About the Co-Sponsors

Climate Action Network Canada:

5Climate Action Network Canada is composed of member organizations committed to preventing dangerous levels of human interference with the global climate system, protecting environmental sustainability and public health, while upholding principles of just transition, equity and social justice.

CAN Canada believes that to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Canada must make the transition to an economy primarily focused on the efficient use of renewable energy. Actions that Canada takes to meet our Kyoto Protocol obligations must lay the foundation for such a transition.

OXFAM Canada:

OxfamLogoOxfam Canada builds lasting solutions to global poverty and injustice.

We work with allies in Canada and around the world to change the policies and practices that perpetuate human suffering. We support organizations in poor communities overseas in their struggle to secure basic rights. Oxfam’s advocacy and campaigns for just policies are rooted in the knowledge and experience gained in that struggle.

OXFAM Canada holds that there is a deep injustice in the impact of climate change. Poor communities around the world are the least responsible for emissions. But they are suffering the greatest effects – increased droughts, floods, disease and hunger. Poverty and isolation makes them the most vulnerable and the least able to adapt. Within poor communities, women suffer the most.

York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies

FESBanner_HomeEstablished in 1968 as the first faculty of its kind in Canada, we offer unparalleled opportunities for interdisciplinary study and research.  For over 40 years, FES faculty and students have worked at the frontiers of knowledge, exploring the relationships between theory and action, between problems and the contexts in which these occur, and between natural, built, and social environments and systems. From ecology to community arts, from environmental policy and planning to environmental education and philosophy, from international development to green business (and everything in between), FES offers exciting, innovative, and interdisciplinary programs.

Live Green Toronto

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Live Green Toronto is the City of Toronto’s one-stop resource for living friendly. You’ll learn hundreds of easy ways you can contribute to a healthier planet. Get inspired. Get motivated. Get a rebate! Take one more small step to living green today!

Hart House, University of Toronto

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Hart House is the Student Centre for the St. George Campus and a place where all UofT students, faculty, staff and alumni belong.

University of Toronto Students’ Union

Representing over 41,000, the union is governed by a Board of Directors elected from every college, campus, professional faculty and second-entry program and aims to provide money-saving services and events to educate and enhance the university experience for students.

Indian Students’ Society, University of Toronto

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The Indian Students’ Society strives to celebrate and propagate a rich multicultural India through heritage, food, commerce, art, thought, awareness, and more at the University of Toronto. ISS seeks to integrate the student society at the university by presenting a diverse India in a friendly way for our non-Indian friends to learn and understand our country’s and culture’s true nature, and involving those of Indian origin in more than just a social manner.

Eco Schools, Toronto District School Board

Ontario EcoSchools is an environmental education program for grades 1-12 that helps students develop ecological literacy while engaged in practices to become environmentally responsible citizens. Developed and run by school boards, Ontario EcoSchools also helps improve school building operations to reduce environmental impacts.Kairos

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KAIROS unites churches and religious organizations in a faithful ecumenical response to the call to “do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). We deliberate on issues of common concern, advocate for social change and join with people of faith and goodwill in action for social transformation.

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