List of National Observer Journalists and Reporters

1. Nina Lakhani

Designation Reporter Author Bio Environmental justice reporter for Guardian US after 6+yrs in Mexico & Central America. Londoner, ex-psych nurse. Book on Berta Cáceres & Honduras out in 2020.
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2. Gemma Tarlach

Designation Author Author Bio Senior editor and writer at Atlas Obscura
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3. Laurie Kellman

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Associated Press
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4. Nono Shen

Designation Journalist Author Bio Reporter with Meta-Canadian Press News Fellowship/ Bilingual Storyteller "Not your Asian stereotype" Opinions are my own
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5. Sidhartha Banerjee

Designation Journalist Author Bio Reporter with the Canadian Press
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6. Elizabeth Preston

Designation Editor Author Bio Elizabeth Preston is a freelance science journalist and editor in Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in Discover, The Atlantic, Quanta, and other publications.
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7. Rosa Saba

Designation Journalist Author Bio Rosa Saba is a business reporter with The Canadian Press.
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8. Steven Zhou

Designation Journalist Author Bio Steven Zhou is a writer for the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). He has worked for several years as a reporter, scriptwriter, and producer for CBC News, CBC-TV, CBC Radio, VICE News, and the Ottawa Citizen. His writings have been published in the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Foreign Policy, and the LA Review of Books.
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9. Natalia Mesa

Designation Science Journalist Author Bio Natalia Mesa is a neuroscientist turned journalist based out of Seattle, Washington. She writes stories on all aspects of life science, from microbiology to ecology. Her work has appeared in The Scientist, Science, Scientific American, and others.
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10. Nate Erskine-smith

Designation Journalist Author Bio Nate Erskine-Smith is the MP for Beaches-East York and a candidate for leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.
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11. Elizabeth Landau

Designation Journalist And Science Communicator Author Bio Elizabeth Landau is a journalist and science communicator in Washington, DC. She loves sharing her passion for scientific exploration through articles, podcasts, videos, and live public events. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wired, Smithsonian, Quanta Magazine, Undark, and others.
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12. Mike Householder

Designation Journalist Author Bio Reporter with The Associated Press
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13. Ritika Dubey

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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14. Jeremy Sim

Designation Author Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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15. Graeme Green

Designation Journalist And Travel Writer. Author Bio Graeme Green is a photographer, journalist and travel writer.
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16. Norman Miller

Designation Journalist Author Bio Norman Miller is a UK-based journalist living in the city of Brighton and Hove on the English south coast. He has written for a wide range of leading outlets about diverse topics, including specific coverage of science and the environment for the BBC and New Scientist, as well as UK national newspapers.
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17. Marta Zaraska

Designation Science Journalist Author Bio Marta Zaraska is a science journalist and the author of “Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism, and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100.”
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18. Jackie Flynn Mogensen

Designation Reporter Author Bio .
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19. Kari Paul

Designation Author Author Bio Doing the best I can. Tech reporter @guardianUS. She/her. DMs open. email: ****@theguardian.com. Signal number is (609) 535-3007 (no SMS)
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20. Courtney Bonnell

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Associated Press
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21. Melina Walling

Designation Author Author Bio Climate & agriculture reporter at the Associated Press. Based in Chicago, covering the Midwest & beyond. | she/her
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22. Fatima Hussein

Designation Author Author Bio Reporter with The Associated Press
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23. Sylvie Corbet

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Associated Press
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24. Tik Root

Designation Writer Author Bio Senior staff writer at Grist.
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25. Graham Readfearn

Designation Reporter Author Bio Graham Readfearn is an environment reporter for Guardian Australia.
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26. Oliver Milman

Designation Reporter Author Bio Oliver Milman is an environment reporter for Guardian US.
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27. Maanvi Singh

Designation Contributor Author Bio Maanvi Singh is the Guardian's West Coast political reporter, based in San Francisco.
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28. Helena Horton

Designation Reporter Author Bio Environment reporter @guardian / Stories to ****@guardian.co.uk / agent @andrewlownie
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29. Robin McKie

Designation Reporter Author Bio Robin McKie is science and environment editor for the Observer
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30. Dani Anguiano

Designation Reporter Author Bio Dani Anguiano is the Guardian's west coast breaking news reporter
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31. Jessica Smith

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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32. Erum Salam

Designation Author Author Bio Erum Salam is a Guardian digital producer and reporter.
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33. Dylan Robertson

Designation Author Author Bio Parliament Hill @CdnPressPoli reporter covering Canada’s diplomacy, aid and trade. Volleyball klutz.
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34. Jacob Serebrin

