Actions & Events

Pension Funds and Zero Emissions?
Shift has this to say about the importance of climate-friendly pension investments: "Canada’s top ten pension funds manage over $2 trillion. How...

RBC Demo March 8 2023
SCAN! NOTES by Susan Crean, March 9, 2023 “Respect Indigenous Rights STOP Funding Pipelines” Some twenty-five SCAN! members are milling about the...

Queen’s Park Demo February 25, 2023
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...

On Developing the Hydrogen Tax Credit: A Letter to Minister Freeland
SCAN! signed on to a letter to Minister Freeland urging the government to consider recommendations on the development of the hydrogen tax credit. ...

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

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

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

RBC Protest December 7 2022
SCAN! partnered with Decolonial Solidarity, a cross-country network working with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and Land Defenders, to organize...

Supporting the Wet’suwet’en
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...

Chiefs of Ontario Respond to Bill 23
“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 Call Out Doug Ford
Climate activists are getting pretty handy at calling out the government--in this case, on Bill 23. #HandsOffTheGreenbelt! Click the button to see...

Wet’suwet’en Issue Urgent Call to Allies
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...

Open Letters to Prime Minister Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh
"Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Federation of Students Ontario, Environmental Defence,...

A Very Successful Global Climate Strike
SCAN! was one of the partner organizations that helped with this demonstration. The youth leaders put tremendous energy and enthusiasm into the...

The Red Sea/Preventing a Fossil Fuel Catastrophe
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!’s National Adaptation Strategy
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! Visits Christie Gardens
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...

Statement of support after Toronto Wet’suwet’en arrests
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...

Ford’s Urban Sprawl Agenda/A Webinar
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...

Canada as an Oil Superpower/A Letter to the Editor of The Globe and Mail
Do high fossil fuel demand and prices warrant the conclusion that “there is no economic or environmental logic in trying to artificially...

The Need to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Public Finance
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...

Ford’s Climate Crimes/SCAN! Takes On Environment Minister Piccini
SCAN! and our supporters will rally outside David Piccini’s office, 117 Peter Street, Port Hope, on May 11 at noon to hold Piccini and Ford...

Emergency in Ontario: Rally for Climate, Communities and Nature!
SCAN! members are invited to attend the Emergency in Ontario rally in Toronto on May 14 at 1 pm. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising, protections...

SCAN! Fundraising Concert Postponed
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. ...

Special Election Event/Ring of Fire Threatens The Breathing Lands
Please join us on Thursday, May 12, 7:00-8:30 pm EDT, for a special presentation on the threat to the Breathing Lands posed by the Ring of Fire. The...

Doug Ford’s Climate Crimes/A Virtual Presentation
Join us on Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30 pm EDT for a thought-provoking presentation followed by an opportunity for discussion about the ways climate...

Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan
Emission Impossible: Why Canada's Emission Reduction Plan Won't Work by Martin Bush The Canadian government’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan is...

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

Human Health and the Climate Emergency
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...

March 25th is a global day of action
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
Support Indigenous Rights & stop the federal environmental assessment in the Ring of Fire! Send a Message to Canada: Stop the Ring of Fire and...

Haliburton Enviro-Café on February 8, 2022
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...

Scan! Webinar
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...

Wet’suwet’en
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November 24 General Membership Meeting
David Robertson - Post COP26 Reflections Terry Moore – COP26 and Net Zero 2050 Gail Greer – COP 26 and The Glasgow Climate Pact Satirical video...

Marc Lee: How Net-zero is a Distraction
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...

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

Thermal Coal Letter
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...

COP26 webinar on net-zero
This was an COP26 webinar on net-zero with Marc Lee, hosted by SCAN!

People’s Climate Movement
People’s Climate Movement SCAN! attended the people's climate moment event in Toronto. See more photos here.

Climate Emergency Day of Action, Sept. 8
The Good, The Bad & The UglyView the PowerPoint presentation here Photos from the day: Toronto, Queen’s Park: view album here Waterloo:

Fridays For Future
'Stand Up for the Planet' Music Video- written and performed by SCAN! membersBilly Bryans Lane Vid - made by SCAN! members to show their support for...

Making a Submission to the Ontario government Greenbelt Expansion Consultation
Making a Submission to the Ontario government Greenbelt Expansion Consultation Many organizations and individuals are working hard to build...

SCAN! Presents: Making Fossil Fuel History
SCAN! Presents: Making Fossil Fuel History. Past discussion with The Energy Mix’s Mitchell Beer. Watch the online event here.

Divestment Letter to CPP
SCAN! divestment letter to John Graham, President & CEO at CPP Investments, to encourage a step away from investing in fossil fuels. Read...

Safe Water For First Nations
As part of SCAN!’s statement of purpose, we support Indigenous peoples’ rights, including access to clean drinking water. Drinking water advisories...

Call for Immediate Moratorium in the Ring of Fire
Please join us and sign on to this statement calling on Canada and Ontario to establish an immediate moratorium in the Ring of Fire. Help us live...

End Thermal Coal
The Trudeau government continues to mine and export thermal coal — one of the world’s dirtiest fossil fuels. Thermal coal is so bad for people and...

Shut Down Line 5
The politics of oil pipelines is exemplified by the struggle between the Governor of Michigan and Enbridge over Line 5. Enbridge was given 180 days...

Amendments to Bill C-12
As a result of the brief submitted by SCAN! and other organizations to the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development of the...