Environmental Education Ontario
Our Goal
To see public education that appropriately prepares students and educators to address the crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social injustice. The need for educating our students on these critical issues, while nurturing their agency, and fostering their resilience, is essential - and we are grateful to all those in the EEON community who are engaged in this important work.
Groundbreaking Report: Fossil Fuel Influence on Children’s Education in Canada
Anne Keary, of For Our Kids and Environmental Education Ontario, in partnership with Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), released a groundbreaking report about the extensive influence of the fossil fuel industry on K-12 climate education in Canada.
"Polluting Education: The Influence of Fossil Fuels on Children’s Education in Canada,” written by For Our Kids and EEON member Anne Keary, and Ontario teacher Jennifer Chesnut, with support from the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring, finds that oil and gas companies have been funding and supplying misleading climate education to children across the country.
At least 39 oil and gas companies and 12 industry-tied organizations, including Shell, TC Energy and Pathways Alliance, are involved in climate education, either by supplying education materials directly to schools, through government partnerships, or funding third-party nonprofits. These industry-supported education materials often downplay the fossil fuel industry’s role in climate change, and obscure the urgent need to transition off of fossil fuels for a safe climate.
See For Our Kids’s webpage for actions to take, additional teaching resources, data, and recommendations.
Let’s make April Earth and Climate Education Month
EEON is launching a multi-year campaign: to make April ‘Earth and Climate Education’ Month.
Starting April 2024, we’re encouraging students and teachers everywhere in Ontario to integrate ecological and climate learning into all of their programs in the month of April. We invite schools, school boards, colleges, non-profits, faith groups and community organizations to get involved and endorse this campaign.
Who We Are
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Sunday Harrison
CHAIR
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Tim Grant
SECRETARY
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Anne Keary
DIRECTOR
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Andrea Stephens
DIRECTOR
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Michele Martin
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Jane Wadden
STEERING COMMITTEE
