About Us

ENvironnement JEUnesse (ENJEU)
www.enjeu.qc.ca

Established in 1979, ENJEU has been the main youth environmental organization in Québec for a quarter century. It has over one thousand individual members and over 80 member schools in all regions of Québec. It has been actively involved on climate change issues both through education/implementing solutions at the local level and through voicing youth vision and concerns to decision-makers. ENJEU is coordinating the International Youth Summit on Climate Change and the Youth Delegation to attend the UN Conference on Climate Change.

Claire Stockwell, Project Manager – Youth Summit and Delegation

Claire Stockwell was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is proud to say that she can watch her dog run away for three days from her front porch. How she ended up in mountainous Switzerland (working on climate change capacity building initiatives in developing countries for the UN) is still a mystery to her family and friends. Between these two topographical extremes, Claire has studied in Hong Kong, Montreal and Denmark and has a BSc in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill and an MA in Environmental Policy from Roskilde University in Denmark. She also spent a year in Germany at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, examining issues related to Article 2 of the Convention. This fall, Claire returned to Canada to studying Law at McGill University. Not one to spend too much time in the irony tower, she is also working with ENvironnement JEUnesse on organizing youth involvement in the UN Conference on Climate Change. She is really excited about the International Youth Summit and the youth presence at the COP. She secretly thinks that youth will steal the show!

Nicolas Leclercq, Logistics Manager – Youth Summit and Delegation

Anne Guillemette, Project Manager – Scolastic Activities

Emilie Trempe, COP11 Coordinator

The Biosphère, My Planet at Play!
biosphere.ec.gc.ca

In the 10 years since its opening in 1995, Environment Canada’s Biosphère has been a showcase for environmental education.

The Biosphère raises awareness, amongst young people and their families, about major environmental issues, including those related to water and climate change, and the sustainable development of the Great Lakes – St Lawrence ecosystem.

The Biosphère offers exhibitions, activities, workshops, an educational program and an ecowatch network. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Biosphère has updated all of its exhibitions and educational activities.

Montreal's architectural masterpiece since the 1967 World Fair, the Biosphère is located in the former American pavilion created by the visionary architect Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983).

A visit to the Biosphère is an opportunity to discover a unique world living in symbiosis with our own environment and to gain an appreciation and respect for it. The Biosphere will host the International Youth Summit on Climate Change.

Jean-Olivier, Project Officer - Youth Summit Logistics & CAMBIO Scholarships

Born and bred in Québec city, Jean-Olivier always had a thing for office supplies. For as long as he can remember he loves paper clips and stationnary. After a very francophone 11 years of education he went on to study at Pearson College, a United World College in British-Columbia. There, he discovered the joys of not speaking English, developped a thing for underwater videomaking, manage to crash a 4x4, got lost in the forest, took a lot of photographs and became a part-time lighthouse keeper. Missing the freezing winters of the East, he settled back in Quebec, but this time in the world’s capital of bagels and 99 cents pizza, Montreal, to attend McGill University. During his university years he fled winter twice in Central America, once as a traveller, the other as a field researcher. He earned his degree in Environment and Development in May 2005. All along those years, he held many jobs such as a TV reporter in Northern Quebec, an helper in a circus, a tour guide in a historical mansion and, yay, as an office supply clerk for the university. In 2004, Jean-Olivier started to work at Environment Canada’s Biosphere, a funky science museum, as an environmental educator telling kids of all ages about climate change, water and how not to get lost on the island on which the museum sits. He is currently in charge of the logistics for the International Summit and the CAMBIO scholarship program. He is 23¼ and lives in Montreal.

TakingITGlobal (TIG) is an international organization - led by youth and enabled by technology. TIG connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action to improve their local and global communities.

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with a growing worldwide presence, the organization's flagship program is TakingITGlobal.org, the most popular online community for young people interested in connecting across cultures and making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of visitors each month.

TIG also works with global partners – from UN agencies, to major companies, and especially youth organizations – in order to build the capacity of youth for development, support youth artistic and media expression, make education more engaging, and involve young people in global decision-making. TakingITGlobal has designed the Beyond Kyoto – It’s us! website.

It starts in our homes. In our schools and communities. In our country. It starts with you.
The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is a national charitable organization established in 1946. Our mandate is to engage the Canadian public in the work of the United Nations and the critical international issues which affect us all. We work closely with the educational communities in every province and territory to build their capacity to educate young people from a global perspective. We also work directly with youth, challenging them to develop the tools and skills necessary to confront some of the world’s most complex problems. UNA-Canada’s projects also aim to define foreign policy priorities for our government.

UNA-Canada has a particular expertise in engaging young global citizens from Canada and abroad in the international policy making process by bringing youth from around the world together to debate, negotiate and develop viable solutions to the world’s most pressing issues using a UN framework.

Students on Ice
www.studentsonice.com

Students on Ice (SOI) is an award-winning Canadian organization dedicated to taking high school and university students, educators and scientists from across Canada and around the world on educational learning expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic. A pioneer in experiential education, our mandate is to provide youth with a life-changing educational opportunity, and in doing so, help them foster a new understanding and respect for our planet. We are committed to inspiring youth to become effective agents of societal change. In 2003, Students on Ice was awarded the Michael J. Smith Award for Science Promotion in Canada.

The Polar Regions are symbols of peace and understanding for our planet. They are cornerstones of the global ecosystem and incredible platforms for education. This past summer 65 youth, together with a team of 35 international scientists, politicians, teachers, journalists and other experts, including Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Justin Trudeau, participated in the Students on Ice International Arctic Youth Environmental Leadership Expedition. Our focus was to raise awareness globally about the impacts of climate change and other environmental issues facing the Arctic Regions. The recently released Arctic Climate Impact Assessment; the Arctic Council priorities; the efforts to build 'circumpolar' co-operation amongst northern nations; the role of the Arctic as cornerstone of our planet’s ecosystem, were just some of the issues that were highlighted through the Arctic Expedition 2005.

Students on Ice, through our partnership with the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation and the Bronfman Foundation, are organizing a 4 day field trip to COP11 in Montreal (December 5-8th). 10 youth participants from our Arctic 2005 Expedition will travel to Montreal to participate in several COP11 side events including Arctic Day on December 6th. The students will share a video documentary of their Arctic journey experience, showcasing an "Arctic Youth Statement" produced by 20 youth on the expedition, along with building awareness of the upcoming International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2009 and ways for youth to become involved.