEIELA5ISQPY/x_alaska_g9aIMG_5467.jpg Photos The thrills of a family fishing trip, Alaska, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537036339703-4WB3B6APH2HRL4PAJ8H8/aIMG_2332.jpg Photos The moments that make us laugh, Brisbane, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537035109997-QNY9EOKNMYPBLFPCI9EF/_DSC2395.jpg Photos The splendid diversity of our planet from above in Cappadocia, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538957792305-WJ4SS2109IVP9NXLJ75D/Loas2.jpg Photos The smile of a young boy and his rooster in rural Laos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958026118-1XF3TMXKXU043LF1EMLA/SriLanka.jpg Photos The beauty of friendship in Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958232200-1F2ZOTQ5KNMXAG9QYOM1/Vietnam1.jpg Photos The warmth of the afternoon sun in rural Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958361912-61GLY0WCVLZOWTTHLTVD/SriLanka7a.jpg Photos The beauty of a fast-moving train in Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1537036148430-TF7IC49V6YDFSBUEG2WS/x_DSC0103.JPG Photos The cultural history that shapes our lives, at the Great Wall of China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538957858078-H9JHS956SPQU6G3CRN80/mountains.jpg Photos The clear blue of Crater Lake in Oregon, USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958007258-8E0WTZ50NEXP9R8JYMSC/Mystic.jpg Photos The fun of play on an early morning summer day at Mystic Beach, Vancouver Island, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958068352-05PRCU41RFMXUG12BM18/Victoria.jpg Photos A sunset view over the ocean in Victoria, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958277650-RYHDIHGODAMDMM416AJ1/Laos_morning.jpg Photos The chill of an early morning start while trekking in Laos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958498740-83M3AB7YZ4SDSL7TQZ6J/Victoria2.jpg Photos The calm of a paddle in Washington State, USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538958544936-FTUDN5B10ON3XJC5CYKR/image-asset.jpeg Photos The joy of connection, laughter and a beautiful smile, in Laos. https://www.tamaraplush.com/mobilefilmmaking daily 0.75 2023-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538325367813-WWIFDS1K1I1BZ30SRSHO/Journey.png Go to Mobile Project Watch the workshop video: A JOURNEY OF HOPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538325402365-24CP6OYG6H88QGTWSEPS/image-asset.png Go to Mobile Project h the workshop video: CHANGE IS POSSIBLE https://www.tamaraplush.com/cdst daily 0.75 2018-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538337339198-PGOWLH4BTW2TZBOSBOYZ/youthvoice.png Go to CDST projects Watch the young people’s photo-videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538267570722-KRUFWGM7I6FKJHDC5B7U/CDST+Vietnam Go to CDST projects Cham fisherwomen in the Vietnam Mekong Delta develop a story about how they are impacted by a changing climate; and the adaptation strategies they want to see as part of a CARE in Vietnam project. The stories led to the women and their families securing land in the community as a first step towards greater food security, health and resiliency. Download: Our Valuable Voices https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538267511063-UAVCKT6N2FTBG6MWDMCV/_KEN_TP_2011_0051.jpg Go to CDST projects Watch the Women’s Video from Nanighi, Kenya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538337772976-HVL925E3YYR23KUG2QYO/CDST.png Go to CDST projects https://www.tamaraplush.com/participatoryvideo daily 0.75 2018-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538333158913-TYVS4M2JQEWVWEZSXMB2/NepalFlood.png Go to PV Projects Watch: Children’s Views on a Changing Climate in Nepal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538333192041-NJ7022KZT3BX84CAUD25/Nepal.jpg Go to PV Projects Watch the videos made by the participating children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538338432244-FSMLLFKNTOW9EIJM7YE8/Nepal_Children.png Go to PV Projects Download the Report https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538338159555-BSX3D08JJKODH7KFXMW0/DRR_Plan_Vietnam.png Go to PV Projects Download the Report https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538332856143-789RMBCCH21LFIL5RT8A/image-asset.jpeg Go to PV Projects Watch the children’s videos: Thuan Village / A Ngo Village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538338628212-H9S1H33ZFUH4UXMRQNM0/Plan+Cambodia Go to PV Projects Watch the Children’s Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538333079657-2KFMZRP9ABAPD6R5KPN2/PlanCambodia5.jpg Go to PV