Welcome to LCOY Canada 2023!

Dominic Omusi is a Senior Consultant, Climate Change & Sustainability at Deloitte.

 Brayden S. White is the Deputy Director at the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force.

 Mohammed is a Project Manager at the Hydrogen Initiative

Janelle Fleet is a 

Project Coordinator at the Barkley Project Group and 

 Youth Advisor at ACFN

Stephen is a Nuclear Engineering PhD Student

Elijah is the Guided Projects Coordinator at Student Energy

Ethan is a Master’s candidate at St. Mary’s University with a background in energy science

Evelyn is the Executive Director of Banking on a Better Future

 Guy is a Master's of Public Policy student in the Sustainable Energy Policy unit at Carleton University. He is a former coordinator at both Fossil Free UWaterloo and the Divest Canada Coalition.

Gareth Gransaull is the Co-Executive Director of Re_Generation

Abdul Bashar is the Project Lead at Stories of Change.

Michael is a 3rd year student at the DeGroote School of Business. He hosts his own multidisciplinary podcast, Tadrous Talks

Jonathan Arnold is the Clean Growth Research Lead at the Canadian Climate Institute.  

His previous roles include Senior Research Associate with Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission and Economist with Environment Canada. 

  Jaiya is an alumni of UBC Sauder and has dedicated recent years to her role at Spring Activator, a premier global incubator, accelerator, and impact fund. She also served as a Fund Manager for Propel Impact, a student-driven impact investment fund 

Alex is the Founder of AL Media, Co-founder of the Pollinator Pathways Project and board member for the London Urban League.

   Abhishek is a Youth Leader at the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

 Veronica Relano is the director of the UN Ocean Decade Project "SOS Somos OceanoS (We are Oceans)".  

  She is a Youth Board Member at The Fyera Foundation, a fellow at The David Suzuki Foundation, and  the founder of You Are the Change.

    Cameron is a Program Specialist at Youth Climate Lab and sits on EarthEcho International’s Youth Leadership Council. She also works as the Manitoba Regional Organizer for Climate Reality Project Canada.  

Will is the Co-Founder of SURGE and Youth Advisory Board Member of CityHive Vancouver.

  Jastina is an undergraduate student at UBC studying for a Bachelor of Applied Biology with a dual Master of Management degree in business. She is a participating member of the UBC animal welfare club. 

  Maya is an undergraduate student at UBC majoring in Biology

 Allison Penner is the Executive Director of Reimagine Agriculture.

Jenna Philips is working as a Policy Analyst in Ottawa on equity, diversity, and inclusion and climate resilience-building for the Canadian forestry sector. Jenna also mobilizes thousands of young people to take climate action through her online education platform, Clear the Air 

  Rav (she/her) is the founder and farmer at Shade of Miti, an organic farm that specializes in growing South Asian vegetables. Rav co-founded Raised Roots, an urban agriculture consulting company that provides urban agriculture operations, sustainable supply chain, green infrastructure and educational services. She also sits on the National Farmers Union - Ontario board as the Youth Advisor. 

Hannad is a UBC student with a Global Resource Systems Major, Environmental Science and Sustainability Specialization. 

Janice is a UBC student studying Food Nutrition and Health Major. Her specific interest in Food and Agriculture is the effect of climate change on the global food system 

 Sang is an award-winning social entrepreneur who co-founded Peko, 

 Lilah is the Co-founder of Sustainabiliteens, Youth Stop TMX, and Climate Strike Canada. Lilah co-organized the September 27th climate strike, which was the largest protest in Vancouver’s history and mobilized over a million people across the country. 

 Michelle Angkasa is Regional Organizer at the Climate Reality Project Canada and Member of Fossil Free UWaterloo. 

 Carolina Rodriguez is the Co-Chair of the Young Greens of Ontario. 

  Iman is a Co-founder and Board member at Green Ummah.

Lilianna is the Head of Culture, Stories, and Reconciliation at VIDEA, member of the Prime Minsiter's Youth Council, and a proud member of Metis Nation of Alberta

Yeslie is an organizer at Climate Justice UBC

Matteo is the President of UBC Environmental Policy Association

Mathis is a UofT student and the Lead Organizer at Climate Justice UofT. He is also a member of the Jusos Brandenburg, and the Social Democratic Party in Germany for whom he has worked as a political analyst intern. 

Gabriel Blanc is the Co-Chair of the Green Party of Ontario and is currently working as an organizer for the Green Neighbours Network of Toronto.

 Kate O'Connor is an environmental activist and former political candidate. She works as an associate at One Earth Living.

 Amalie Wilkinson founded Stop Ecocide Toronto – the movement’s first city-level chapter— and became the Youth Ambassador and Communications Director for Stop Ecocide Canada. 

Stephanie is the Former President and Youth Advisor of the Toronto Youth Environment Council.

Jaya is a former member and co-chair of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Youth Advisory Council and was one of Canada's delegates to the 2022 Youth7, the official youth consultation forum of the G7. 

 Emily is the co-founder of grassroots climate organization Kingston Youth Climate Action. She is currently working as a Junior Researcher at consulting agency The Firelight Group.