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Over 5900 Professors and Scholars from across Canada and around the world sign “Statement of Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people of British Columbia”

Solidarity Statement from Professors and Scholars in Support of the Wet’suwet’en people ****UPDATE: This solidarity statement was originally sent around and signed in February 2019. But in February 2020 it started circulating again and is gaining many more new signatories in response to the RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en […]

Defending Land Defender and Community Scholar Vanessa Gray

An Open Letter from Graduate Students regarding Vanessa Gray’s court case. Vanessa’s Story   Vanessa Gray is a 23 year-old Anishinaabe’kwe from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, located in Canada’s Chemical Valley, near Sarnia, Ontario. She has been working with community members to bring awareness to environmental racism and […]

E4A Student Interns at the David Suzuki Foundation

by Jen Gobby, E4A PhD student During the spring and summer of 2015 I did an internship with E4A partner the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF). They are an environmental NGO that “collaborates with Canadians from all walks of life, including government and business, to conserve our environment and […]

David Suzuki and the Blue Dot Tour

By Christopher Orr David Suzuki has long been doing tours, speaking publicly and advocating for environmental issues. A Canadian icon, but also known on the world stage, David Suzuki is widely respected as a scientist and environmental advocate, as well as someone able to translate science into language […]