📌 Call on the BC Government to Ban Gas from New Buildings - Call for Organizational Sign-On
From Dogwood: Burning gas to heat homes and buildings represents a major source of B.C.'s carbon emissions. Requiring new buildings to be powered by clean electricity rather than polluting gas should be step one for any government claiming climate leadership. But the B.C. government continues to allow FortisBC to hook up 10,000 new buildings each year to gas lines. We cannot move forward on the urgent task of transitioning to a zero-carbon economy if new buildings continue to make the situation worse.
📌 The BC Climate Emergency Campaign – Has Your Organization Signed on?
From the BC Climate Emergency Campaign: Calling all organizations across BC! More than 450 diverse agriculture, arts, business, community, environment, faith, health, housing, Indigenous, labour, local government, outdoor recreation, research, senior, tourism, and youth organizations have signed an open letter calling on the BC government to confront the climate emergency by implementing ten urgent climate actions. Please sign the open letter. Every person, every business, every industry, and every government has a role to play.
📌 United We Stand for Old Growth Forests! - Organizational sign-on to the Declaration
From the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Elders for Ancient Trees, Sierra Club BC, Wilderness Committee, Stand.earth and others: There’s a call-out for organizations to sign onto our Declaration. Can you ask your group to sign on? The Super-Rally will be on Saturday February 25 at the Legislature in Victoria. Is your organization able to donate towards our expenses? The costs of building and staging a big rally add up big time! Here are 3 ways to donate: Send an e-transfer to oldfolksforoldgrowth@gmail.com; Write a cheque to Elders for Ancient Trees, #2-730 Sea Terrace, Victoria, V9A 3R6; or donate online here.
📌Monday November 21, 9am - PHONE BLITZ: Call the NEW premier about OLD-growth!
From Wilderness Cte: Let’s make David Eby’s first day as premier all about old-growth forests! Your efforts to hold the BC government accountable on old-growth forests are making a difference. Let’s flood his phone lines and demand he move quickly to stop the destruction of at-risk old-growth.
📌 Electric School Buses - Urgent Deadline! Please contact your School Board Chair
From For Our Kids: The federal govt's $2.75 billion dollar Zero Emission Transit Fund includes money for electric school buses. The ASTSBC (the association that co-ordinates bus purchases in BC) is putting in a funding proposal on behalf of all interested school bus operators in BC for up to 50% of bus and infrastructure costs, and it can be stacked with provincial funding which can cover up to 60% of bus costs. This means the entire cost of new electric school buses and charging infrastructure could be covered. The ASTSBC needs to submit by the end of November. This means that all school districts must let them know how many electric buses they need for the next three years, and what their infrastructure needs are. Find your School Board Chair here.
BC’s “Dirty 30” Individuals Holding Back Climate Action
The Wilderness Committee has released a “Dirty 30” list of individuals who are holding back climate action in British Columbia. Lobbyists, politicians and corporate interests, the Dirty 30 are people who work to prolong the province’s reliance on industries that damage the climate, like fracking and old-growth logging. They regularly meet with government officials or otherwise undermine climate action. Read more.
🍁 Canada Climate Action 🍁
📌 Tell Your MP and Trudeau to Deliver a Youth Climate Corps
From the Climate Emergency Unit: Climate mobilization in Canada has yet to feel like a grand societal undertaking. The Youth Climate Corps is an invitation to the country’s youth to mobilize to confront today’s gravest threat: the climate emergency. It would put thousands of young people to work in rapidly curbing emissions, preparing our infrastructure for its coming impacts, and responding to current climate emergencies. Can you send a message to key cabinet ministers and MPs, demanding a Youth Climate Corps?
From WE-CAN: The Climate Action Provincial Assembly (CAPA) is an opportunity to meet fellow climate activists, learn about and contribute to current campaigns, and work together on areas of shared interest. The assembly will include breakout groups in the following areas with their corresponding facilitators:
Pressing the ‘New’ NDP/Eby Government for More Urgent Climate Action - Ashley Zarbatany
Food Security - Heather Prichard
Working to End Fossil Fuel Extraction Projects in BC; Defending Indigenous Rights and Sovereignty - Alison Bodine
Getting Natural Gas Out of Buildings - Alexandra Woodsworth
Any group, organization or business with three or more members whose leaders or Board agree with our Members’ Agreement can apply to become a member here. We welcome Save Old Growth as a new member!
