Diana Yoon: Combating climate change through Indigenous solidarity and fossil fuel divestment

In this clip, climate and housing justice activist Diana Yoon breaks down some of the strategies employed by the climate justice movement to counter corporate influence.

Diana Yoon is a climate and housing justice activist based in Toronto. She is currently organizing with Climate Justice Toronto. Yoon holds a Master’s of Arts in Critical Human Geography from York University. Formerly, Yoon held the Geography grad student department steward for CUPE3903.

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This is a clip from rabble’s most recent live politics panel: Off the Hill: Corporate interference and the climate crisis. The panel featured guests MP Leah Gazan, political economist Gordon Laxer and climate and housing justice activist Diana Yoon. Hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies.

Off the Hill is a fast-paced live panel on current issues of national significance, hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies. This series focuses on the impact politics and policy have on people and on ways to mobilize to bring about progressive change in national politics — on and off the hill. To support Off the Hill, visit rabble.ca/donate.