Hosted online over Zoom

This sessions aims to explore what Black and Indigenous solidarity within climate spaces can look like. Join us as we discuss the importance of solidarity within climate action and building bridges between Black and Indigenous communities on Turtle Island and across the world!

Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-root-to-sky-a-collective-healing-space-for-bipoc-youth-tickets-558908419127?aff=erelexpmlt

Hosted online over Zoom

Join us for this special session that will be a panel discussion exploring the intersections of climate and social justice issues, followed up by Q&A from the audience. This session will explore the layers of how social injustices are influenced and perpetuated by the climate crisis, and how to take anti-racist action on your communities.

Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-root-to-sky-a-collective-healing-space-for-bipoc-youth-tickets-558908419127?aff=erelexpmlt

Hosted online over Zoom

In this relaxing session, we will explore individual and community wellbeing through the lens of collective healing practices. Participants can look forward to examining how collective healing and social justice intersect within climate spaces and beyond!

Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-root-to-sky-a-collective-healing-space-for-bipoc-youth-tickets-558908419127?aff=erelexpmlt

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Letters for Leadership: An Earth Day Workshop for Youth (part of FLIP 3.0)

Are you passionate about environmental justice? Do you want to see your work contribute to collective impact? Join us on Saturday April 22nd from 1-3PM (ET) for our first FLIP 3.0 event, an Earth Day letter writing workshop! You will not only learn how to write an impactful letter to your elected officials, but also contribute to a published joint-statement on what environmental leadership should look like.

A collaboration between GreenPAC and Youth Climate Lab, the workshop is free and open to all – no prior experience necessary! You’ll have the opportunity to acquire critical tools and skills to engage in environmental advocacy through letter-writing at the individual AND collective level. Importantly, this workshop is not just about writing a letter – it’s also about creating a community of young leaders who are passionate about environmental justice and want to make a difference. Youth are inherently political and active in all sorts of ways. Through this workshop, you will connect with other like-minded young leaders and share your visions of environmental leadership.

The workshop will begin with a keynote speech from Jonathan Pedneault (Deputy Leader of the Green Party). This will be followed by a group brainstorming session, where you will engage in a discussion about your concerns and ideas on how to strengthen environmental leadership in politics. GreenPAC and YCL facilitators will then provide guidance on how to structure and articulate these ideas in a clear and impactful way during the writing process. This will result in a ready-to-send individual letter to your MP as well as a joint letter to amplify impact on the collective level. Before the session ends, you will have the opportunity to network with your peers and connect on your shared goals in environmental advocacy.

This workshop is the first of a series of events for this year’s Future Leaders in Politics (FLIP) 3.0. Stay tuned for more events and don’t miss the chance to engage with a community of young leaders and share your visions of environmental leadership through this letter-writing workshop!

We hope you’ll join us in taking action for an environmentally just and sustainable future!

Letters for Leadership: An Earth Day Workshop for Youth (part of FLIP 3.0)

Hosted online over Zoom

In this creative session, we will be exploring art as therapy, activism, and as a tool for making sense of trauma and responding to crisis through guided dialogue and activities. Participants can look forward to exploring emotional expression through art to enable them to connect to self and the natural environment.

Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-root-to-sky-a-collective-healing-space-for-bipoc-youth-tickets-558908419127?aff=erelexpmlt

Hosted online over Zoom

In this writing workshop we’ll examine the beautiful complexities of our diasporic identities through writing prompts, storytelling exercises, and caring conversations. No writing experience necessary. Only an open mind and heart to give, receive, and hold each other’s stories!

Register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-root-to-sky-a-collective-healing-space-for-bipoc-youth-tickets-558908419127?aff=erelexpmlt

hosted online over Zoom

Join us online February 23rd at 7 pm ET for 2 hours of interactive collaboration with youth from across the country! By the end of the Policy Jam, you will have co-designed clear policy recommendations that will be submitted directly to ECCC.

This Policy Jam is free and open to youth ages 16-30. Only 40 spots available, AND by participating you have a chance to win a $50 gift card of your choice! Register now at the link in our bio or go to tinyurl.com/enlitpolicyjam to reserve your spot!

Register now at tinyurl.com/enlitpolicyjam

with Student Energy & SevenGen Council 

hosted at the Canadian Pavillion
13:00 UTC

This panel session will bring together a globally diverse group of young energy leaders from a variety of backgrounds in the global clean energy space, and provide a platform to share their stories. The event will support Canada’s goal to profile Canadian leadership and innovation in the energy sector, and promote Indigenous climate leadership. The panel will include young people with expertise in research, entrepreneurship, and advocacy, and they will share their experiences in leading clean climate solutions in their communities in Canada. Finally, the panelists will engage in a dynamic conversation around how young people are leading the way in climate action in areas of policy advocacy, mobilizing communities, and developing technologies. They will identify what other actors can do to support young people who are taking the lead in finding and creating these climate solutions.

See more from YCL at COP27 at youthclimatelab.org/cop27

in collaboration with GAYO and Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change

hosted at the Cryosphere Pavilion
18:00-19:15 UTC

How are climate solutions in the Arctic supporting African and Pacific communities’ mitigative and adaptive capacity and how might climate action in Africa and the Pacific support the cryosphere? Now, more than ever, cross-regional collaborations are critical to build resilience and youth are already stepping up to collaborate, innovate, and lead solutions that have global impact. The panel seeks to highlight and create opportunities to build synergy and collectively work towards climate justice.

