NEWS and UPDATES
March 3rd, 2023
University of Toronto Student Climate Strike
Stop Ecocide Toronto worked with Climate Justice U of T, VUSAC Sustainability Commission, and allied students to organize a climate strike.
One of our 4 demands to the University of Toronto was:
"We call on the University of Toronto to endorse the global movement to make ecocide an international crime.
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The University should sign the Open Letter from Canadian organisations and institutions to the Canadian government for support of a law against ecocide.
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The University should issue a public statement of support for the introduction of a law against ecocide."
Sept 23, 2022
Toronto Climate Strike
Stop Ecocide Toronto worked with the U of T climate strike organizers to design demand Demand 4:
" [..] Facilitate discussions about new and innovative environmental solutions or movements, such the criminalizing ecocide, according rights to nature, and more."
Featured signatures:
Aishwarya Puttur, education lead at Banking on a Better Future
Naila Moloo, climate and clean energy activist in Ontario
Ginger Osecki, climate activist in British Columbia
Katia Bannister, community climate organizer and blogger behind 'Sowing Seeds of Change'
Skw'akw'as Dunstan-Moore, Community Climate Justice Coordinator at VIDEA
Sophia Mathur, Fridays for Future Sudbury
