I want to talk a little bit about my own trajectory working with environmental groups and I thought that a good way of framing this discussion would be to talk a little bit about the recent protests that happened for the international day of climate action, on Oct. 24.

I don't know how many of you are familiar with what happened but a large group of youth had gathered in Ottawa over the weekend for Powershift, an environmental and climate justice conference. There were trainings and sessions on the green economy, political lobbying, indigenous solidarity, and environmental and climate justice, to name a few.