Cowichan Valley Voice, October, 2025
- Wrote a summary of my book talk hosted online by Nature Cowichan (https://www.calameo.com/read/007869494c03007ff09e5?page=7)
The Globe and Mail, September, 2025
- Provided interview responses about the benefits of nature to mental health for an article titled “Need a Dose of Nature? There’s a Prescription for That” (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/article-need-a-dose-of-nature-theres-a-prescription-for-that/)
Yoga Journal, June, 2025
- Provided interview responses about the benefits of nature to mental health for an article titled “5 Outdoor Spaces Scientifically Proven to Calm You Down” (https://www.yogajournal.com/meditation/calming-outdoor-spaces)
Evergreen, January, 2025
- Provided a paragraph for an “Ask the Experts” post on nature exposure (https://www.evergreen.ca/stories/how-much-time-should-i-spend-outdoors-we-asked-the-experts/) International Association for People-Environment Studies Bulletin 52, December, 2024
IAPS Bulletin, December 2024
- My Favourite Book Series (https://iaps-association.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bulletin-52.pdf)
Global News AM Radio (CKNW), November, 2024
- Provided interview responses about environmental psychology for a VIU-sponsored segment of the Mike Smyth Show called “Shaping BC’s Environmental Future”
Conservator Magazine—Ducks Unlimited Canada, 2024
- Provided interview responses for an article titled “Wetlands and our well-being: How spending time in nature can help take us from sad to glad” (https://www.ducks.ca/stories/conservator/wetlands-and-our-well-being/)
VIU Expert Commentary, 2024
- Provided responses to questions about ‘what environmental psychology is, and why it is important’ for the purposes of media outreach (https://news.viu.ca/what-environmental-psychology-and-why-it-important)
Canadian Press, 2023
- Provided interview responses for an article about children returning to school in places affected by wildfire (picked up by national news outlets, e.g., CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/no-more-forest-fridays-1.6952030#:~:text=As%20students%20across%20British%20Columbia,look%20like%20for%20their%20kids)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 2023
- Provided interview responses for an article called “The Kids are not all Right: How Young People are Dealing with Increasing Climate Anxiety” (https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-anxiety-wildfires-teens-1.6944352)
Human-Land: The Environmental Psychology Podcast, 2023
- Provided interview responses for Season 2, Episode 4: “Spotlight: Considering Environmental Psychology as we Foster Healthy Societies” (https://soundcloud.com/human-land/spotlight-considering-environmental-psychology-as-we-foster-healthy-societies)
VIU News Expert Q & A, 2023
- Provided responses to interview questions about climate anxiety (https://news.viu.ca/what-climate-anxiety)
The Feed Radio Newsmagazine and Podcast (105.9 The Region FM, Greater Toronto Area), 2023
- Provided interview responses to a segment about climate anxiety
The Times Columnist, 2023
- Provided interview responses to The Canadian Press for an article titled “Wildfires are Fueling Eco-anxiety but Taking Climate Action can Help, Experts Say” (https://www.timescolonist.com/the-mix/wildfires-are-fuelling-eco-anxiety-but-taking-climate-action-can-help-experts-say-7126312)
The Canadian Psychological Association’s “Mind Full” Podcast, 2023
- Provided interview responses in a podcast titled “Environmental Psychology—And the Environment!” (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/environmental-psychology-and-the-environment-with/id1506510996?i=1000592551201)
Health Science Inquiry, 2022
- Provided interview responses for a Spotlight on Careers section of HSI titled “Intersecting Environmental Psychology, Architecture, and Climate” (https://healthscienceinquiry.com/index.php/hsi/issue/view/14)
Brightmark’s “The Green Pages” Blog, 2022
- Provided interview responses in a segment titled “Environmental Psychology: Exclusive Interview with Psychology Professor Lindsay McCunn, PhD” (https://www.brightmark.com/newsroom/environmental-psychology-exclusive-interview-with-department-of-psychology-professor-lindsay-mccunn-phd)
The Kit, 2022
- Provided interview responses about the importance of the home environment for mental health (https://thekit.ca/shopping/shopping-home/natural-cleaning-products/)
The Kit, 2022
- Provided interview responses about eco-anxiety (https://thekit.ca/living/eco-anxiety-meaning/)
CPA Psychology Month Profile, 2022
- Provided informal interview responses for a spotlight on CPA’s website (https://cpa.ca/psychologymonth/)
The Navigator, 2022
- Provided interview responses for a video podcast by VIU called “Benefits of Spending Time Outside: Where to Explore” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpMANJLwoME)
In The Green Chair Podcast, 2022
- Provided interview responses for a podcast called “How Environments Impact the Way we Think and Feel” (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WkhUbZH1X07GNVpeaOZ99?si=e4b11d1658ee4b27&nd=1)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 2021
- Provided interview responses for a podcast called “Beaches and Mountains” with Johanna Wagstaffe on environmental psychology, COVID-19, and climate change (https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1024-beaches-or-mountains?onboarding=false)
