As part of our support for the Global Climate Strike taking place in Ottawa on Friday, September 27th Carleton Climate Commons circulated a statement of support for the youth climate movement and strike. Below is a copy of the letter.
STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR YOUTH CLIMATE MOVEMENT AND ITS STRIKE
The youth climate movement is calling for a global general strike.
We, the undersigned faculty and students at Carleton University, support this movement and pledge to support its strike on Canada’s main day of action (27th September).
Inspired by strikes initiated by Greta Thunberg, the youth climate movement demands more ambitious climate action than has been pursued by Canadian and provincial governments. As scholars, we endorse the youth movement’s concerns as well-founded and informed by multiple lines of incontrovertible evidence.
Our politicians have a responsibility to speak truthfully and to act urgently, ensuring a fair and just transition to a future that is not threatened by dangerous climate change; scientists, scholars, and citizens have a responsibility to support the youth movement, to defend their right to strike, and to denounce actions that threaten or demean its participants.
The rapid mobilizations of Fridays For Future and the youth climate movement illustrate that its participants understand the urgency of our situation. As scientists, scholars, and students, we unequivocally support their demand for urgent and effective action.
The youth movement is calling on us to respond to climate change, to address the mass extinction of life on this planet, and to create a future for present and future generations. They deserve our respect and unreserved support. We are proud to join them September 27th, and encourage people of all ages, professions and walks of life to join us on Parliament Hill at noon in a public demonstration of our support. At the same time, our support and our response to climate change cannot stop there. We also wish to indicate our ongoing commitment to advocating for climate change action.
We hope you will join us!
Signed
Chris Russill, Communication and Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication
Justin Paulson, Sociology and Anthropology
Barbara Leckie, English & ICSLAC
Miranda J. Brady, Communication and Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication
Danielle DiNovelli-Lang, Sociology and Anthropology
Jodie Medd, English and ICSLAC
Jesse Vermaire, Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science & DGES
Brenda Vellino, English & Human Rights
Christian Holz, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Merlyna Lim, ALiGN Media Lab & Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Travis DeCook, English
Jan Schroeder, English
Jennifer Henderson, English
Sarah Brouillette, English
Veronika Kratz, English
Liam Cole Young, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Karim H. Karim, SJC
Cecile Wilson, ICSLAC
Sarah E.K. Smith, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Dwayne Winseck, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Sara Adams, English
Benjamin Woo, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Irena Knezevic, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Janne Cleveland English (Drama Studies)
Peter Andree, Department of Political Science
Sarah Waisvisz, English
Dawn Schmidt, ICSLAC
Sue Aitken, Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science
Franny Nudelman, English
Rachelle Thibodeau, CIE
Carmen Warner, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Lenore Fahrig, Biology
Dylan Freitag, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Anna Hum, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Rena Bivens, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Julia Wallace, Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science
Stacy Douglas, Law and Legal Studies
Emilie Cameron, Geography and Environmental Studies
Alyssa Tremblay, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Rachel Buxton, Biology
Alexa Dodge, Law and Legal Studies
Jayne Yack, Biology
Peter Hodgins, Indigenous and Canadian Studies
Amy Bartholomew, Law and Legal Studies
Catherine Cullingham, Biology
Bridgette Desjardins, Law and Legal Studies
Stuart J. Murray, English and Health Sciences
Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan, Sociology and Anthropology
Ann Cvetkovich, Director, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies
Dana Dragunoiu, English and EURUS
Andrew Wallace, English
Alex Wong, Biology
Martha Mulllally, Biology
Anna-Lena Theus, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Julie Murray, English
Catherine Khordoc, French
Heather Logan, Physics
Iain McKinnell, Biology
Shelley Hepworth, Biology
Bill Skidmore, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
Vincent Andrisani, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Ummni Khan, Law and Legal Studies
Jody Mason, English
Owen Rowland, Biology
Vladimir Diaz, Geography
Cara Tierney, Cultural Mediations
Patrizia Gentile, Human rights and social justice/Women’s and Gender Studies
Graham Smart, School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Karen Hébert, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Spencer Clermont, English