With each year the climate crisis grows stronger, our commitment to halt it must grow stronger too. Will you put your purse behind your passion, and join “100 Friends of WE-CAN”, pledging a steady monthly donation? If there are a hundred of us, we can become the financial wind beneath WE-CAN’s wings.
PS: If you have become a monthly donor directly through Vancity, can you contact our treasurer, Lily Mah-Sen?
😡 Resistance 💚
How Young Climate Activists Built a Mass Movement to be Reckoned With
From Waging Nonviolence: Whatever comes out of this week’s UN climate talks won’t be as important as the next steps of a youth-led movement strengthened by two decades of transformative action. I have a unique perspective on how this came into being, because I’ve been writing a book on the growth of youth climate activism in the U.S. I interviewed over 100 past and current movement leaders, with a majority of interviews occurring in 2020 soon after the largest, most transformative climate protests in our country’s history. “Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change” was released earlier this month. Read more.
What Next, Petrol on a Picasso? Threatening Art is No Answer to the Climate Crisis
From The Guardian: Another day, another gallery: the attacks on art in the name of climate action have become a headline-hogging obsession with a hideous escalating logic. The nastier the treatment a famous masterpiece gets, the bigger the media coverage. Read more.
My Suffragette Grandmothers are Now Seen as Heroes. Today’s Climate Protesters Will Be Too
From Helen Pankhurst, The Guardian: As the great-granddaughter of Emmeline, and the granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, I’m often asked to make comparisons between the suffragette movement and the environmental movements of today. People regularly ask me whether I endorse the tactics of climate activists such as Just Stop Oil. Read more.
🌍 The COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt 🌍
Bill McKibben with the Climate Activists at COP27
From Bill McKibben: There is a ritualistic quality to these climate summits—this is the 27th, after all. The great Canadian environmentalist Elizabeth May, many years ago, hugged me from behind at one of these gatherings and said “it’s just like a family reunion—aboard the Titanic.” Read more.
Without Greta, Activists Make Waves at Climate Summit
From BBC: Imran Hussein, from Bangladesh, lost his father in cyclone Aila in 2009 and says he is extremely worried about sea level rise in his coastal home. He is at COP to get "climate justice" for his mother, who has worked in a garment factory since Imran's father died. Imran and his colleague Sohanur Rahmen explain they got grants for travel and hotels, but they cannot afford to eat at the conference. Delegates faced costs of about $4,000 a week for accommodation, as well as the costs of travel and visas. Read more.
Expectations for the Government of Canada at COP27 on Phase Out Fossils Day
From Canada’s NGO Delegation: Civil society is pushing back on fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27. But Canada still has not taken a public stand. At COP26, for the first time, fossil fuels were mentioned in a COP cover text that called for a phasedown of coal power and a phaseout of fossil fuel subsidies. This year, we need to go further. The COP27 decision text should include: (1) An equitable phaseout of all fossil fuel production and use, and a transition to 100% renewable energy; (2) A phaseout of all fossil fuel subsidies and alignment of public financing with the clean energy transition, and (3) A just transition of the workforce, grounded in social dialogue. Read more.
Canada Ranks 58th, Very Low Climate Performer
From Climate Change Performance Index: Canada rates very low for GHG Emissions, Renewable Energy, and Energy Use, and medium for Climate Policy. Canada plans to increase its gas and oil production by more than 5% by 2030. This is not compatible with the 1.5°C target. The CCPI experts criticise Canada’s continuing fossil fuel subsidies and fossil fuel extraction. The commitment to phase out fossil fuel production and export does not yet extend to oil and gas. Read more.
From the Canadian Climate Institute: We have just launched 440 Megatonnes, a one-of-a-kind resource for tracking Canada’s climate policy progress. The name refers to Canada’s commitment to reduce emissions by at least 40% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade—or to no more than 440 Mt a year in 2030—en route to net zero by 2050. Read more.
Fear of Backsliding on Glasgow Pledges Dominates COP27
From The Guardian: Some countries appear to be seeking to water down commitments agreed last year. Documents and proposals, and accounts from negotiating teams, showed some countries attempting to unpick agreements and water down commitments. Negotiators cautioned that threats by some to renege on previous promises may be merely a gambit. Many countries may be setting out extreme negotiating positions on some issues to win concessions on others. Read more.
