Calling all climate-justice-engaged educators! If you are interested in adapting our new book, Practicing Rest, Recovery, Resistance (3Rs), into your curricula or professional development contexts, our free Teaching Guide can support you. We created this guide so you...
Shake Up The Establishment acknowledges that what is currently the City of Toronto is the land of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Calling all outdoor enthusiasts within what is currently the...
AuthorHello, my name is Mei-Ling Patterson (She/Her) and I volunteer as the Chief Communications Officer at Shake Up The Establishment (SUTE)! I was born and raised on the unceded and stolen territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)...
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...
Author This blog post was written on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron/Attawandaronk/Chonnonton and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. I acknowledge that my position on environmental and political issues has been, and is continuously, shaped by...
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...
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...
Author Isaac Bell Regardless of political views, everyone can agree that good health is preferable over illness and disease. In order to live a healthy life, most of us know that we should exercise, eat a nutritious diet, and try to avoid excess stress. However, it...
Author Sam PatronAir pollution is a direct consequence of increasingly industrialized societies, and it poses a threat to the health of millions of people worldwide. Toxic air pollutants range from nitrous oxide (N2O) from vehicle exhaust, to small particulate matter...
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...
Author Hi, my name is Holly and I am the author of this post. I want to state that I do not identify as an Indigenous person and I do not intend to speak on behalf of Indigenous communities. I am speaking from a position of privilege and power as a white-settler...
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...
Author Megan Bureau is an incoming freshman at Queen’s University and will be majoring in Global Development Studies. She is extremely passionate about global issues, particularly the Climate Crisis, and recently founded a youth led organization called Conservation...