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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35. Bob Weber

Designation Reporter Author Bio Canadian Press reporter specializing in Arctic and environmental issues
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36. Tyler Griffin

Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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37. Liam Casey

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with the @CdnPress ****@thecanadianpress.com
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38. Marcus Taylor

Designation Reporter Author Bio Marcus Taylor is a professor in the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University. He has researched widely in the field of climate change adaptation and is a contributing author to the IPCC Working Group 6 report and an adviser to the OECD working group on adaptation policy.
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39. Sammy Hudes

Designation Business Reporter-editor Author Bio Business reporter-editor covering telecom and more for @CdnPressNews. NNA-nominated with @CalgaryHerald. "#1 Flames fan in Toronto" –Jarome Iginla. ****@cp.org
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40. Rob Drinkwater

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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41. Nicole Ireland

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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42. Maan Alhmidi

Designation Reporter-editor Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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43. Nicole Thompson

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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44. Erin X. Wong

Designation Reporter Author Bio Erin X. Wong is a freelance reporter covering supply chains, technology, and the environment.
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45. Tara Deschamps

Designation Author Author Bio Canadian Press journalist covering business.
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46. William Eltherington

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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47. Alessia Passafiume

Designation Author Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press
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48. Nicholas Kusnetz

Designation Author Author Bio Nicholas Kusnetz is a reporter for Inside Climate News. Before joining ICN, he worked at the Center for Public Integrity and ProPublica. His work has won numerous awards, including from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and has appeared in more than a dozen publications, including The Washington Post, Businessweek, The Nation, Fast Company and The New York Times.
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49. Nitish Pahwa

Designation Editor Author Bio Copy editor with Slate.
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50. Lizzy Davies

Designation Author Author Bio Lizzy Davies writes about global development for the Guardian. Previously she was the Observer's head of news.
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51. Ian Sample Science editor

Designation Author Author Bio Ian Sample is science editor of the Guardian. Before joining the newspaper in 2003, he was a journalist at New Scientist and worked at the Institute of Physics as a journal editor. He has a PhD in biomedical materials from Queen Mary's, University of London. Ian also presents the Science Weekly podcast.
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52. Daniel Kreizberg

Designation Editor Author Bio Daniel Kreizberg is an award-winning filmmaker and actor based in New York City. He graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and made his stage debut performing at Carnegie Hall. In 2023, Daniel wrote, directed and narrated Tahlequah the Whale: A Dance of Grief, which is currently in film festivals. In addition, he is an accomplished producer and video editor.
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53. Sandra Laville

Designation Author Author Bio Sandra Laville, senior correspondent for The Guardian.
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54. Nicola Davis

Designation Author Author Bio Science Correspondent for the Guardian. Book lover, archer and stitcher. Shortlisted for British Science Journalist of the Year 2021.
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55. Hannah Devlin

Designation Author Author Bio Hannah Devlin is the Guardian's science correspondent, having previously been science editor of the Times. She has a PhD in biomedical imaging from the University of Oxford. Hannah also presents the Science Weekly podcast.
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56. Teresa Cotsirilos

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Teresa Cotsirilos is a Staff Writer and Producer at FERN, where she covers food systems, labor, and climate change in the Western US. Her work has been published by the New York Times, Reveal, NPR, Snap Judgment, the California Report Magazine, PRI’s The World and other outlets. Prior to joining FERN’s team, Teresa was a senior producer at WorldAffairs, a global politics show co-produced by World Affairs with KQED. She’s also reported for KALW, where she covered public health and climate equity in the Bay Area’s immigrant communities. She cut her teeth as a reporter and... occasional host at KYUK, where she covered public safety and climate change in Western Alaska’s indigenous communities, winning seven statewide journalism awards, including Best Investigative Reporting in 2018. Teresa graduated from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where her thesis won the Reva and David Logan Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting. Before she became a journalist, she sold eye patches in San Francisco and taught sex ed in Namibia. In a past life, she wrote children’s stories for American Girl. She can be reached at ****@thefern.org.more
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57. James Mccarten

Designation Author Author Bio Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press
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58. Caroline Tracey

Designation Author Author Bio Caroline holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California, Berkeley. In fall 2021, she was writer-in-residence at Deep Springs College in eastern California. Her work as a writer focusing on the U.S. Southwest and Mexico has appeared in n+1, the Nation, SFMOMA's Open Space, Rest of World, and elsewhere.
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59. John Mccracken

