TCAN Toronto Climate Action Summit, Sat May 4 - Sun May 5th, CSI 192 Spadina

After years of online organizing, the Toronto Climate Action Summit will be an opportunity for activists across the city to reconnect in person, develop skills, and strategize together to achieve the transformative changes we need for Toronto and for the climate.

Tickets Here

Tickets are PWYC/$20 suggested donation or free! Cost is no barrier to entry.

Refreshments will be provided.

Accessibility: CSI is wheelchair accessible. Washrooms: there is a wheelchair accessible washroom and non-gendered washrooms.

Health and safety: Masks are welcome. Masks and hand sanitizer will also be provided.

Program

Saturday May 4th

9:00 - 9:30 Registration and Coffee

9:30 - 10:00 Welcome and Land Acknowledgement. (Main Room)

10:00 - 12:00 Opening Session Where are We on Climate? Federal, Provincial, Municipal & Banking Sector (Main Room)

Moderator: Anne Keary, TCAN Co-chair

• Federal: Allie Rougeot, Program Manager, Climate and Energy, Environmental Defence.

• Provincial: Lana Goldberg, Climate Campaigner at Stand.Earth.

• Municipal: How-Sen Chong, Climate Campaigner at Toronto Environmental Alliance

• Banking Sector: Chloe Tse, Organizer at Change Course

11:00 Break

11:15 - 12:00: Q and A

12:00 - 1:30. Lunch Break

12:30 - 130. Lunch Discussion: Climate Change and Activist Mental Health (Bigger, Bolder Room.)

With Dr. Nate Charach, Psychiatrist and Eco-Anxiety Coach

1:30 - 3:00 Plenary Session: Building a Better Climate Justice Movement in Toronto (Main Room)

Moderator:  Emmay Mah, Toronto Environmental Alliance

• Tara Seucharan, Greenpeace

• Shelly Gordon, Seniors for Climate Action Now

• Anne Keary, For Our Kids Toronto

• Minaz Assani, Good Futures Collective

• Steve Shalhorn, Labour Education Centre

• Aniket, Climate Justice Toronto

• Abram, Climate Justice Toronto

3:00 - 3:30 Refreshment Break

3:30 - 5:00 Workshops and Skills Building

Workshop 1: Best practices for community engagement (Main Room)

Moderator: Sarah Buchanan, Toronto Environmental Alliance

• Krissan Veerasingham, Scarborough Environmental Alliance

• Kumsa Baker, Toronto Community Benefits Network

• Julia Morgan, Pocket Change

Workshop 2: Public Outreach & Digital communications (Bigger, Bolder Room.)

• Batul Gulamhusein, Stand.Earth, Digital campaigner on Fossil Banks

Workshop 3: Media Training (Meeting Room A)

• Katrina Miller, Executive Director of Canadians for Tax Fairness, Strategic communications and policy specialist.

Workshop 4: How to engage your councillor (Meeting Room B)

• Saman Tabasinejad, Progress Toronto

Sunday May 5th - Strategy Sessions

10:00 - 10:30. Coffee and Social

10:30 - 12:30 Strategy Session: Ending Gas in Toronto (Main Room)

Moderator: How-Sen Chong, Toronto Environmental Alliance

• Lana Goldberg, Stand.earth

• David Smith, Toronto East End Residents for Renewable Energy (TERRE)

• Adrian Currie, Environmental Defence

• Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance

11:30 Break.

11:45 - 12:30: Q and A

12:30 - 1:30. Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 Strategy Session: Moving City Hall to get Toronto to Net Zero (Main Room)

Moderator: Stefan Hofstetter, Centre for Social Innovation/Green Majority Radio

• Lyn Adamson, Climatefast

• Kathryn Tait, Toronto Climate Action Network/Collective Impact Project

• Gaby Kalapos, Clean Air Partnership

• Maggie Chang, City of Toronto Climate Advisory Group

2:30 - 3:30 Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session A: Political Strategizing at City Hall. (Main Room)

Facilitator: How-Sen Chong, Toronto Environmental Alliance

Breakout Session B: TCAN Collective Impact Project on engaging communities on Toronto’s climate action strategy (Bigger, Bolder Room)

Facilitator: Kathryn Tait, TCAN

Two Bonus Breakouts: Topics of Attendees’ Choice! TBA! (Meeting Rooms A and B)

3:30 - 4:00. Refreshments, Closing and Raffle Draw!