Draft Cop27 Agreement Fails to Call for ‘Phase-Down’ of All Fossil Fuels
From The Guardian: Document will provide basis for negotiations over coming days and is likely to be significantly reworked. The reaction from some NGOs has been swift and frustrated, with one Greenpeace representative saying itpaved the way for “climate hell”. Read more.
Canada Hits Bottom Tier in Climate Change Performance Index
From The Energy Mix: Canada placed fifth from the bottom, and the top three ranks were left empty for the second year in a row, in the latest edition of the Climate Change Performance Index released at COP 27 . Top performers included Denmark, Sweden, Chile, Morocco, and India. Read more.
Spotlight Shifts to COP28 As Sustainability Goes Political
From John Elkington, Volans Ventures: The sustainability paradigm has been building for over 60 years. Given that revolutionary new paradigms take 70-80 years to engage fully, I sense that we are at an inflection point—and the next 10-15 years will be decisive, whether the outcomes are good, bad or ugly. Read more.
🌱 Climate Solutions 🌱
How Colombia Plans to Keep its Oil and Coal in the Ground
From BBC: The country’s new president has been vocal about plans to leave fossil fuel extraction behind. But the country faces an uphill struggle to do this in practice. Read more.
Fossil Investment Could ‘Fully Finance’ Renewable Shift to 1.5°C
From the Energy Mix: Redirecting $570 billion per year from planned oil and gas investments could “fully finance” wind and solar expansion to meet a 1.5°C target, showing that oil and gas development must be halted to keep global warming within safe limits, a new report concludes. Read more.
How a Sand Battery Could Transform Clean Energy
From BBC: The Vatajankoski power plant is home to the world's first commercial-scale sand battery. Fully enclosed in a 7m (23ft)-high steel container, the battery consists of 100 tonnes of low-grade builders' sand, two district heating pipes and a fan. The sand becomes a battery after it is heated up to 600C using electricity generated by wind turbines and solar panels. Read more.
How to Donate Solar Panels & Wind Turbines to Ukraine
From Clean Technica: The one thing Ukraine really needs as soon as possible is more solar panels. A reader reached out to let us know how you can go about donating them. Read more.
A Building Material that Consumes CO2
From Reasons to be Cheerful: Hempcrete — a sustainable building block of the future — is fire resistant, provides soundproofing, insulates or stores heat, and repels mold and pests. Plus, hemp is a sustainable crop that needs few pesticides, and has quick-growing roots that prevent soil erosion. But most importantly, hempcrete requires three times less heat to create than concrete, weighs one-eighth as much, and absorbs between 8 to 15 metric tons of carbon per hectare, significantly more than the two to six metric tons typically captured by forests. Read more.
Crime is Lower When Cities Are Greener: Evidence from South Africa Supports the Link
From The Conversation: South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world, making it an important test of the relationship between urban greening and crime. Using the broadest greenness measure – total green space – the results corroborate previous studies indicating that greener neighbourhoods have significantly lower rates of violent and property crimes. The research supports calls for urban greening to be integrated into any holistic crime prevention strategy. Read more.
E-Diesel Truck Costs 47% More Than Electric Truck — Counting Operation
From Clean Technica: By 2035, buying and running a new long-haul diesel truck with pure e-diesel would cost 47% more than buying and operating a battery-electric truck. This is because the lower energy and maintenance costs of a battery-electric truck quickly offset its higher purchasing costs. Vehicles running on e-fuels would be significantly more expensive due to the high cost of e-fuel. Read more.
100 UK Universities Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels
From The Guardian: 65% of the country’s higher education sector is refusing to make at least some investments in fossil fuel companies, and endowments worth more than £17.6bn are now out of reach for the corporations. This huge sum is mostly owing to the significant investment portfolios of the University of Edinburgh, as well as the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, all of which have at least partially divested. Read more.
🌲Forestry Impacts, Science & Politics 🌲
Researchers Claim Canadian Forestry Giant has Hidden Links to Indonesian Deforester Accused of Destroying Habitat
From ICIJ: Four environmental watchdogs allege that Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper used shell companies to conceal corporate control by the same Indonesian tycoons accused of clearing more than 2 million hectares of Indonesian rainforest. Read more.
