Join us at 312 Main in Vancouver, BC for food, drinks, music and conversation to jumpstart Canada’s Fair Share: A Summit on Global Climate Equity!

Anjali Appadurai, director of the Padma Institute on Climate Justice, and others will discuss the need for this summit, our goals and what to expect in the days ahead. And we’ll watch video messages on the state of global climate equity and where Canada stands from Bianca Mugyenyi, the director of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Meena Raman, the Head of Programmes at Third World Network, and others (to be announced).

Hosted by

Climate Emergency Unit
Padma Centre for Climate Justice
SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi)
Climate Justice Centre at UBC
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
Shake Up the Establishment

Bios

Anjali Appadurai
Climate Emergency Unit
Anjali Appadurai is a climate justice organizer and communicator. As a young activist she worked with youth movements from around the world to build a strong civil society voice at the UN Climate Convention and to ensure that social movements' demands were heard in the halls of power. Today, Anjali runs the Padma Centre for Climate Justice, a project that brings together diasporic communities to build power around issues of climate and economic justice, and she works as Campaigns Director at the Climate Emergency Unit.

Bianca Mugyenyi
Former Director, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
Bianca Mugyenyi is an activist, journalist and author of the book Stop Signs. She is former Co-Executive Director of The Leap, and led programming and campaigns at Concordia University’s Centre for Gender Advocacy.

Meena Raman
Head of Programmes, Third World Network
Meena Raman is the Head of Programmes of Third World Network (TWN) and is based in Malaysia where she practiced public interest law for over 25 years, representing grassroots communities taking on big corporations.. At Third World Network, Meena currently coordinates the climate change program and has been actively involved in the intergovernmental climate negotiations, from Bali to Cancún. She has been monitoring and reporting on the negotiations and providing analysis and support both to developing country governments as well as to civil society participants

Accessibility for 312 Main
Entrance
The entrance (accessible) is off Cordova by the bus stop. The front desk is staffed 24/7 and you will be buzzed in upon arriving.

Bike Parking
Indoor guest bike parking available.

Washrooms
All-gender washrooms are located by the front entrance beside the front desk and at the southeast corner of the ground floor.

Water
Filtered water bottle filling station is in the southeast corner of the ground floor.

Please email us at info@climateemergencyunit.ca if there is anything we can do to make this even more accessible and inclusive for you.