Policy Update

Recapping Progress on Bill C-226

Recapping Progress on Bill C-226

An Act to Develop a National Environmental Justice Strategy in Canada - March 2024AuthorsHello/Bonjour! My name is Zeina Seaifan and my pronouns are she/her/elle. Presently, I reside on the traditional and treaty territory of the Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and the...

Youth-led Environmental Organizations Submitted Technical Feedback on the Draft Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Bill C-273 and Basic Income in Canada

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...

Youth-led Environmental Organizations Submitted Technical Feedback on the Draft Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Minority governments in present-day Canada

AuthorMy name is Rachel Howlett and my pronouns are she/her. I am from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, which is the traditional land of the Mi’kmaq known as Mi’kmaki in the region of Sipekni’katik. I am speaking from a position of privilege as a white settler and I want to...

Shake Up The Establishment’s Feedback on CER Public Update

Trends in Municipal Spending: Climate Change & Policing

AuthorMy name is Rachel Howlett and my pronouns are she/her. I am from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, which is the traditional land of the Mi’kmaq known as Mi’kmaki in the region of Sipekni’katik. I am speaking from a position of privilege as a white settler and I want to...

Everything You Need to Know About the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)

Bill Morneau, Federal Minister of Finance, Resigns

Author Max Christie Shake Up The Establishment is a non-partisan, youth-led organization that takes a human rights-based approach to addressing the climate crisis and environmental degradation. All of SUTE's volunteers are passionate about environmental justice and...

Shake Up The Establishment’s Feedback on CER Public Update

The Environment and the Conservative Leadership Race

AuthorMy name is Rachel Howlett and my pronouns are she/her. I am from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, which is the traditional land of the Mi’kmaq known as Mi’kmaki in the region of Sipekni’katik. I am speaking from a position of privilege as a white settler and I want to...

Everything You Need to Know About the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)

The Polluter Doesn’t Pay

Author Nick Nesbitt When considering evolution, most think of Charles Darwin and the ability of living things to adapt in physical ways that allow for their continued existence and flourishment. However, one might overlook the notion that, for humans, evolution occurs...

Shake Up The Establishment’s Feedback on CER Public Update

Environmental Studies Research Fund

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...

Recapping Progress on Bill C-226

Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk

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...

Recapping Progress on Bill C-226

The Coastal Restoration Funds Project

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...

Shake Up The Establishment’s Feedback on the National Framework for Environmental Learning Discussion Document

Biomass in Nova Scotia: A Controversial Plan

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...

Youth-led Environmental Organizations Submitted Technical Feedback on the Draft Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Government Formation in Canada: An Introduction

AuthorThis piece comes from the perspective of an Albertan and from a person who is not a member of an Indigenous community. I recognize the historical and contemporary adversity that Indigenous peoples face, particularly in regard to the Canadian justice system, and...

Shake Up The Establishment’s Feedback on CER Public Update

Separation of Powers in Canada: An Introduction

When we hear about climate policy, we are often presented with information seemingly rooting from a single unified body of government. In almost all countries, especially Canada, this is not the case. Canada is a federation, meaning that official powers are vested in...