🌎 Climate Impacts, Science & Politics 🌎
World Close to ‘Irreversible’ Climate Breakdown, Warn Major Studies
From The Guardian: Key UN reports warn urgent and collective action is needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits. The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has said, after a slew of major reports laid bare how close the planet is to catastrophe. Collective action is needed by the world’s nations more now than at any point since the second world war, Prof Johan Rockström said, but geopolitical tensions are at a high. He said the world was coming “very, very close to irreversible change … time is really running out very, very fast”. Read more.
Devastating Floods in Nigeria were 80 Times More Likely Because of Climate Crisis
From The Guardian: Stark findings add pressure on Cop27 negotiators to deliver meaningful funding to vulnerable countries. Read more.
Canadian Gas Association Under Investigation Over Its Claims Natural Gas is 'Clean'
From CBC: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) has filed a complaint against the gas industry lobby group. CAPE argues that natural gas is not as clean as the campaign makes it sound, that it is a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming. The extraction and production of gas also pollutes the air and contaminates water sources, while gas appliances cause indoor air pollution and pose a serious health risk for children's respiratory health," said Dr. Melissa Lem, a member of CAPE and one of the complainants. Read more.
Atmospheric River Disaster Anniversary Must Spur Fast and Fair Climate Action
From Greater Victoria Acting Together: The climate crisis has shown its destructiveness in BC and the world over. We urges government to stop making it worse. Read more.
Oil and Gas Emissions will Overshoot 2030 Goal without Tougher Regulation
From the Canadian Climate Institute: Hitting Canada’s 2030 climate targets hinges on the rapid and effective implementation of new policy that cuts emissions across the entire oil and gas sector. Read more.
Methane Emissions from 15 Meat and Dairy Companies Rival Those of the EU
From The Guardian: The combined methane emissions of 15 of the world’s largest meat and dairy companies are higher than those of several of the world’s largest countries, including Russia, Canada and Australia. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and Changing Markets Foundation found that emissions by five meat and 10 dairy corporations equate to more than 80% of the European Union’s entire methane footprint, and account for 11.1% of the world’s livestock-related methane emissions. Read more.
More Dikes and Bigger Dams Could Be a Multi-billion Dollar Mistake. Here’s How B.C. Could ‘Build Back Better’
From The Narwhal: A year after catastrophic floods in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, some are concerned the recovery is too focused on trying to fight water with bigger engineering, instead of embracing a global movement to work with water and prioritize nature-based solutions. Read more.
Site C’s Slippery Slope
From The Tyee: Newly obtained FOI documents raise questions about oversight of the troubled megaproject. Read more.
Most Global Warming Hides in the Ocean
From Gapminder: People underestimate global warming because they think they can feel it in the air. But almost all the excess heat is lurking in the oceans. Watch Ola Rosling dive into this misconception. Watch here.
📹 Videos, Podcasts, Art & Creativity 🎨
Drowning World - Submerged Portraits
Gideon Mendel is a South African photographer who has been travelling the world to record the impacts of the climate crisis. See his photos here.
📢 Events, Protests and Rallies 📢
All times are PDT Pacific Daylight Time
Every Sunday and Wednesday, 1-2pm - Stop TMX: Stoney Creek Salmon Tours
From Stop TMX: The salmon are running at Stoney Creek!! Come to witness this spectacle while supporting your local frontline and building community. Every Sunday and Wednesday, Protect the Planet offers educational tours highlighting the salmon run. Assemble at our camp, set up on the Burnaby Mountain Urban Trail, under Lougheed bridge. Approach from East Lake. Read more.
Saturday November 19, 10am-Noon - CLIMATE ACTION PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY (CAPA)
From WE-CAN: The Climate Action Provincial Assembly (CAPA) is an opportunity to meet fellow climate activists, learn about and contribute to current campaigns, and work together on areas of shared interest. Register for the November CAPA here.
📌 Monday November 21, 11am Minister Heyman — Stop Tilbury LNG! In Vancouver
From the Wilderness Committee: Tilbury LNG would create as much climate pollution as all of Vancouver, and now is our chance to stop it forever. Minister George Heyman is due to make a decision about the proposed jetty in the Fraser River by November 25. It will be the first test of Premier David Eby’s commitment to climate action, and we need to show that the movement is paying attention. Join us outside his constituency office to demand that the provincial government protect British Columbians from climate disasters and reject the Tilbury Marine Jetty. 642 West Broadway, Vancouver. Read more.
