Actions & Events

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...

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

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

The Good, The Bad & The UglyView the PowerPoint presentation here Photos from the day: Toronto, Queen’s Park: view album here Waterloo:

'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 Many organizations and individuals are working hard to build...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Already 27 Ontario municipalities have passed resolutions calling for a phase-out of gas-fired power plants and more than 60 organizations,...

SCAN! signed on to Environmental Defence’s call to join 100+ orgs representing ~2.5 million people calling on @mary_ng to ensure that Canada ends...

Toronto City Council voted 22-2 on this motion: City Council formally endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. City Council...

SCAN! joined  a score of international organizations and dozens of Canadian organizations writing to express deep concerns about our governments’...

"The alarm bells are deafening and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our...