ITS Network Activities

Anna-Liza Badaloo (she/her) of Anemochory Consulting is a facilitator, educator, and inclusive communicator. Her lived experience as a queer, Indo-Caribbean, neurodivergent female brings a valuable intersectional perspective to her work. Viewing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) through the lens of empathy, she helps organizations understand how colonial structures impact individual and organizational health via communities of practice, interactive workshops, and facilitated discussions. As the Sustainability Network’s Vision2030 JEDI Program Associate, she facilitates JEDI Community of Practice sessions about BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, disability, and neurodiversity inclusion. Inclusive communications work includes toolkits on partnership building and employment equity in hiring (Nature Canada), environmental racism for nurses course content (Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment), environmental justice campaign content (CCECJ, ENRICH Project, WHEN), and outdoor learning textbook contributions (CPAWS Southern Alberta). Her journalism work has appeared in the National Observer, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, She is Wise, and QBiz magazine.

Dr. David R. Boyd is a professor of law, policy, and sustainability at the University of British Columbia. From 2018-2024, Boyd was the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, presenting dozens of reports to the UN, filing amicus briefs in 15 landmark legal proceedings, and making more than 500 speeches in a successful effort to advance the recognition and implementation of the right to a healthy environment. He is also a father, a nature lover, a Canadian age-group ultramarathon champion, a four-time Ironman, and the recipient of an honorary doctor of laws degree from Nelson Mandela University for his contributions to environmental sustainability and the protection of human rights. Among his 10 books are The Rights of Nature, The Optimistic Environmentalist, The Right to a Healthy Environment and The Environmental Rights Revolution.

Dan Hendry is the co-founder of the Get on the Bus movement, a national initiative advancing fare-free youth transit and sustainable mobility across Canada. Best known as “the bus guy” behind Kingston’s High School Transit Pass Program, an internationally recognized model inspiring over 20 communities, Dan has spent over 15 years working across public education, municipal government, and the nonprofit sector to empower youth and promote sustainability. His leadership includes climate action for Loyalist Township, supporting the Limestone District School Board’s sustainability work, and co-developing St. Lawrence College’s Innovation Hub. A passionate collaborator, Dan believes that meaningful change occurs when diverse partners work together to build resilient and inclusive systems. He has also mentored young leaders, guest lectured at Queen’s University, and volunteered with local media. Dan holds a Master’s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability, a Bachelor of Commerce, and an International Business Diploma.

Onyx Sloan Morgan grew up on lək̓ʷəŋən territory in Victoria, BC and is a queer, non-binary settler of primarily Irish and Scottish decent. They are now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies at UBC Okanagan, and a Principals Research Chair in Communities, Justice, and Sustainability. Their research bridges political ecology, Indigenous studies, and legal geographies to foreground youth- and Indigenous-led perspectives on social justice, climate justice, and governance. Broadly speaking, their climate-focused research seeks to: 1) reveal the interpersonal to structural power dynamics that create and perpetuate climate injustices, and 2) foreground the resistive and transformative actions that are enlivened every day for community-centred climate justice and sustainability.

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