See more from YCL at COP27 at youthclimatelab.org/cop27

hosted at the Green Zone
9:00-10:00 UTC

The global south countries have seen a variety of youth-led initiatives and interventions over the past years as a result of the growing significance of youth participation in global climate action and governance. It is worth reflecting on whether, and to what extent, certain youth voices and perspectives in climate governance are privileged over others, and what it takes to achieve climate justice. This session brings together speakers within climate spaces to inculcate the requisite skills and knowledge that fosters effective climate governance while highlighting the achievements of the Youth Climate Council, an initiative of GAYO, which bring young people’s voice to climate decision making

See more from YCL at COP27 at youthclimatelab.org/cop27

hosted at the Cryosphere Pavilion
13:00 UTC

Thawed permafrost begins to release carbon – and will continue to do so for centuries. This means that every fraction of a degree increase in global average temperature commits future generations to an ever-increasing burden of permafrost emissions – and an ever-increasing demand for carbon drawdown. Here we address the scale of this intergenerational and geographic climate justice issue.

See more from YCL at COP27 at youthclimatelab.org/cop27

hosted at the Canadian Pavillion
15:30 UTC

Climate change education is part of Canada’s international commitments and is fundamental to overcoming climate denial, increasing climate literacy, and supporting climate action and a transition to a greener economy. With formal education varying across Canada, youth are calling for a cohesive climate education strategy. Moderated by Youth Climate Lab, this event will bring together the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and young people from diverse walks of life, to discuss ways to enhance climate literacy and education across Canada.

See more from YCL at COP27 at youthclimatelab.org/cop27

hosted at the Cryosphere Pavilion
10:00-11:15 UTC

Building off Youth Climate Lab’s newly launched Northern Climate Policy Manual, seeking to demystify and equip Indigenous youth in Arctic regions with the tools and resources to engage in climate governance and solutions-development, youth from northern regions will share their insights on the importance of youth-led climate solutions in the cryosphere and build a case for a more equitable and intergenerational climate decision-making processes and spaces.

See more from YCL at COP27 at youthclimatelab.org/cop27

When: 1 -3 pm EST

Where: Online

“People of color have long been excluded from environmental policy and conservation—creating blind spots that perpetuate inequality. We hope to create space for intersectionality and racial disparities among Black and racialized communities to discuss on-going effects and impacts of colonization and environmental racism in today's communities.

Collectively we need to create space for the fight for racial equity alongside the fight against biodiversity loss. In our community there are powerful advocates for social and environmental justice and these leaders will share how their work is shifting us towards a more just and sustainable future.”

Register and read more at https://caroliniancanada.ca/forum/2022/bipoc

When: 9:20-10am AZ | 12:20 -1pm EST

Where: The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, Tuscon

The transition to a just, climate-resilient future will require individuals and communities to develop unprecedented climate action awareness, knowledge and skills. To bridge that gap, climate literacy and environmental education are essential. This session brings together youth from education, policy, finance, food security and justice to discuss strategies for intersectional environmental education.

Read more and register for the conference at https://conference.naaee.org/

When: 1 -2 pm EST

Where: Online

Join us on October 12 – in the count down to COP27 and COP15 – to explore how youth in Canada can adapt climate action, knowledge sharing and advocacy efforts from local/national to global. We will unpack topics such as adapting messaging, maintaining momentum and having a positive impact on international platforms.

During this session we will answer questions such as:  

• What are success stories of young people in Canada having a seat at the decision-making table when it comes to climate action and justice?

• How can communities benefit from youth-led initiatives and leadership?

• What does adapting and scaling knowledge-sharing look like in global spaces such as COP27 and COP15? 

Register and read more at https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/young-climate-voices?hsLang=en

When: 12 -1 pm EST

Where: Online

Youth Challenge International (YCI) has partnered with Youth Climate Lab (YCL) to bring you this session on RAD Collaboration that explores how to foster effective and meaningful partnerships that centre on climate justice.

By hosting time and space for these considerations, we hope to equip participants with a map that may guide their collaborations beyond this workshop. The Social Change Ecosystem is a framework that can help individuals, networks, and organizations align and get in the right relationship with social change values, individual roles and the broader ecosystem.

Register today at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/yci-presents-rad-collab-toolkit-workshop-tickets-420126779507

When: 9:30 -1 pm EST

Where: Atelier (95 Clegg Street, Ottawa)

Join us and the biggest actors in social innovation and entrepreneurship to get to know organizations in the area and network with the community. The event is done in collaboration with Impact Hub Ottawa.

Read more and register at http://innovationsocialeusp.ca/evenement/salon-dinnovation-sociale-social-innovation-fair?

Join us for a Policy Jam on the Government of Canada’s proposed limit on greenhouse gas emissions for the oil & gas sector. The Policy Jam will be used to provide direct feedback to the Government and give youth a voice in this discussion! No specific expertise or knowledge is required to come. Together we will work to demystify what the Government’s plans are, and provide critical feedback to their approaches!

Read the feedback summary from the event, including key terms found within the Government of Canada’s discussion paper and key youth findings, at the event page!

Join Youth Climate Lab and GreenPortfolio for an interactive Q&A webinar on “Putting Y(Our) Money Where It Matters”, an exploration on sustainable financial decision making in the landscape of our current climate reality with guest speaker, Elizabeth Landau of GreenPortfolio.

Register and learn more at the event page!