Tuesday November 22, 6:30 – 8:30pm - Addressing Climate Anxiety and Ecological Grief
From UVic Continuing Studies: Human health is threatened by pervasive global challenges: zoonotic viruses, extreme heat and wildfires, flooding, displacement, and substantial loss of biodiversity. This course will review evidence-based research about the mental health impacts of climate change and environmental degradation and explore possible community responses to climate anxiety and ecological grief. $65. Register here.
Wednesday November 23, 5:30pm - The Grace of Interior Forests: A Conversation with Suzanne Simard
From The Sierra Club BC: While coastal forests are often in the spotlight, their Interior neighbours are just as spectacular. From Douglas-firs to Ponderosa Pines to ancient cedars, Interior old-growth forests in B.C. contain some of the rarest ecosystems in the world. There is much these vibrant forests have to teach us if we only take the time to listen. UBC Professor Suzanne Simard is author of Finding the Mother Tree. Free, on Zoom. Register here.
Thursday November 24, 1-2:15pm - How to Effectively Work with Your Local Government to Push for Ambitious Climate Action
From Climate Caucus: This webinar will provide you with guidance, tips and resources to effectively work with your local government to push for ambitious climate action. During our panel discussion, you will hear from a local elected leader, a youth group, and a climate hub that have all successfully worked with their communities and moved things forward! Register here.
Thursday November 24, 6:30 – 8:30pm - Addressing Climate Anxiety and Ecological Grief
From UVic Continuing Studies: Human health is threatened by pervasive global challenges: zoonotic viruses, extreme heat and wildfires, flooding, displacement, and substantial loss of biodiversity. This course will review evidence-based research about the mental health impacts of climate change and environmental degradation and explore possible community responses to climate anxiety and ecological grief. $65. Register here.
Tuesday November 29, 9-10am - Re.Climate Launch
From Re.Climate: Calling all climate communicators, researchers, campaigners, learners, leaders and policy makers! Please join us for the launch of Re.Climate - Canada's new centre for training, research and strategy on climate change communication and engagement at Carleton University. We will introduce the Re.Climate team, share more about our programs, services and events, and discuss how to get involved. We hope to see you there! Register here.
Wednesday November 30, 7pm - Intergenerational Climate Organizing: A Space for Dialogue
From Future Ground: Environmental movements are fragmented along lines of age and generation. To work together constructively to tackle the climate crisis, we must practice listening to and learning from each other. Join us for an intergenerational dialogue to begin understanding and dissolving the boundaries that hold us back from harnessing true intergenerational power. Register here.
Tuesday January 24st and 31st, 10am-Noon - How To Talk To Anyone About Climate Change
From ElderCollege: Conversations about climate change can be challenging. This course will give you the tools you need, derived from experts in values research, storytelling and communications; we will learn how to talk about climate change as if it mattered to everyone. Patricia Lane has been studying effective climate communications since 2012 when she helped to found LeadNow. Online $23.33+GST. Register here.
Thursday January 19 to Feb 16, 1pm-3pm - Climate Action Workshop
From ElderCollege: During this five-session workshop a wide range of solutions to global warming will be discussed. Participants will develop climate action plans for individuals, family and friends, community, and/or policy levels. Expect to meet with people who are curious and caring, who roll up their sleeves to take action to heal our precious planet. $39.05+GST Online Register here
February 7-10 - SUMMIT 2023 A Local Climate Leaders Collaborative
From Climate Caucus: This important annual event brings together local elected leaders from urban and rural communities across Canada to workshop practical local climate solutions. Register here.
👷🏽♀️ Jobs, Opportunities & Grants💰
Climate Communications Specialist – by Tuesday November 20
From WCEL: This is an immediate opening for a part-time (2.5 days/.5 week) staff position working remotely or at our Vancouver office. The Climate Communication Specialist will support the Sue Big Oil campaign with communications, digital outreach and the creation of materials. Apply here.
Become An Indigenous Clean Energy Catalyst – by November 30
From ICE: We accept 20 participants per year into the Program. If you are interested in applying to the 2023 program, take a moment to join the ICE Network, participate in our monthly ICE Power Hour and complete the application form here.
Call for Environmental Law Centre Applications - By December 1
From UVic ELC: The Environmental Law Centre is a non-profit society that operates at the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law. Operating under the supervision of a senior lawyer, ELC Clinic students provide legal representation and legal assistance to community/conservation groups and First Nations; produce citizen handbooks and other public legal education materials; and advocate on a wide range of environmental law reform issues. Interested in having the ELC Clinic tackle your public interest environmental law issue? Learn how we select cases and what you need to do for us to consider your case. Read more.