Designation Author Author Bio John McCracken is a Green Bay, Wisconsin journalist. Raised in East Tennessee, he has a keen interest in how climate change is impacting water, agriculture and culture. His work has appeared in The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Sierra Magazine, Great Lakes Now, Belt Magazine, and more.
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60. Donna Lu

Designation Writer Author Bio Science writer @GuardianAus. That and books here, mainly. ****@theguardian.com. DMs open. ****@bsky.social /aus.social
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61. Patrick Barkham

Designation Writer Author Bio Patrick Barkham writes for The Guardian on natural history. He is the author of Wild Green Wonders, Islander, The Butterfly Isles and Badgerlands.
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62. Conor Curtis

Designation Writer Author Bio Conor Curtis, a social and environmental researcher and writer from Corner Brook, N.L., is head of communications at Sierra Club Canada Foundation. Curtis has written on topics ranging from international politics and global inequality to hydraulic fracturing and climate change, and worked and volunteered in activities including managing community services at a food bank and organizing refugee settlement support.
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63. Chris Hatch

Designation Writer Author Bio Chris Hatch writes Canada's National Observer's celebrated Sunday newsletter, Zero Carbon. Chris is the former Executive Director of Rainforest Action Network as well as the former executive editor at Canada's National Observer. He is now a columnist at National Observer and writes the acclaimed Sunday newsletter, Zero Carbon.
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64. Marlo Glass

Designation Writer Author Bio She/her. As seen on my grandma's fridge. Reporter with @OttawaCitizen formerly @TJProvincial, @CdnPressNews. get in touch: ****@postmedia.com
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65. COREY WILLIAMS

Designation Author Author Bio Reporter with The Associated Press
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66. Steve Lambert

Designation Author Author Bio Reporter with The Canadian Press. Music geek. Distance runner. Paddler @****@mstdn.ca https://bsky.app:443/profile/stevelambert.bsky.social #mbpoli ????‍♂️
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67. Charly Cox

Designation Author Author Bio Charly Cox is an award-winning climate change coach and author of the first book on the subject (Climate Change Coaching: The power of connection to create climate action, Open University Press 2022). She is co-founder of Climate Change Coaches Ltd., putting coaching into the hands of climate leaders. Climate Change Coaches works with organizations that have set ambitious climate goals, helping to implement them by galvanizing teams and supporting key leaders. Clients have included NatWest, AXA XL and C40 cities. Charly has a background in the creative sector and lived for seven years in West ...Africa, where she built a communications start-up serving various members of the United Nations and multinational international development agencies. She lives in Oxford, U.K., with her husband, two young daughters and one aging dog.more
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68. Marianne Ariganello

Designation Author Author Bio Marianne Ariganello is a mother, scientist and organizer with For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau, a group of parents and guardians working together to help families advocate for climate justice and a better future for all generations. For Our Kids is a network of parent-led groups across Canada working for climate justice.
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69. Emily Lowan

Designation Author Author Bio Emily Lowan is Climate Action Network Canada’s fossil fuel supply campaigns lead. She has worked in the climate justice movement for more than six years, affecting change through the leadership of successful campaigns, investigative research and climate policy advocacy across Turtle Island. Emily is located on the stolen, unceded territories of the lək ̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples and holds a BA in political science and environmental studies from the University of Victoria.
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70. Karina Pillay

Designation Author Author Bio Karina Pillay is a family physician in Calgary who previously served as Mayor of the Town of Slave Lake during a major wildfire disaster in 2011. With her disaster management experience and medical knowledge, she wants to raise awareness and drive change to reduce the harmful health impacts of climate change.
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71. Stephen Wilton

Designation Author Author Bio Stephen Wilton is a cardiologist and clinical scientist at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary. He studies the causes and consequences of cardiovascular disease and its treatment, and has written about the links between climate change, air pollution, and heart disease. Wilton volunteers for the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), both for its Alberta Regional Committee and on national campaigns.
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72. Paul Kershaw