Jaffer Sheyholislami, School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Emily Rothwell, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture
Janna Klostermann, Sociology and Anthropology
Andrew Johnston, History
Codie Fortin Lalonde, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Brittany Amell, School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Ulrike Tallowitz, School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Jeff Monaghan, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Mitchell Frank, School for Studies in Art and Culture
Laura Horak, School for Studies in Art and Culture
Gunnar Iversen, School for Studies in Art and Culture
Katie Boudreau Morris, Sociology and Anthropology
Carmen Robertson, CRC in Indigenous Art and Material Culture, SSAC/SICS/ICSLAC
Megan Rivers-Moore, Women’s and Gender Studies
Paul Jasen, School for Studies in Art and Culture
Erica Fraser, History
Firoze Manji, Institute of African Affairs
Amber Dyck, Biology
Tina Beynen, School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Lauren Montgomery, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Institute of Political Economy
Ron Miller, Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rebecca Pinto, PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Chantal Dion Department of French
Carolyn M. Ramzy, School for the Studies in Art and Culture (Music)
Aubrey Anable, School for Studies in Art and Culture (Film) and ICSLAC
Pippa Norman, School of Journalism and Communication
Emily Hiltz, Communication and Media Studies, SJC
Ameera Ali, Journalism
Carol Payne, Art History
Larissa Ide, MASc Civil Engineering
Calene Treichel, MASc, Sustainable Energy Engineering
Brodie Hobson, MASc, Civil Engineering
Paul Théberge, ICSLAC & SSAC-Music
Sarah Brown. PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Alicia Myc, Political Science
David Payne, Civil Engineering
Ravina Bhela, Civil Engineering
Kathy Dobson
Kyle Muñoz, MA, International Affairs
Lisa Truong, ICSLAC
Jade Crevier, English
Connor Brackley, MASc, Mechanical Engineering
Wessel Miedema, Sprott School of Business
Sheryl Hamilton, School of Journalism and Communication and Department of Law and Legal Studies
Nduka Otiono, Institute of African Studies
Lara Karaian, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Madalena Santos, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Daniel Stolarski, Physics
Meaghan Foley, Social Work
Madison Casey, Human Rights and Social Justice
Sheila kahashi, human rights and social justice
Karli Routhier, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Eeti Mehta, Law and Human Rights
Pauline Phelan, Anthropology and Human Rights & Social Justice
Bailey Murphy, Human Rights and Social Justice
Kane Prud’Homme, Political Science
Hannah Nordstrum, PAPM
Ruth Mcgeachy, BGinS
Grace Pinder, Human Rights and Social Justice
Segolene Dibs, Psychology
Kadijrah Cork- Lepage, Human Rights and Social Justice & Law
Kyle Leonard, Journalism and Communication and Media Studies.
Saruga Raveendran, Architecture of Conservation and Sustainability
Kirstie Brewer, Psychology
Michelle Liteplo, Human Rights and Social Justice
Birgit Hopfener, SSAC, Art History
Kate Higginson, ICSLAC
Natasha Bulowski, Journalism
Devyn Oliver, Human Rights
Joanna Dean, History
Stephen Shakeshaft, Political Science and Human Rights
Taelor Barrett, Human Rights and Social Justice
Michel Hogue, History
Ruth Phillips, ICSLAC and SSAC
Derek Smith, Geography and Environmental Studies
Susan Ross, Indigenous and Canadian Studies
Morgan Piironen, Human Rights and Social Justice
Lois Frankel, School of Industrial Design
Lisa Meyer, Linguistics
Laura Newman, BGInS
Nasifah Hamid, human rights and social justice and psychology
Ananya Vaghela, Journalism and Human Rights
Susan Braedley Social Work
Noel Salmond, College of the Humanities
Michael McKeown, Biology
Charlotte Januska, Human Rights
Leanne Keddie, Sprott School of Business
Cristina E Trevisan, SLaLS
Radha Jhappan, Political ScienceMackenzie Dawson, Human Rights and Social Justice
Donna Patrick, Sociology and Anthropology
Stephan Gruber, Geography and Environmental Studies, IPCC-SROCC lead author
Derek Antoine, Communication
Alicia Melatti, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Philip Kaisary, Law & Legal Studies / English / ICSLAC
Wendy Donner, Philosophy
Jacqueline Chapman, Biology
Tina Lee, Communication and Media Studies
Amelie Holland Chartrand, Public Affairs and Policy Management
Chelsea Marin, Communication & Media Studies
Stephanie Mar, Department of Human Rights and Social Justice/ Political Science
Hugh Shewell, School of Social Work
Ross Chiasson, English
Alex Bing, Sociology and Anthropology
Brandi Hale, Human Rights and Social Justice & Women’s and Gender Studies
Allison Gibson, Human Rights and Social Justice
Stephan Struve, School of Journalism and Communication
Natasha Burman, Law and Legal Studies / Human Rights & Social Justice
Patricia McGuire, Social Work/ Indigenous Canadian Studies
Jenna Herdman, English
Haramuna Mulbah, Law, Government and Policy/ Human Rights & Social Justice
Xiaofei Han, Communication and Media Studies
Pansee Atta, Cultural Mediations, Curatorial Studies
Anna Hoefnagels, SSAC & SICS
Anna Paluch, ICSLAC (Cultural Mediations)
Poncho Gay Stevenson Human Rights and Social Justice
Laurel Ralston Cultural Mediations