VOLUNTEERS WANTED! SFU CERi is looking for volunteers to help conduct a content analysis of climate crisis and election coverage in British Columbia broadcasting. No prior experience needed! Learn more here: sfu.ca/ceri/job-posti…

The vision: fast, reliable, accessible buses and trains, car free downtowns, native trees to protect us from extreme heat, protected bike lanes. All of this, everywhere! Let's build the Green New Deal for Transportation! climateandcommunity.org/a-gnd-for-tran…

"BC United’s campaign folded under pressure from business special interests trying to control the election outcome... Falcon listened to them. Not to MLAs or party members. Certainly not to his principles. 2 weeks ago he said it was “not possible” for him to back the BC Cons."

Applications for the 2024/25 IBPOC Student Support Fund are now open! Created in partnership with UBC EOAS, this award supports students from Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities of colour studying climate change at UBC. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/IBPOC_student_…

CLIMATE WORKSHOP ALERT! Join Grace Nosek in a new virtual workshop about how community-engaged research and creative writing can combat climate obstruction. Register today: sfu.ca/ceri/events/re… Embark Sustainability Society

Dr. Liao is an expert in corporate law, sustainability and climate governance and was recently appointed as Co-Director of the UBC Centre for Climate Justice (@ccj_ubc) alongside UBC Professor Naomi Klein (Naomi Klein).

Can an anti-caste movement politics found trans/queer histories? Dr. Anjali Arondekar will use the framework of caste abolition and queer/trans legal struggles in South Asia to offer potential pathways for radical trans/queer/caste futurities. publichumanities.ubc.ca/events/event/e…

Did you know that tackling climate change IS an affordability issue? As the fall B.C. election approaches, learn more about how we can tackle the cost of living and the climate emergency together. Watch the full video & learn more: bcclimateemergency.ca/affordability-…

Fracking is bad, actually. And we don't need to back it in order to win PA.

Join us for our Colloquium Series talk: The Powerful Potential and Persistent Conundrums of Community-Engaged Scholarship w/ Dr. Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza from Duke Environment! Co-sponsored by Centre for Climate Justice Sept 17, 12:30-2pm Geog room 229 & Zoom More info: bit.ly/ElizabethShapi…

Opinion: Climate change is rapidly reshaping B.C.’s economy, a fact no party can ignore biv.com/news/commentar… via BIV News

I wrote to the Just Stop Oil prisoners in the UK, some of whom are facing four years in prison for peacefully raising the alarm about a world on fire.

To improve #BCaffordability, the province could start small by expanding free transit to youth 18 and under, making transit free for seniors during off-peak hours and launching a low-income pass program. Read about the positive impact this would have: policynote.ca/free-transit

Cool new resource from World BEYOND War to visualize overseas military bases- not just of the US, but of all overseas bases (mostly US allies)- and get visuals of the bases, along with the environmental and social problems associated with them. worldbeyondwar.org/military-empir…

I could not be more excited to be working side-by-side with Carol Liao at Centre for Climate Justice. Watch out for big things ahead!

Migrant workers are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, facing exploitation & displacement. Migrant justice is climate justice. ✊ Join the actions happening across Canada this weekend: MigrantRights.ca/Sept

Honour of my career to get to work with Naomi Klein & team on climate justice in these years ahead. So excited, so motivated, to accelerate change & build community during these profoundly consequential years in our Earth’s history. Follow us on Centre for Climate Justice - Mohammed Rafi Arefin UBC Media Relations

At Climate and Community Institute we craft climate policies that link kitchen table issues to the political economy of the polycrisis. Our solutions are bold: rent control, arms embargo on Israel, green social housing, global debt relief, public transit, and more. Read our agenda for 2024 and beyond🔥