Designation Author Author Bio Paul Kershaw is a tenured professor at the University of BC, public speaker, regular media contributor and founder of Generation Squeeze Canada’s leading organization fighting for generational fairness. Generation Squeeze is a small but mighty force in the world of politics, powered by cutting-edge research and the voices of younger Canadians as well as those who love them. Kershaw is one of Canada’s leading thinkers about generational equity. He received the award for Academic of the Year in 2016 from the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC. Twice, the Canadian ...Political Science Association has honoured Kershaw with national prizes for his gender and politics research. He and his Gen Squeeze colleagues received the award for B.C.’s Affordable Housing Champion in 2017 from the provincial Housing Central coalition, while the Government of Canada awarded Kershaw its inaugural prize for excellence in moving “Knowledge to Action” on housing in 2018. Kershaw prides himself on being a changemaker, and his work has contributed directly to historic investments in $10-a-day child care by B.C. and federal governments, the first-ever tax on empty homes in North America, preventing limitless rent increases in Ontario, changes to municipal zoning, approval of dozens of new rental housing developments facing NIMBYism, a shift in B.C. to reduce income taxes by taxing unhealthy home prices more, and the first-ever reporting of age trends in federal government spending. Kershaw also successfully led the Intergenerational Climate Coalition to intervene in Canadian courts to defend the constitutionality of pricing pollution on the grounds it is needed to promote population health and intergenerational equity. Kershaw is a policy professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health and director of the UBC Masterès of Public Health program.more
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73. Andrea Long

Designation Author Author Bio Andrea Long is Generation Squeeze’s senior director of research and knowledge mobilization and has over 20 years of experience in policy analysis, research and knowledge mobilization on health and social issues, including housing and homelessness, poverty, social determinants of health, and health in all policies. She has worked in both the non-profit sector and for government departments and agencies, which has given her a broad understanding of the policy process and ways to motivate change. Over the last decade, Long has been a key champion for the development of “health in all ...policies” approaches in Canada, in collaboration with key partners like the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy and Generation Squeeze. She lives on the unceded traditional territory of the Katzie People in Pitt Meadows, B.C.more
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74. Christine Gibson

Designation Author Author Bio Christine Gibson (@tiktoktraumadoc) is a family physician in Calgary with a background in equity work, medical education and global health. A skilled facilitator and speaker, she engages in building individual and community resilience. Her writing creates the woven narrative between her interests — well-being, trauma recovery and the power of story. Her first book, The Modern Trauma Toolkit was just released.
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75. Nicola Jones

Designation Author Author Bio Nicola Jones is a freelance journalist based in Pemberton, British Columbia, just outside of Vancouver. With a background in chemistry and oceanography, she writes about the physical sciences, most often for the journal Nature. She has also contributed to Scientific American, Globe and Mail, and New Scientist and serves as the science journalist in residence at the University of British Columbia.
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76. Maddie Youngman

Designation Author Author Bio Maddie Youngman (she/they) holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta. Maddie is currently a researcher and graduate student at the University of Alberta and works on topics within philosophy, such as environmental and social justice, queer and feminist philosophy, and Indigenous philosophies. Maddie is currently working on a research project on Canadian food policy and social justice.
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77. John Mcnally

Designation Author Author Bio John McNally is the director for clean and resilient growth at the PLACE Centre, an initiative of the Smart Prosperity Institute
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78. Nicholas Renzetti

Designation Author Author Bio Nicholas Renzetti is a research associate at PLACE. The PLACE Centre is a research initiative aimed at advancing place-based solutions to create livable and affordable communities, and advancing economic growth while reducing emissions and adapting to a changing climate.
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79. Andrew Boardman

Designation Author Author Bio Andrew Boardman is creative director at Mangrove Web, a design and development agency and a Certified B Corporation focused on creating a more equitable and sustainable web. Previously, he was principal at Manoverboard, a design studio and the first B Corp in Manitoba. Boardman teaches design at the University of Manitoba. His research interests include web accessibility, typography and independent publishing.
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80. Amanda Bryant

Designation Author Author Bio Amanda Bryant is an energy and climate policy researcher at St. Francis Xavier University’s FluxLab, committed to using her extensive research and writing experience to meaningfully advance the energy transition. She is interested in opportunities and challenges for greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the context of Canada’s oil and gas industry. She has written and published on subjects such as methane emissions underestimation and the language of ‘Just Transition’. She received her PhD in philosophy from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 2017.
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81. Vanessa Brown

Designation Author Author Bio Vanessa Brown is a Toronto-based parent, small business owner, volunteer with the BE Initiative, a Black-led environmental justice not-for-profit, and volunteer with For Our Kids, a national network of people taking climate action on behalf of their kids.
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82. Chris Severson-baker

Designation Author Author Bio Chris Severson-Baker is the executive director of the Pembina Institute. He is a leading expert on responsible energy development, with specific expertise in oil and gas, oilsands and electricity.
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83. Timothy Caulfield

Designation Author Author Bio Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy at the University of Alberta and author of Relax: A Guide to Everyday Health Decisions with More Facts and Less Worry (Penguin Canada, 2022).
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84. Jamie Sandison

