AuthorTaro co-founded SUTE in 2019 and now serves as the organization’s Chief Financial Officer. Taro brings unique perspectives to SUTE as an indigenous youth of the Simpcw First Nation born and raised in rural BC and an experienced Wildfire Crew Leader. Outside of...
Community Organizing
Recap of the Leading Change x Globe Forum 2024
AuthorMy name is Nicola Radatus-Smith, I use the pronouns she/her and I am a second-generation Canadian of European descent and am residing in what is currently Toronto, Ontario. I acknowledge that this land was traditionally stewarded by many nations, including the...
N.W.T. Wildfires 2023: Updates & Relief Information
AuthorMy name is Angelo (he/they) and I’m an uninvited guest and settler of European, Arab and Latin American ancestry on the unceded and unsurrendered Coast Salish Territories, particularly on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) life, lands, and waters, who have been tolerant to...
Resources Supporting Asian Communities
AuthorHello, Bonjour, my name is Lucia Fernandez, and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I live in what is currently known as Newmarket, Ontario Canada, the traditional territories of the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe peoples. The treaties of this land...
Groups Promoting Equity-Deserving Peoples’ Access to Nature & Outdoor Activities/Skills
This list is compiled by Shake Up The Establishment for our Rest, Recovery and Resistance (3RS) program that has been proudly funded by Patagonia Toronto and Arc’teryx. With this resource, we hope to connect folks to groups across what is currently Canada who...
Shake Up The Establishment Stands with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
Author My name is Aarisha Elvi Haider and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am happy to share my positionality as I see this as an opportunity not only to reflect on my roots but also to ground myself before I begin any work that is of profound spiritual significance to...
September 30th is Orange Shirt Day: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
AuthorHello, my name is Atreyu Lewis, I use they/he pronouns and I am Indigenous from the Anishinaabe Nation in Ontario. I was born and grew up in Tkaronto on treaty territory but now I am currently situated on unceded Mohawk, Haudenosaunee and Algonquin territory in...
The Fairy Creek Blockade: Examining the costs between Nature and human existence
Author My name is Aarisha Elvi Haider and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am happy to share my positionality as I see this as an opportunity not only to reflect on my roots but also to ground myself before I begin any work that is of profound spiritual significance to...
Black Climate Activists Inspiring Change in What is Currently Canada
AuthorMy name is Hayley, I use she/her pronouns. I identify as a white settler of so-called Canada with mixed European descent. I currently reside on the traditional territory of the Cree, Anishinabek, Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota Nations and the homelands of the Métis...
Manvi Bhalla’s Toronto Climate Strike Speech 2020
AuthorMy commitment to intersectional justice began at age 11, and is deeply informed by my lived experiences as a Sikh woman from Punjab, who immigrated to Canada at age 3, and who navigates the world with a neurodiverse perspective. My lived experiences growing up...
Indigenous Voices Should Be At The Forefront Of Climate Change Discussions
AuthorMy name is Anna (she/her), and I am a white settler located on the lands of the Williams Treaty First Nations - the Alderville First Nations, Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island, Chippewas of Rama, Curve Lake First Nation, Hiawatha First...