The EcoForestry Institute Seeks a Dynamic and Passionate Executive Director - By December 1
Are you that unique and passionate person who is qualified to move the Ecoforestry Institute Society into our next chapter? We’re looking for an individual who is fierce about protecting the environment, who can morph the Board’s strategic direction into operational initiatives, who is a quick learner, agile, inclusive, and a great team player. This is your time to shine! Apply here.
Engagement Producer for Dr. Britt Wray’s Mental Health and Climate Change Project
As the engagement producer for Dr Wray’s public communication efforts, it will be your top priority to create and disseminate thought provoking, well written, visually appealing, and scientifically credible content for several platforms. Full-time, remote, preferably west coast. Details here.
Executive Assistant for Dr. Britt Wray’s Mental health and Climate Change Project
As the executive assistant to Dr Wray, it will be your top priority to help Dr Wray navigate the high demands on her time that stem from her multiple roles at the forefront of climate change and mental health. 4 days/week, remote, preferably west coast. Details here.
Climate Transition Cohort – New Intake, Apply Here
From Tamarack: Our Community Climate Transitions team is launching the second Climate Transitions Cohort––and you're invited to apply. The Cohort is a unique opportunity for communities across Canada to learn from some of the most promising emerging solutions and collaborative governance innovations, and to build or advance a climate action plan unique to your local needs. Read more.
Living Oceans Society Communications Manager - By December 12
Living Oceans has been working to protect the health of oceans and coastal communities since 1998. We pride ourselves on developing sound policy options based in science and communicating them clearly to policy makers and the general public; on raising awareness where it's needed most; and advancing our solutions collaboratively. We seek an experienced communications manager to fill a one-year contract position, starting in December.
Indigenous Resilience Fund
From Community Foundations: Any Indigenous-led organization working to foster resilience in Inuit, Metis and First Nations communities anywhere in Canada can apply for resiliency support ranging from $5,000 to $30,000. Learn more here.
Schools Environmental Action Conference - Call for Speakers, Workshops
From the Independent Schools Association of British Columbia: We are planning an Environmental Education Conference on February 24th 2023, at UBC, in person. We are looking for keynote speakers, organizations or individuals who might be interested to offer a session focusing on inspiring actions for students. Roughly 200 students are anticipated to attend the conference. We are looking for hands-on experience that can inspire students to make change in their schools and communities. Contact Mark Frank, Department Head of Science at Fraser Academy, mfrank@fraseracademy.ca.
Communication Director - Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
From the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: We are seeking an experienced and strategic communication director to lead the communication effort and team for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. Full-time, remote. Read more.
We Help You Find a Way to Work on Climate
From Work on Climate: We are an action-oriented Slack community for people serious about climate work. Find climate jobs. Build climate companies. Find your people. 10,000+ members. Join the community. Share your journey, find collaborators, and celebrate each other's wins. Explore our programs. Find the right community offering for where you are on your path. Meet climate experts. Drop in to meet our friendly climate experts during regular office hours. Read more.
Graduate Student Opportunities
From the Climate Research Lab at SFU: We are seeking Master’s and Doctoral students interested in pursuing research in the areas listed on the Research site. Inquiries are welcomed from students of a variety of science backgrounds, including atmospheric science, oceanography, earth science, physical geography, physics or related disciplines. Read more.
From CleanBC: A simpler way for local governments and Indigenous communities to find funding for their climate action projects. Maybe you’re a grant writer looking for funding to add heat pumps to a community building. Or a mayor preparing your town to cope with future wildfires. Or a sustainability manager implementing active transportation projects. Read more.
Work to Grow
Created in partnership with Parks Canada, Work to Grow connects Black, Indigenous and other racialized youth to jobs that promote or protect nature and offers funds of up to 50% of wages for individuals employed through the program. We’re looking for partners offering meaningful work for the next generation of nature lovers. There’s still time for organizations to get involved for the Fall and Winter terms! Do you know an organization or youth that could benefit? Read more.
From Indigenous Climate Action: Indigenous Youth who have been engaged in climate justice organizing or frontline activism can apply to help alleviate financial pressure while trying to prioritize their wellness. $250 financial award. Read more.