Designation Author Author Bio Jamie Sandison is a data scientist who is passionate about climate change, news stories and data. Jamie studied climate communication and data visualization during his master of science at uOttawa’s Institute of the Environment in 2022. He lives in Toronto.
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85. Mika Gang

Designation Author Author Bio Mika Gang is an elementary school teacher with the Toronto District School Board.
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86. Rosa Galvez

Designation Author Author Bio Independent Sen. Rosa Galvez chaired the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources in the 42 Parliament and currently serves on the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance, which oversaw the federal economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2020, she published a white paper on Building Forward Better: A Clean and Just Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic proposing a transformative vision to achieve greater overall collective well-being and solidarity among all Canadians. Originally from Peru, she is one of Canada’s leading experts o...n pollution control and its effects on human health. She has a PhD in environmental engineering from McGill University and has been a professor at Université Laval à Québec since 1994, heading the civil and water engineering department from 2010 to 2016. She specializes in water and soil decontamination, waste management and residues, and environmental impact and risk assessment. Throughout her career, she has been requested by private, governmental and community organizations to offer expert advice. She has also advised a number of international organizations, including on Canada-U.S. and Quebec-Vermont agreements regarding the protection of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. She also conducted an important study on the catastrophic oil spill at Lac-Mégantic. Senator Galvez is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, a Fellow of Engineers Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Her research has led her around the world to countries such as France, Italy, Belgium, Japan and China. She was appointed to the Senate on December 6, 2016, representing Québec (Bedford).more
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87. Lagi Toribau

Designation Author Author Bio Lagi Toribau is the interim executive director of Greenpeace Canada.
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88. Janis Sarra

Designation Author Author Bio Dr. Janis Sarra served as UBC Presidential Distinguished Professor from 2014 to 2019, an appointment by the president to recognize a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions as a scholar and academic leader. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Sarra served as director of the Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC. Dr. Sarra is professor of law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law and founding director of the National Centre for Business Law. She served as associate dean of the Allard School of Law until 2007, with oversight of development, strategic planning, alumni relations and c...ommunications. Dr. Sarra is the principal co-investigator of the Canada Climate Law Initiative, a research collaboration between UBC and York University, and is Canadian investigator of the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative at Oxford University.more
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89. Mary Lou Mcdonald

Designation Author Author Bio Mary Lou is a lawyer, with an Honours undergrad from Carleton University and a law degree from the University of Calgary. Over her extensive career, she has practised natural resources law in Calgary (at what is now Norton Rose Fulbright), and renewable energy law in Toronto (as in-house counsel for Algonquin Power, Sprott Renewables and Potentia Renewables). She is currently counsel for Canadian group Safe Food Matters Inc. Mary Lou practices yoga and meditation, and is committed to the long game, the high road and staying positive.
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90. Joseph Lee

Designation Author Author Bio Joseph Lee is an Aquinnah Wampanoag writer and lives in New York City.
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91. Camille Bains

Designation Columnist Author Bio Camilla Bains graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University, also completing a double minor in both politics and public relations. Bains is a dedicated journalist with a passion for social justice, policy reform and international relations. Based in the Toronto area, Bains is interested in covering domestic and international politics, foreign relations and encouraging youth to become involved in the political sphere.
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92. Trevor Melanson

Author Bio Trevor Melanson is the communications director of Clean Energy Canada, a think tank at Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue. A former journalist, Trevor previously held editor roles at Canadian Business, Vancouver, and BCBusiness magazines.
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93. Adrienne Tanner

Designation Editor in Chief Author Bio Managing editor, Canada’s National Observer, news junkie, art lover, dog person
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94. Barry Saxifrage

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporting about climate change at nationalobserver.com/u/barry-saxifr and VisualCarbon.org
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95. Carrie Saxifrage

Designation Author, The Big Swim and Contributor Author Bio Author, low carbon adventurer, climate writer
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96. Cloe Logan

Designation Climate Reporter Author Bio she, her | climate reporter covering Atlantic Canada for @NatObserver as a member of @NatObsUnion | ****@nationalobserver.com + ****@proton.me
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97. Emilee Gilpin

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98. John Woodside

Designation Energy and Climate Reporter Author Bio Reporter covering the money and politics fuelling climate change with @NatObserver | member of @NatObsUnion
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99. Linda Solomon Wood

Designation Founder and Publisher Author Bio Publisher, Canada's National Observer
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100. Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Designation Food Systems and Environment Reporter Author Bio Food systems + environment reporter for @NatObserver. Run | paddle | ski | bike Based in Vancouver, B.C.
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