About Us

Shake Up The Establishment (SUTE) is a national youth-led registered not-for-profit organization (#1190975-4) dedicated to advancing climate justice across what is currently known as Canada. We use an intersectional approach to promote non-partisan political advocacy, craft accessible evidence-informed educational resources to improve climate and environmental literacy and work to collaborate directly with underserved and structurally vulnerable communities to address injustices.

Non-Partisan      Evidence-Informed     Community-Centred

Anti-Colonial, Intersectional Climate Justice

We are dedicated to advancing anti-colonial, intersectional climate justice.

For us, the climate crisis intersects with all social, economic, political & environmental issues and exacerbates existing inequities. Given this, we are dedicated to advancing climate solutions that address community-identified needs and increase resiliency, particularly for structurally vulnerable populations.

We honour the significant contributions of Indigenous, Black and other racially and ethnically-minoritized peoples to advance climate justice across what is currently Canada, despite the barriers they face in doing so. We recognize their ongoing resiliency in the face of systemic oppression, exclusion & marginalization; alongside their ongoing underrepresentation in positions of power and decision-making spaces. We work to address these issues as part of all the work we do to advance climate justice.

Anti-Capitalist Organizing Centring Abundance & Joy

We strive to incorporate joy, rest and dreaming of futures in the design of all of our work, particularly for Indigenous, racially/ethnically-minoritized, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, gender-diverse, low-income, neurodiverse, and (dis)abled peoples.

This not only enables us to craft more accessible and inclusive climate solutions, but strives to move us away from damage and deficit-centred narratives. Our organizing practices are guided by our Rest, Recovery, Resistance (3Rs) framework, as described in our book, which ensures that our work spaces are full of enrichment opportunities that promote growth, wellbeing and community connectivity. We prioritize the quality of peoples’ full lives over deliverables and let the seasons guide our work capacities, wherever possible.

Commitments to Ethical & Inclusive Community Organizing

We are largely volunteer-based but offer project-based paid positions with living wages when we receive ethical funding to do so.

Volunteering is a form of distributive justice for those who wish to contribute to the movement flexibly as their capacity allows. This counteracts the non-profit industrial complex phenomenon, so that lack-of-funding does not limit necessarily radical organizing from taking place. Simultaneously, we recognize the importance of paying individuals for their expertise & labour wherever possible. Our workspace is inclusive of all peoples who call what is currently Canada, home.

We celebrate the horizontal learning that comes from our diverse identities, whilst acknowledging that no one individual speaks for a whole community. We commit to researching our topics well, centring community voices and to be accountable for, and minimize, harm in all instances, no matter the intent. In our workspace, we actively employ anti-oppressive practices, safe space policies and accountability procedures. We also maintain a mandatory monthly Active Learning Club for our team to participate in to enable investing into their learning journeys; resources from this are also released externally to support public educational efforts.

Our Goals

Increase Civic Engagement

Engage in Collaborative & Collective Action

Maintain Accountability for Progress

Our Annual Reports

2023 Annual Report

2023 Annual Report

We are thrilled to share Shake Up The Establishment’s 2023 Annual Report! It was a year filled with incredible accomplishments and we are beyond grateful for everyone’s ongoing support. We look forward to another year of climate justice and political advocacy...

2022 Annual Report

2022 Annual Report

The team at Shake Up The Establishment is so excited to release our 2022 Annual Report. We met and collaborated with so many amazing people and we are so grateful for everyone's ongoing support. We look forward to another year of climate justice advocacy, progress,...

2021 Annual Report

2021 Annual Report

We are incredibly excited to release Shake Up The Establishment's 2021 Annual Report. Reflecting back on the year, SUTE is overwhelmed with gratitude for the efforts of our team members and community partners who continue to inspire our visions and initiatives. We...