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We Invite you to a WE-CAN All-Members Meeting: Tuesday October 6, 6 pm – 7:15 pm 2026 Dear WE-CAN Members, How are things going? Together, we are 285 member organizations, working to tackle this awful beast, the climate crisis, and to promote and implement the myriad solutions, all of which will make our world a far better place. In 2024 we applied for charitable status, and we have reached the last hurdle. Can you join
Friday October 23rd, 12-1pm: Harvesting Energy, Restoring Land. The Potential for Indigenous Agrivoltaics and Ecovoltaics in British Columbia The climate crisis is hurting both our food security and our energy reliability across British Columbia, disproportionately impacting First Nations. Dual-use solar offers a powerful path toward climate resilience and Indigenous self-determination. In this webinar, Omri Haiven from SFU’s Clean Energy Research Group and staff from Sacred Earth will show how agrivoltaics (combining solar with agriculture) and
Join us on Zoom Wednesday September 23rd, 6-7pm: A Green Business Gathering Do you own, operate, or work in a green business in BC? If so, we invite you to join us at this event, where we will explore our shared interest in better climate action policies and initiatives in BC. We define ‘green’ as any business-linked commitment to create a greener, more ecologically sustainable world. It’s not just big companies like Patagonia that are
Tuesday September 15th, 12 Noon Climate in the Ridings A New WE-CAN Initiative to Connect with our MPs and MLAs Greetings friends! We invite you to the launch of a new initiative, with which we seek your assistance. The initiative is to create a group in every riding in the province to coordinate climate action meetings with our MPs and MLAs. At the Zoom event, you will learn about the new initiative from Avi Dolgin,
Join WE-CAN at 6:30 pm Friday October 2 for a Virtual Screening of Kim O’Bomsawin’s Ninan Auassat: We the Children. Known for her intimate and riveting films, O’Bomsawin invites us to experience the vibrant universe of Ninan Auassat: We the Children. Shot over more than six years, the film brings us the moving stories of three groups of children from three different Indigenous nations: Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree and Innu. In following these young people through
Join Us on Zoom Friday, July 3, from 12 – 1pm! Sqwa First Nation Solar We invite you to join us for our Indigenous Engagement Lunch ‘n Learn with Slade Williams, Energy Champion for the Sqwa First Nation, in Stólo territory near Chilliwack, who is leading the nation’s mission to shrink its carbon footprint. Come learn with us, and ask all the questions you want!
Championing Climate Action in Colwood – Citizens’ Environment Network in Colwood (CENIC) By Joslin Jose, WE-CAN Volunteer, with Avi Dolgin and Carol Brown (CENIC). The municipality of Colwood has so much to offer its residents, in so many ways. Colwood’s 22,225 residents often take the opportunity to enjoy its 227 acres of parkland – 69 parks, 7.6 acres of oceanfront, 16 km of bike lanes, a national migratory bird sanctuary, and 3 National Historic Sites.
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