Country Guide, 2021
- Provided interview responses about creating better workspaces during the COVID
19 pandemic (https://www.country-guide.ca/guide-life/creating-a-better-place-to-work/)
The Eyeopener—Ryerson University’s student newspaper, 2021
- Provided interview responses about environmental psychology and student life during the COVID-19 pandemic (https://theeyeopener.com/2021/03/i-really-did-think-i-would-come-back-graduating-students-reflect-on-completing-their-final-year-away-from-campus/)
Vancouver Island University media releases and blogs, 2020
- VIU Professors Examine the Social Impacts of Wearing Masks (https://news.viu.ca/viu-professors-examine-social-impacts-wearing-masks)
- Featured in the Nanaimo News Bulletin: https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/masking-facial-expressions-creates-communication-challenges-say-viu-profs/
- Supporting Health-Care Professionals Suffering From Emotional Distress (https://news.viu.ca/supporting-health-care-professionals-suffering-emotional-distress)
- Setting up Your Study Space for Success (https://www.viu.ca/blog/setting-your-study-space-success)
Planning West magazine (published by the Planning Institute of British Columbia), Spring, 2020
- Wrote an article titled Urban Planning in a Technological Era: Perspectives from Environmental Psychology (https://www.pibc.bc.ca/sites/default/files/2020-05/Planning%20West%20Spring%202020_final-reduced-WEB.pdf)
PlanLED, 2020
- Podcast interview relating to environmental psychology, sense of place, and office design (https://vimeo.com/415961731)
Canadian Psychological Association, 2020
- Podcast titled: “Dr. Lindsay McCunn: Work environments, present and future” (https://soundcloud.com/user-389503679/work-environments-and-the-future/s-pO4Ft7Hxp7w)
Winnipeg Free Press, 2020
- Provided interview responses for an article about empty urban spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic (https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/coronavirus/one-surreal-citybeyond-confusion-corner-570116532.html)
Esquire.co.uk, 2020
- Provided interview responses for an article about working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic (https://www.esquire.com/uk/life/a32094105/work-from-home-office/)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 2019
- Provided interview responses for the radio show “The Calgary Eyeopener” with Paul Karchut on noise and city living (media clip available upon request)
Vancouver Island University Media Release, 2019
- VIU researchers launch far-reaching study on Mount Arrowsmith in collaboration with The Canadian Mountain Network (https://news.viu.ca/viu-research-will-study-rising-stresses-fragile-mountain-ecosystems)
Metro.co.uk, 2019
- Provided interview responses for an article about tiny houses in cities (https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/18/will-we-all-end-up-living-in-tech-filled-rabbit-hutches-9949938/)
Works That Work magazine (a bi-yearly design magazine published in the Netherlands by Typotheque), 2016, vol. 7
- Provided interview responses for an article about invisible sound design (https://worksthatwork.com/7/can-you-hear it hash=0ebd5c0056f00ec0a613ca01d4088096)
Natural Health magazine (published by America Media Inc.), September/October, 2014
- Provided interview responses for a print article about how home and décor can affect mood (https://www.ydesigngroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/NH1014-dragged-3.pdf)
Relational Caffeine magazine (published by California State University, Stanislaus), March, 2014
- Provided quotes about student territoriality in the classroom (http://relationalcaffeine.com/2014/05/19/sit-on-this-2/)
Owl & Ash design blog, February, 2014
- Provided quotes for an article about sense of place and the family table (http://owlandash.com/2014/02/02/creating-a-sense-of-place/)
Psychology Today magazine, 2012 – 2015
- Monthly blogs (“iEnvironment”) posted about environmental psychology topics (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ienvironment)
Posts chosen by section Editors as ‘essential reads:’
- February 20, 2012 by the Behavioral Economics Section (Blog Post Title: Tragic-Choice Theory: The Sad Side of Sustainability)
- April 12, 2012 by the Environment Section (Blog Post Title: The Status of Social Design in Environmental Psychology: Part II)
- May 9, 2012 by the Aging Section (Blog Post Title: Understanding Accessible Housing Design from the User’s Perspective)
- February 19, 2013 by the Autism Section (Blog Post Title: Environmental Territoriality and Me)
- February 18, 2014 by the Anxiety Section (Blog Post Title: Thinking About Biophilic Healthcare Design)
- November 21, 2014 by the Environment Section (Blog Post Title: Sound or Noise?)
- Blog publicized by the Environmental Design Research Association, 2012
- Blog publicized in the UVIC Faculty of Social Sciences ‘Research Opportunities’ newsletter, 2013
- Blog publicized in AWD Dumpster Rental column concerning “environmentally-friendly practices are very attractive to customers,” 2014
- Provided topical contributions to:
- Michelsen-Foy, G. (2016). Finding north: How navigation makes us human. New York, NY: Flatiron Books.
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