Join The Youth Harbour, a project of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship, for a learning session on: “The Intersection of Care and Action in Youth-led Climate Movements”. Guests will discuss why care is a critical component of climate action in this short, one-hour session, with presentations from:
Kat Cadungog on the work centering rest at COP15 at The Refuge, a collaboration between Foundation for Environmental Stewardship and Youth Climate Lab.
Nhattan Nguyen on the work being done at Muskrat Collective, and the impact of their work in sending BIPOC to international conferences with holistic support systems.
Sarah Hanson on the work at Mino Bimaadiziwin Collective in supporting Indigenous leaders to participate and attend high-level conferences, convenings, and forums.
There will be a 10 minute Q&A with speakers.
Meet The Speakers
Kat Cadungog
Kat (she/her) has been acting as the Executive Director for FES since late 2020 and officially came into the position in mid-2021. Kat has had her hand in everything FES. She has collaborated with youth across Canada in over 50 Action Projects in remote, rural, and Indigenous communities when she was Sustainability Project Consultant for FES’ 3% Project. She has also worked in FES’ SDGs portfolio, managing the SDGs Launch Program. Despite the hardships brought by COVID-19, she successfully expanded the SDGs Launch program not only in Canada, but to higher education institutions in the USA and now the UK.
Nhattan Nguyen
Nhattan (he/him) was born and raised in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Second generation Vietnamese to traditional unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), his family fled the aftermath of the war in their country. Nhattan started at Indigenous Climate Action in June 2021.
Fluent in both English and French, Nhattan has almost 10 years of experience in organizing and movement photography, supporting the participation and collaboration of various communities in environmental decision-making and advocacy, from helping youth challenge the status quo at UN climate negotiations to working with frontline and grassroots activists fighting for Indigenous rights and racial justice. He was recently the Operations and Outreach Coordinator at Climate Action Network.
Sarah Hanson
Sarah Hanson is Anishinaabe from Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, currently living and working on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, currently referred to as Thunder Bay. She graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Biology, which combined with her held Indigenous Knowledge informs her work in climate action, sustainability, and reconciliation.
Prior to finishing her degree at Queen’s University, Sarah participated in an international internship for Indigenous youth where she lived and worked in Guyana, setting up robotics programs in 5 high schools. After returning to Canada, Sarah finished her Biology degree, spent 8 months working as a Junior Environmental Policy Analyst and then transitioned to the non-profit sector working with both educational and climate action organizations.