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Thank You For a Great Year! And Onward Into 2019!
Posted on January 18, 2019A Special Message From Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director
Posted on December 31, 2018Our National Program Director Gretchen Fitzgerald has a little VIDEO MESSAGE for you.
Wishing you and yours a peaceful and safe New Year.
Melissa Munro - Director of Development and Communications
Your Gift Can Help Save Baby Blues - And We're Going Back To Court To Do It!
Posted on December 27, 2018And we're going back to court to protect them!
Celebrate Gretchen's Important Work With a Gift In Her Honour - December 2018
Posted on December 20, 2018Gretchen Fitzgerald, our senior staff director, is celebrating a birthday.
Beyond her responsibilities leading Sierra Club – from media interviews at all hours, to racing to coalition meetings, to being our well-informed voice to the public – Gretchen is quietly out there on Facebook trying to raise funds for Sierra Club Canada Foundation on the occasion of her birthday this month.
But we want to surprise her with something special.
Seeking Accountability on Climate Change - Letter to the Prime Minister and Minister McKenna
Posted on December 4, 2018Dizolve Laundry Eco-strips and Sierra Quarter-Zip Top - Friends of Friends of Sierra Club 2018
Posted on December 1, 2018Here We Stand...And It's Great News!
Gretchen Fitzgerald — August 10, 2018It’s always nice to come back from a lovely vacation to good news – especially in a summer in which we are all sweating in the heat of impending climate chaos. And I’m happy to have some very good news to share with you.
The National Hike for the Environment 2018 - NOW UNTIL NOV. 4TH!
Posted on August 7, 2018Clock is Ticking: A Mid-Term Report Card on the Federal Government and its Work on the Environment
Posted on May 10, 2018A report released May 9th, 2018 by the leaders of Canada’s top environmental organizations reviews the progress of the federal government in meeting its platform and mandate commitments on environmental issues across the country.
You need to read this piece by Joel Ballard from The National Observer
Melissa Munro — May 9, 2018I highly recommend you take a few minutes to read this piece by Joel Ballard from The National Observer. It is an impressive piece of journalism.
Environmental Assessment being debated right now! Here is Nathan's story.
Posted on April 26, 2018When the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig sank in 2010, it spewed raw oil into the Gulf of Mexico for months, wreaking untold damage on marine life. The spill was the largest ever in U.S. waters, and the full effects are still unknown.
Plastics: Shallow Politics. Deep Concerns.
Becky Bassick — March 22, 2018by Becky Bassick & Lino Grima
Sierra Club Canada Foundation, Ontario Chapter
Ontario's 42nd general election is scheduled for June of this year. Sierra Club Ontario (SCO) is working hard with a coalition of other environmental nonprofits to ensure that water is part of the political conversation. In addition, SCO is taking this opportunity to discuss fundamental questions regarding our election process.
Shallow Politics. Deep Concerns.
Becky Bassick — March 21, 2018by Becky Bassick & Lino Grima
Sierra Club Canada Foundation, Ontario Chapter
Ontario's 42nd general election is scheduled for June of this year. Sierra Club Ontario (SCO) is working hard with a coalition of other environmental nonprofits to ensure that water is part of the political conversation. In addition, SCO is taking this opportunity to discuss fundamental questions regarding our election process.
Liberals say #BetterRules. We say we need better than that.
Gretchen Fitzgerald — February 19, 2018It's been just over a week since Bill C-69, Canada's new impact assessment legislation was presented for first reading in the House of Commons.
Some of the best stories of 2017 - because of YOU!
Posted on December 29, 2017Because of your support and strong commitment to the environment, we were able to take on some very challenging campaigns this year:
You have to see this - Humpbacks at play in the Bay of Fundy
Posted on December 29, 2017"Canada's Oceans: Towards 2020" - Protecting Canada's Oceans through the Power of Science, Art, and Policy
Yvonne Ho — December 18, 2017"Let's change our national motto - "From sea to sea" forgets that we have three oceans; the Arctic is largest part of our coastline. We're an ocean nation, if our youth grow up knowing that, it will change how we do things... 'From sea to sea to sea'!" - Geoff Green, Executive Director and Founder of Students on Ice
Holding Steady for Justice for the Gulf
Gretchen Fitzgerald — December 15, 2017I wanted to give you an update on our critical legal battle and appearance in court this week to protect the Gulf of St. Lawrence and all of the beautiful creatures who live there.
The case involves one important argument: the issuance of the licence that the offshore board has granted to the oil company, Corridor Resources. First though, we had to defend our ability to be heard, as “our standing,” is being challenged by the offshore board (responsible for granting exploration licences to oil companies), and by the oil company itself.
Stand in solidarity with whales!
Posted on December 13, 2017Change your profile and cover images on your social media pages and show solidarity for whales!
We are in court this week defending whales and the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the harmful effects of oil and gas exploration. You can read why and how right here.