{"id":173827,"date":"2024-04-25T22:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/?page_id=173827"},"modified":"2024-06-07T22:25:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:25:29","slug":"naccb-2024-plenary-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/naccb-2024-plenary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NACCB 2024 &#8211; Plenary #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-lvfsz9kv-78dc8a2fe1ecee7c8323a4757bfeb421 main_color  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-sticky-submenu container_wrap fullsize' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-center'><ul id=\"menu-naccb-2024\" class=\"av-subnav-menu\" role=\"menu\"><li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-172856\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a 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href=\"https:\/\/climatejustice.ubc.ca\/\">UBC Centre for Climate Justice<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ibios.ubc.ca\/\">Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Solutions Collaboratory\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm PDT (1.5 hours)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Description<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we face compounding ecological, economic, and social crises, important tensions have emerged in how to tackle the urgency of solutions affecting climate, biodiversity and Indigenous sovereignty within the context of climate justice. Often, as researchers and movement leaders, we are focused on one part of the problem, which can exacerbate near and far-reaching impacts to people and planet. This panel will explore those tensions as they are arising in relation to critical minerals extraction, an industry that is both essential to many high-profile \u2018climate solutions\u2019 such as electric vehicles and solarization, and also disruptive to local biodiversity and lifeways on a potentially large scale. Critical minerals development is accelerating rapidly in many countries around the world. However, in many places this process is accelerating at a rate that does not allow for a meaningful conversation on the risks, negative impacts, and potential benefits to communities and biodiversity. We will hear from leading researchers and movement leaders on the tensions that are emerging between climate and biodiversity in critical minerals mining, and under what conditions critical minerals can be produced in ways that safeguard biodiversity and the rights of communities while meeting the needs for essential climate solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Panelists:<\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2020_10_28_justinaray-9923_final.480x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-173829\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2020_10_28_justinaray-9923_final.480x480-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2020_10_28_justinaray-9923_final.480x480-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2020_10_28_justinaray-9923_final.480x480-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2020_10_28_justinaray-9923_final.480x480-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2020_10_28_justinaray-9923_final.480x480-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2020_10_28_justinaray-9923_final.480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wcscanada.org\/about\/contact\/justina-ray\/\">Justina Ray<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>President &amp; Senior Scientist, <a href=\"https:\/\/wcscanada.org\/\">Wildlife Conservation Society Canada<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Justina Ray has been President and Senior Scientist of WCS Canada since its incorporation in 2004. In addition to overseeing the operations of WCS Canada, Justina is involved in research and policy activities associated with conservation-based planning, impact assessment and biodiversity conservation, with a particular focus on wildlife in northern boreal landscapes. Having worked for years in African and Asian tropical forests, North America has been her predominant geographic focus over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Justina has been appointed to numerous government advisory panels related to policy development for species at risk and land use planning in Ontario and Canada. She served as the co-chair of the Terrestrial Mammals Subcommittee of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) from 2009-2017 and a member of the IUCN Taskforce on Biodiversity and Protected Areas in its work to develop the global Key Biodiversity Area Standard (2012-2016). She has been editor or author of 3 books and numerous peer-reviewed articles. She also serves on the scientific advisory boards of the Liber Ero Post-doctoral Fellowship program and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo &amp; Wildlife Research (Germany). She is Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto (Department of Ecology and Evolution; Graduate Department of Forestry) and Trent University (Environmental &amp; Life Sciences Graduate Program).<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1plveir-d3e757ba3b99fc4c6e0b4c726ae9fb35\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1plveir-d3e757ba3b99fc4c6e0b4c726ae9fb35{\nheight:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1plveir-d3e757ba3b99fc4c6e0b4c726ae9fb35 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cuskDYXs_400x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-173830\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cuskDYXs_400x400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cuskDYXs_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cuskDYXs_400x400-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cuskDYXs_400x400-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cuskDYXs_400x400-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cuskDYXs_400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/criordor\">Cristina Dorador<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate Professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uantof.cl\/facultades\/facultad-de-ciencias-del-mar-y-recursos-biologicos\/\">Faculty of Marine Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Antofagasta, Chile<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Cristina Dorador Ortiz<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0Chilean\u00a0scientist, doctor, and former assembly member of the Chilean\u00a0Constitutional Convention\u00a0who conducts research in\u00a0microbiology, microbial\u00a0ecology,\u00a0limnology\u00a0and geomicrobiology. She is also an Associate Professor in the department of biotechnology of the Faculty of Marine Sciences and Natural Resources at the\u00a0University of Antofagasta.<\/p>\n<p>She coordinates in Chile of the Extreme Environment Network for the study of ecosystems in the geographical extremes of Chile and has developed biotechnological tools to value the unique properties of some highland microbial communities such as resistance to\u00a0ultraviolet\u00a0radiation for elaborate cosmetic creams, joining the field of\u00a0cosmetic biotechnology. She has also led the development of textile material using the photoprotective properties of highland bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>She was a member of the transition council of the\u00a0National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research\u00a0in 2019 that gave rise to the\u00a0National Agency for Research and Development of Chile, and has been recognized nationally and internationally as one of the most relevant researchers in Chile.<\/p>\n<p>From July 2021 to July 2022, she served as a\u00a0conventional constituent\u00a0for District 3, which represents the\u00a0Antofagasta Region.