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Aliénor Rougeot

Program Manager, Climate and Energy

Aliénor’s interest for human and environmental rights started during her childhood in the South of France, where she became vocal on topics of biodiversity loss, women’s rights, refugee rights and climate change. These interests led her to the intersectional topic of climate justice, but it was only when she moved to Canada at the age of 17 that she truly understood the need for broad and collective mobilization for climate action. This led her to co-founding and coordinating Fridays for Future Toronto while completing a degree in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Allie’s happiness comes from being with others, and in her free time she can be found exploring Toronto’s parks and cafés with friends.

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Dec 02, 2022

Four lessons from the letter the scientific community sent to Minister Guilbeault concerning toxic tailings

If you thought the problem of tar sands cleanup had gone away, think again. The…

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Nov 15, 2022

Expectation: Canada’s COP27 plans must be compatible with the promise of just transition

Expectations for Canada on delivering a just transition at COP27 from Jamie Kirkpatrick, BLUE GREEN…

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Oct 14, 2022

Don’t be fossil fooled: a cleaner energy future is a cheaper energy future

As if two years of a pandemic weren’t enough, we now have to deal with…

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Sep 20, 2022

Why Canada’s inaction on the oil sands toxic tailings might cost us more than our biodiversity

Canada cultivates a misleadingly good reputation abroad. I would know; I moved here because of…

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Sep 15, 2022

Canada’s next big shift: Examples of what to do (and what to avoid) – Part 2

Everything from turbulent global markets to local climate disasters reflects the urgent need for  Canada…

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Sep 15, 2022

Canada’s next big shift: Examples of what to do (and what to avoid) – Part 1

Canada needs to phase out fossil fuels, but we can’t leave families and communities impacted…

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Sep 01, 2022

Statement from Aliénor Rougeot on two-year anniversary of international factual record on leaking toxic tailings

Two years after Canada found in violation of Fisheries Act, still no federal action on…

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Jul 12, 2022

Debunking Four Myths about Oil Sands Tailings “Ponds”

Co-written by Gillian Chow-Fraser, Boreal Program Manager at CPAWS Northern Alberta There are massive tailings ponds…

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