Projects https://www.tamaraplush.com/yvr daily 0.75 2018-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538334173324-EHDALQQ8BPPMZLR7R3XZ/Voice.Vision.jpg Go to YVR project - YOUTH vision & voice Download and read the report: www.resiliencebydesign.com/youthvoiceswb. As the Youth Voices Rising Project Lead and a Postdoctoral Fellow, I am working with the Canadian Red Cross and the ResiliencebyDesign Lab at Royal Roads University in the Wood Buffalo region to: - Strengthen youths’ capacities to engage as active citizens in disaster recovery & resilience decisions (i.e. through a social media campaign, action research, leadership events and individual capacity strengthening) - Support existing community-based, youth-serving organizations to run visual storytelling and participatory activities aimed at building resilience (i.e. PhotoVoice, creative arts, community mapping, etc.). - To contribute to a shared understanding of disaster resilience across the region (i.e. knowledge mobilization, youth worker events for youth workers in Indigenous communities, public speaking at conferences, and report and academic publications). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538315795548-2P1D4PD4ZEBOPR92MDMF/YVWBPoster+-+Launch.png Go to YVR project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1538336870137-FOSZJ38GVGHR9FI2GTBB/WeAreResilient.JPG Go to YVR project https://www.tamaraplush.com/about daily 0.75 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1565652321512-5QGXXCY5UENX47ESROLN/TamaraPlush.jpeg ABOUT Tamara Plush, PhD https://www.tamaraplush.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2018-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1542907956105-D9MC9EQVDXC7KSA5CH7U/Tamara_Cover2016.jpg Copy of Home https://www.tamaraplush.com/skills daily 0.75 2020-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1565653732085-G08YH4MG1ZZNXU8817RI/yvwb.jpg Skills - CORE KNOWLEDGE - Adolescent & Youth Engagement and Mobilization - Community and International Development - Knowledge Creation & Management - Global Collaboration (including online) - Workshop Design and Facilitation - Curriculum, Handbooks and Toolkits, Reports - C4D & Participatory Development Strategic Design - Research & Writing (Case Studies; Reports; Etc.) - Webinar & Multimedia Production - Project Design and Management - Budget Oversight (small to $300,000+ projects) - Climate Change, Risk Reduction & Resilience - Gender Equity - Sustainable Development Goals - Participatory Video & PhotoVoice - Community Digital Storytelling - Community Mapping, World Cafe, etc. - Conceptual Framework Design - Raising Citizen Voice through Meaningful Engagement PHOTO: Youth Voices Rising Report with the ResiliencebyDesign Lab at Royal Roads University (project funded by the Canadian Red Cross) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1572709885720-TQR9R7Y11A84XVFTG1LA/Words+into+Action.jpg Skills - Interpersonal skills - Team Development and Management - Supervision, Mentoring & Leadership - Capacity-Strengthening - Workshop Design and Facilitation - Relationship-Building - Knowledge in Indigenous Relations & Self-Governance - Participatory, Community-Based Approaches & Processes - Strategic Activity Design for Transformative Change Image from Words Into Action report on DRR, children and youth: public review version: www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/67704 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b87620d365f02317e21c445/1565656237947-OHSAO16AUU507FW962AD/20180622_101604.jpg Skills - TECHNICAL SKILLS Video and Multimedia Production - Video (Produce, Write, Direct, Edit) - Photography (Photograph, Instruct) - Multimedia (Produce, Write, Project Manage) - Webinars (Produce, Facilitate, Engage, Analyze) - Adept at quickly learning and applying new technologies - Managing a team with technical expertise Online Communication - Website Production, Management - Knowledge Dissemination - Coordinate Social Media Campaigns Knowledge Materials Production - Design for Professional Print Production - PowerPoint and Microsoft Office Suite - Adobe InDesign basics External Communication - Public Speaking and Engagement - Teaching and Facilitation - Academic Curriculum Development - Collaborative Workshop and Materials Development Qualitative Research - Action Research Design and Implementation - Interviewing and Focus Groups - Data Analysis - Academic Journal Writing - Software: Nvivo & Dedoose PHOTO: From International Association of Media and Communication Research global conference, where I presented on youth engagement strategies for disaster recovery