FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Muriel Vincent, Communications and Social Media Manager The Climate Reality Project Canada Email: mvincent@climatereality.ca Cell: (514) 963-8405 MONTREAL, July 14th, 2021 The Climate Reality Project Canada is excited to announce the launch of its very first Campus Climate Action Summit this summer. As university students represent a key demographic at the forefront of climate activism, this Summit is bringing together a fellowship of 29 post

Sydney Whiting is an environmental activist, Grade 12 student, and a leader within the Climate Hub of Southern Alberta (@climatehubsa). She cares about the intersection of government, youth, and environmental action, prompting her to pursue studies in political science in the fall. This article was first published by CBC First Person on Apr 03, 2021 As I read Dr. Michael E. Mann’s new book, The New Climate War, I was astounded by his accounts of climate denialism theories, po

Shelagh McNally, a CRL and Hub member was recently at the forefront of a fight against a development project in Pincourt. In an interview with CRPC she retells the story of how she managed to save the only wetland that remains untouched in the Rousseau Forest. Question 1. Please introduce yourself I am a writer and artist living in Pincourt, a small town on L'Île Perrot, an island just outside of Montreal. Question 2. How did you get into Climate action? I started writing abo

Patti Kemp Originally published as an op-ed in The London Free Press. As usual, city council seems desperate to keep developers happy, despite having declared a climate emergency. Mayor Ed Holder wants to take a “when, not if” approach to a new 350-home subdivision in the northwest. In other areas of the city, rampant urban sprawl continues unabated. By declaring a climate emergency, council is meant to take climate change into account in all decisions. Woodlands, wetlands an

Riyana Karim-Hajiani Riyana Karim-Hajiani is a third-year undergraduate student of McGill University’s Department of Political Science where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Honours Arts. Riyana has joined the Climate Reality Project as the Community Climate Hub Research intern. She is heavily engaged in journalism where she advocates for social, political, and legal justice. She has always been passionate about the law and intends to tackle law school following her undergraduat