The Orcar is turning heads and changing minds about our relationship with nature

Aaron Rosenberg engages the community to make transformative art. In March 2026, this young resident of Squamish, British Columbia, brought 30 people from his community together to build a life-sized,...

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Tenants are helping each other survive extreme heat in downtown Vancouver

Gabby Doebeli works in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to organize tenants who live in old buildings so that they can advocate for themselves and push for protection from extreme heat.

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How a Surrey teen uses poetry to help young people connect

Hanna Grover, 17, founded Poet2Poet, an organization that helps more than 10,000 young people work through issues including mental health and climate change using poetry.

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Student climate leader is rallying youth to take on the plastic crisis

Payal Mehta has a plastic dream. This young climate leader from Guelph, Ont., was named a 2026 Starfish Canada Fellow for her work starting Reimagining Plastic , a youth-led initiative to raise awaren...

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Toronto teen is passing climate hope on to children — one story at a time

Ahmad Chattha is passing on climate hope to the children who come next. This 18-year-old Toronto highschool student is determined to ensure that young children have stories of climate hope and resilie...

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BC youth builds community power to drive environmental change

Ashton Kerr connects and empowers people to take action for the environment. As acting director of partnerships and programs for Green Teams Canada, this 28-year-old North Vancouver resident shares th...

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Montreal student turned a thrift fashion show into an annual college tradition

Anne Liang, a 19-year-old Dawson College student in Montreal, organized and ran a thrift fashion show so successful that the college now plans to make it an annual tradition.

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Vet student teaches youth how climate change impacts wildlife and human health

Veterinary medicine student Mikayla Astroff earned a Starfish Canada 2026 Climate 75 Fellowship for her work helping youth understand the impacts of climate change on our ecosystems.

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A Montreal youth hosts Climate Death Cafés to help people grieve a changing planet

Victor Yin shows people they are not alone in their grief and mourning over the climate. With his co-facilitator Christina Joy, the 25-year-old from Montreal hosts “Climate Death Cafés” to create safe...

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Meet the young researcher trying to stop an invasive crab from threatening Pacific marine ecosystems

Sofia Panzetta is helping restore balance to Pacific marine ecosystems. As climate change warms the ocean, the invasive European Green Crab thrives, threatening the health of clams, mussels and even s...

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BC teen's mission is to amplify voices impacted by climate change

Isabella Wen helps those directly impacted by climate change find their voice. This 18-year-old high school student from Surrey, British Columbia, is a Starfish Canada 2026 Climate75 Fellow. She is al...

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Vancouver sound artist turns music, stories and science into blueprint for living with nature

Mendel Skulski applies the art of conversation in service of a livable future. As a sound artist, this young Vancouverite co-produces Future Ecologies, a podcast exploring our relationships with the n...

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Toronto student helps immigrant youth connect to the land and their heritage

Melina Ghasem-Asad encourages her immigrant peers to work with soil and reconnect with nature, which she says will help them build resilience in a challenging time.

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Montreal teen develops tool for teaching kids about climate change

Leila Pozzi, a 19-year-old Starfish Canada Climate75 Fellow, is bridging the gap for teachers and student leaders who are looking to connect with young people about climate change.

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Helping young people process climate anxiety and take action

With a belief that the climate crisis is as much an emotional and mental challenge as a physical one, 23-year-old Brampton, Ont. native Jashan Gill leads operations for Green Mind Canada, which aims t...

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A young Torontonian is connecting sustainable cafés with customers who care

Kiethan Theva is shifting Toronto’s coffee-drinking culture. The 23-year-old from Scarborough, Ontario, is building a network to help sustainability-minded cafés and values-aligned customers find each...

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Young wildlife biologist shows communities how 'conservation begins with connection'

Jacob Gerard, a 23-year-old wildlife biologist, storyteller and photographer from Ajax, Ont., has created a beautiful web-based story map called Neighbours of the North to help people protect the wild...

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Saskatchewan student explores industry and Indigenous land restoration concepts

Mackenzie Burnett explores the overlap between extractive industry and Indigenous concepts of land restoration. She also draws people into conversations about climate solutions in her work with Climat...

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From refugee to climate advocate empowering other newcomers

Milad Rajabi came to Canada as a refugee in 2023. Now a permanent resident, he helps other newcomers adjust to life here.

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Montreal master's student connects young people with the ocean

Valerie Muñoz, a 22-year-old student at McGill University, has a love of the ocean that dates back to her childhood spent in Florida. Now, she helps co-ordinate events that showcase its importance to ...

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Vancouver event planner revels in the challenge of her role

Working with the non-profit Zero Emissions Innovation Centre, Victoria Lim helps policymakers and industry leaders make the climate safer.

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Opinion: Donald Trump wants to make an example out of Canada. How will we prepare?

We must urgently strengthen our capacity to endure whatever this wildcard President throws at us

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‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?

Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

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Poilievre says he's spoken with Jivani about U.S. trip and MP 'speaks…

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BC entrepreneur prioritizes play and the planet over profits

Tinka Robev, the co-founder of Victoria's Puzzle Lab, says the business operates on the principles of 'ethical capitalism' — reusing waste from other wood industries in its products, avoiding plastic ...

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Young leader harnesses AI to help streamline sustainability disclosure

Fatou Dieng, a 29-year-old Montrealer originally from Senegal, was raised to see the earth as the source of all life. Now, she dedicates hers to protecting it.

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Want to cut emissions? Young advocate says tax the rich — and what they own

Many are tempted to focus on taxing luxury consumption, but this University of Toronto PhD student says they should aim bigger: rather than just focus on what the rich are consuming, policymakers shou...

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Helping immigrants find their place in Canada's climate fight

Aish Mann empowers newcomers to Canada to lead in the climate movement. He launched Tanah Air, a nonprofit inspired by a Malaysian concept meaning “homeland,” to help newcomers create a sense of homel...

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