Youth members receiving informative paper handouts

Youth Programs

Since 1996, the Sierra Youth branch of Sierra Club Canada has had a mission to empower young people to become active community leaders.

About Sierra Youth

Upcoming

Weekly Meeting

If you’re interested in volunteering with us, establishing your own program, or want to just sit in, please come to our weekly Sierra Youth meetings on Zoom nationwide. These meetings will take place every Monday, except the 4th Monday of every month, at 6pm ET.

Upcoming Meeting dates:

September 29th, 6pm ET

October 6th, 6pm ET

October 9th, 6pm ET

Curious how to join?

Just send us an email at youth@sierraclub.ca and we will make sure to send you updates including reminders and Zoom links.

Monthly Book Club

Excited for our monthly book club? We’ve chosen the dates for October and November!

October Book Club: Sunday Oct. 19th, 7pm ET

November Book Club: Sunday Nov. 16th, 7pm ET

Curious how to join?

Just send us an email at youth@sierraclub.ca and we will make sure to send you book club updates including reminders and Zoom links.

Ongoing

Let’s Plant

Sierra Club Canada is planting 10 million native, wildflower seeds across Canada with Dutchman’s Gold, an Ontario based honey and beehive wellness company.

Want to take part? You can receive seeds to plant, hand out, or start your own initiative!

Learn more by clicking this link: Let’s Plant with Dutchman’s Gold

What have we done so far at Sierra Youth?

We’ve done tabling events and have even went into schools to give out seeds! Just look at us in the picture below!

image with text saying "What's the Buzz About?" and "Bees and Seeds!" with a schoolroom of children and two presenters

Previously

Planting Day in Quebec (in-person)

Our planting day in Pierrefonds went well! We will be going back in early October for the second round of planting as we prepped the ground by removing grass, tarping it, and observing why other plants had not done well previously. While we were there, we also helped some baby hares that were being attacked by a raven! It was a very productive and eventful day. Join us at the next event!

Wildflower Planting day hosted by Sierra Youth in Pierrefonds, Montreal, QC poster with graphics and text on a yellow background

Sierra Youth Group Meeting (virtual)

Our recent youth meeting was all about connection and collaboration! It gave young people a chance to meet each other, learn about open volunteer opportunities, and experience what our weekly meetings are like by walking through our executive agenda and taking on a few small tasks together. We were excited to see so many new faces and fresh energy—so much so that we’re planning some internal restructuring. Stay tuned for updates!

Below, you’ll find the light agenda we followed during the Zoom session. We’ll be hosting more youth meetings in the future, but if you’d like to get involved right away, don’t wait—reach out to us anytime at youth@sierraclub.ca.

Meeting Agenda: 

  • Start building our community
  • Share our opportunities to get involved
  • Talk through ideas, projects, and ways we can work together on climate, environmental, and social action

Book Club

Our first, virtual, nationwide book club was a success! 📚

Sierra Youth was excited to announce our monthly book club where participants discuss books they are currently reading. Participants brought a book, a cup of tea, and their good company. First, we had a short introduction about who we are and the forces that drive us at Sierra Youth.

We suggested themes surrounding climate, conservation, social issues, etc. and the books did not disappoint.

Even those without books were welcomed in with hopes a recommended novel sparked their interest!

Sierra Youth is excited for our next book club with the date still to be announced.

 

See you soon,

The Sierra Youth Team

Graphic for the Youth book club. Contains information written below


Sierra Youth Podcast

We had the Sierra Youth Podcast, hosted by previous members of our youth committee. The podcast featured conversations for a healthy planet and healthy communities. Take a listen below!

Listen to the podcast here!

Sierra Youth interview Elizabeth May, Laurel Collins and Monique Pauzé

To finish off Season 2 of their podcast our Youth Chapter sent out an invitation to representatives of Canada’s major political parties to sit down for an interview with them.