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Friday, June 3, 2022
How can we effectively talk with others about the climate emergency? This week's Noons for Now features Kitchen Table Climate Conversations (KTCC’s), a Toronto-based grassroots initiative which aims to empower people to hold conversations about climate justice that increase understanding of the climate emergency, honour emotions, spark effective... More
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth assessment report earlier this year. The report focuses on mitigation and details what must be done to avoid the worst outcomes of climate change. This week’s Noons for Now discussion will address the implications of this IPCC report while also providing a space for... More
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
What is the role of social media in mobilizing social and political change? What is the role, in particular, of Twitter in the climate movement? Does it work? If so, how? If not, why not? Join us to discuss! Speakers: Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence, a volunteer organization that... More
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is organizing a virtual talk on the Role of Education in Climate Action. More information on this event can be found here, and further info is pasted from that site below: Speaker: Dr. Ellen Field, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University. ... More
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Click Here to Register Noons for Now is a weekly teach-in to discuss climate change related topics. To find out more about these events and upcoming topics/speakers, visit the Noons for... More
Friday, February 4, 2022
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Friday, December 17, 2021
Climate Commons member and Chancellor’s Professor of Biology, Lenore Fahrig, recently published an article in the Globe and Mail discussing the feasibility of individual actions, such as home energy transitioning, that can start to address the climate crisis. You can read the article and find out more by clicking here.... More
Monday, April 12, 2021
One of our group members, Vladimir Diaz Cuellar, is interested in starting a climate science reading group. The first meeting will be held at 6PM EST on April 16th to determine readings for the group. Please contact Vlad if you’re interested in participating in the reading group or if you’d like more information. His email... More
Health Canada is leading the development of the Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action report, with a planned release date in Fall 2021. The report will provide an assessment of the risks of climate change to the health of Canadians and to the health care system. It will support... More
Monday, February 8, 2021
WEBINAR EVENT 2021: Prospects & Challenges for the Climate Justice Movement Around the World Featuring speakers from North and South America, and Europe! WEDNESDAY FEB. 10 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST * The program will be in English and Spanish, with interpretation to both languages Register... More
Friday, February 5, 2021
Corporate power • fossil capital • climate crisis A three week-long course open to social science graduate students from across Canada May 10-28, 2021 • University of Victoria Join us for the Corporate Mapping Project’s third summer institute, offered by the University of Victoria Department of Sociology. Space is limited — please RSVP... More
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Please join us for “The Ethics of Pedagogy and Crisis Pt. 2: Teaching Climate Emergency,” a teach-in jointly organized by the Culture and Crisis Collective and the Carleton Climate Commons. The teach-in will take place over Zoom on Tuesday, December 1st at 7:30PM EST. To register for the event, head to our website here.... More
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