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-csustc3-70d5a6163b1280fbcd15966eee284981\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-csustc3-70d5a6163b1280fbcd15966eee284981{\nheight:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-csustc3-70d5a6163b1280fbcd15966eee284981 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BillMcKibben-headshot3@StoryWorkz-644x644-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-173831\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BillMcKibben-headshot3@StoryWorkz-644x644-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BillMcKibben-headshot3@StoryWorkz-644x644-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BillMcKibben-headshot3@StoryWorkz-644x644-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BillMcKibben-headshot3@StoryWorkz-644x644-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BillMcKibben-headshot3@StoryWorkz-644x644-1-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BillMcKibben-headshot3@StoryWorkz-644x644-1.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/about\/who-we-are\/\">Bill McKibben<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/\">Third Act<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bill McKibben is a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate, democracy, and racial justice. He founded the first global grassroots climate campaign, 350.org, and serves as the Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. In 2014 he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the \u2018alternative Nobel,\u2019 in the Swedish Parliament. He\u2019s also won the Gandhi Peace Award, and honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities. He has written over a dozen books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature, published in 1989. His most recently released book is The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420{\nheight:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mary_bio_pic.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-174058\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mary_bio_pic-241x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mary_bio_pic-241x300.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mary_bio_pic-565x705.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Mary_bio_pic.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>Mary Maje<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Kaska Elder from <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousyukon.ca\/places-to-go\/ross-river\">Tu\u0304 \u0141i\u0304\u0301dli\u0304ni\u0304<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Maje is a Kaska Elder from Tu\u0304 \u0141i\u0304\u0301dli\u0304ni\u0304 &#8211; or Ross River as it is known in English. Her Kaska name is \u00c9ht\u016bt and she belongs to the Crow Clan. Her parents are Maudie and George Dick. She comes from a large family \u2013 there were 13 children in the family. She was born during the month of January at Tu\u0304 Di\u0301sdi\u0301s Mene\u0301\u02bc &#8211; or Pelly Lakes in a cabin when it was 70 below zero outside. Her mom remembered hearing tree branches cracking from the cold.\u00a0 Maggie Bob helped delivering her. At that time Maggie was living across to lake and had to walk in the cold temperature wrapped in blankets to deliver Mary. She spent her childhood travelling with her family all over the Kaska territory following seasonal rounds \u2013 they travelled with a dog team in the winter and with canvas boats and on rafts during the summer. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary is a strong and passionate voice in the community on women\u2019s issues, governance, and on preserving the Kaska way of life and Kaska knowledge. She believes strongly in the preservation of her heritage and supports a return to traditional land use management, recognizing and respecting family use areas. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary has 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 1 great-granddaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420{\nheight:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_174060\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linda_McDonald_bio_pic-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174060\" class=\"wp-image-174060\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linda_McDonald_bio_pic-1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linda_McDonald_bio_pic-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linda_McDonald_bio_pic-1.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-174060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda and Laika<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Linda McDonald<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Kaska Elder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/liardfirstnation.ca\/\">Liard First Nation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda McDonald<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Kaska elder, and a member of the Liard First Nation and lives in Watson Lake, Yukon. Linda<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was raised in a traditional Kaska family, growing up on her family\u2019s trapline seven miles north of Watson Lake in Southeast Yukon. Her childhood was busy with all that was required to live close to the land; trapping, hunting, fishing, gathering of plants, berries and other traditional pursuits. Kaska is Linda\u2019s first language and growing up, it was spoken at home by everyone. Linda learned English while at the Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, where she spent two years, recovering from tuberculosis. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She attended day school in Watson Lake, as well as her public-school education. Linda\u2019s post-secondary education includes a B.Ed (University of Alberta), and a Masters of Arts (Carlton University) and a Masters of Arts \u2013 Linguistics of a First Nations Language (Simon Fraser University). Linda taught Kaska Language and Culture teacher at the Watson Lake Secondary School and retired from teaching in 2022.\u00a0 Linda has spent much of her life working on issues related to protecting Kaska lands. She <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continues to share her parent\u2019s lessons in natural resource management, stressing the need to proceed in ways that respect and reflect traditional Kaska values, beliefs and practices. Linda has been a strong advocate for revitalizing the Kaska language as well as protecting Kaska lands and resources. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0She has been involved with LAWS (Liard Aboriginal Women\u02bcs Society) LAWS since its establishment 25 years ago. Her Kaska name is Whu\u0304dzi\u0304 Ama\u0304\u0301, which means Caribou Mother.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420{\nheight:8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-6iwsqnx-aad5d1122383e773eaf3cc8656a0e420 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h4>Moderator:<\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-173833\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-883x1030.jpg 883w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-1317x1536.jpg 1317w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-1756x2048.jpg 1756w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-1286x1500.jpg 1286w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Naomi-Klein-Headshot-Crop-May-2023-604x705.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/naomiklein.org\/\">Naomi Klein<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Professor of Climate Justice and Co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice, University of British Columbia<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and\u00a0<i>New York Times\u00a0<\/i>bestselling author. She is a columnist with\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>. In 2018 she was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair at Rutgers University and is now Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021 she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice (tenured) and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-173827","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}