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Category: Youth

My Youth Summit Experience

August 26, 2021–Sidney Shaw

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Recreation and Events•Youth

Youth Summit for Biodiversity and Environmental Leadership 2019 © Noah Cole

Summer is here and the Youth Council and Youth Circle for Mother Earth members are busy planning for the annual Youth Summit in the fall. As a graduating high school ...

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Youth Circle for Mother Earth: Staying Connected and Learning During the Pandemic

May 18, 2021–Guest blogger

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Indigenous Relations•Youth

Youth Council © Corbin Jacobs

Despite the physical barriers presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Youth Circle for Mother Earth (YCME)’s Coordinating Circle continues to engage with one another, learning together about cross-cultural literacy and ...

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Greenspaces Cannot be Protected Without Youth Voices: Lessons Learned From Highway 413

April 9, 2021–Miranda Baksh

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Climate Change•Greenbelt and Greenway•Land-use planning•Youth

400-series highway © Ken Lund CC BY-SA 2.0

Under the guise of recovering from the global pandemic, the provincial government is planning to fast-track the construction of Highway 413 at the cost of $6 billion tax dollars. Though ...

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The Peoples’ Climate Vote

March 31, 2021–Rebecca Clarke

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Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Reduce Your Footprint•Youth

Global Climate Strike - Toronto, 9-27-2019 © Noah Cole

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recommended that warming be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to prevent the irreversible effects of climate change. The science suggests ...

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Connecting Young People with Nature – Blog

October 15, 2020–Mirabai Alexander

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Environmental Education•Youth

© Jill Chen

The chestnut-sided warbler’s song sounds like he’s “pleased-pleased-pleased-to-meetcha!” – I explained to a group of children at one of Ontario Nature’s many outdoor summer events last year.  While running Ontario Nature’s summer outreach program in Thunder Bay, I saw a gap ...

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