Actions & Events

11 am – Rally at Queen’s Park. 12 pm – March. Join us!.

On June 28, Torontonians in Different Parts of the City Spoke Up!View this sample of the day's activitiesHear the address by SCAN!'s Nick De Carlo

On June 20, Toronto SCAN! members told mayoral candidates to wake up to the climate emergency by performing a “die-in” and street theatre piece...

In a thought-provoking letter to the Editor of the Toronto Star, SCAN! member Lyn Adamson writes: "The wildfires in Nova Scotia are causing huge...

"[H]ow does our CPPIB president justify marrying our portfolio to fossil fuel companies which by definition will threaten our lives with their...

On April 1, 2023, in an inspiring ‘rant,’ Seniors for Climate Action Now! took issue with The Royal Bank of Canada for funding fossil fuels. A...

On April 10, SCAN! member Yvonne Pigott wrote the following to Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark: I am writing to voice my opposition to your...

SCAN! NOTES by Susan Crean, March 9, 2023 “Respect Indigenous Rights STOP Funding Pipelines” Some twenty-five SCAN! members are milling about the...

Susan Crean writes: It was the dead of winter and cold. So, the SCAN! members who assembled at Queen’s Park Crescent and Wellesley Street the last...

SCAN! signed on to a letter to Minister Freeland urging the government to consider recommendations on the development of the hydrogen tax credit. ...

Fifty-eight people in Canada and South Asia recently attended a very informative presentation on this issue. The event was organized by Seniors for...

On January 21, 2023, about 80 activists demonstrated their opposition to Bill 23 in front of the Brockville office of Housing and Municipal Affairs...

On December 13, SCAN! members in Kingston joined a spirited protest against Bill 23. Minister Steve Clark, who was scheduled to attend a bridge...

SCAN! partnered with Decolonial Solidarity, a cross-country network working with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and Land Defenders, to organize...

On November 5, 2022, protesters rallied outside RBC offices at Yonge and Gerrard in Toronto. It was the first of many protests planned outside RBC...

“The Government of Ontario’s tabling of Bill 23 is a blatant violation of First Nations’ inherent, domestic, and international rights over their...

Climate activists are getting pretty handy at calling out the government--in this case, on Bill 23.  #HandsOffTheGreenbelt! Click the button to see...

The event will take place in Toronto on Saturday, November 5, 2:00 pm, at RBC, 382 Yonge Street. The evening sit-out in Ottawa begins at 6:30 pm at...

"Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Federation of Students Ontario, Environmental Defence,...

SCAN! was one of the partner organizations that helped with this demonstration. The youth leaders put tremendous energy and enthusiasm into the...

SCAN! signed on to an open letter circulated by CAN-rac to prevent a fossil fuel catastrophe in the Red Sea.  CAN-rac said, “Canada has so far...

SCAN! made a submission to the Government of Canada on the national adaptation strategy via a public engagement process in the development of the...

SCAN! members put on the Climate Cook-off at Toronto's Christie Gardens seniors residence, with 50-odd seniors in attendance. The skit was followed...

In a bizarre series of events, an anti-racist, immigrant rights organizer was charged yesterday by CP Rail Police in Toronto on an open warrant...

Join us on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at 7 pm for a post-election virtual conversation about Doug Ford’s Urban Sprawl Agenda with Phil Pothen from...

SCAN! signed on to a letter to Cabinet on ending fossil fuel subsidies and public finance along with 112 other organisations. The letter was sent to...

This concert has been postponed to the fall, and the new date will be announced as soon as possible. Thank you to all who reserved tickets.  ...

The Climate Pledge encourages everyone to participate to empower change.  We need to urgently and massively transform our way of life in order to...

Join us on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 8pm for a virtual presentation by Dr. Samantha Green of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the...

SCAN! sent Fridays For Future a letter to support youth in the fight for climate action, which is part of our mandate.  We copied federal ministers...

Support Indigenous Rights & stop the federal environmental assessment in the Ring of Fire! Send a Message to Canada: Stop the Ring of Fire and...

Join SCAN! member David Robertson on the Environment Haliburton Enviro-Café on February 8, 2022 @ 7:30pm to hear about the immense and growing cost...

Posing as Canadian Big Foreign Oil's Capture of Canada's Energy and Climate Policy Join us for a virtual presentation by Gordon Laxer on Big Foreign...

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David Robertson - Post COP26 Reflections  Terry Moore – COP26 and Net Zero 2050  Gail Greer – COP 26 and The Glasgow Climate Pact  Satirical video...

October 28 webinar featuring Marc Lee, explaining how net-zero is a distraction to the push for a complete phase-out of fossil fuels.   Watch the...

SCAN! members were part of the November 6th, 2021 Global Day for Climate Justice at Queen’s Park.   Click here for more photos!  

SCAN! signed on to this letter to the Prime Minister urging his government to take swift action in implementing their commitment to ban thermal coal...