Monthly Archives: December 2009

Leaders Need a Lesson in History by BJ Bodnar Member, Canadian Youth Delegation to COP 15 (Students on Ice Alumnus, Arctic ‘07/Antarctic University ‘09) CYDaily (December 17, 2009) COPENHAGEN — As the crucial days of negotiation approach at this year’s … Read more »

Yesterday, Students on Ice Alumnus Bilaal Rajan (Arctic ’09) carried the Olympic Flame though downtown Toronto. Congratulations Bilaal! Bilaal will be joining Students on Ice on our upcoming SOI Antarctic Youth Expedition 2009. (Photo: Susan Armstrong) Carrying the Olympic Flame … Read more »

The following blog about the Arctic was written by Ashley Tufts, SOI Alumnus (Antarctica ’04/Arctic ’05) from Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Member of the Canadian Youth Delegation to COP15 currently taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. (http://en.cop15.dk/) Ashley Tufts (Antarctica ’04/Arctic ’05). … Read more »

by Eric Reguly From the Globe and Mail, Dec. 10, 2009 Canada’s Copenhagen hero cries out for change COPENHAGEN — Taryn McKenzie-Mohr, an 18-year-old University of Toronto student, became the hero of the youth delegates at the Copenhagen climate change … Read more »

Canadian youth delegates, including Amber Church [Students on Ice Alumnus - Antarctica ‘05/Arctic ‘08, currently National Director of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition] of Whitehorse, centre, hold up the oilsands report in Copenhagen on Wednesday. (Patricia Bell/CBC) Canadian youth protest … Read more »

The following blog about WWF’s Arctic Tent in Copenhagen was written by Ashley Tufts, SOI Alumnus (Antarctica ’04/Arctic ’05) from Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Member of the Canadian Youth Delegation to COP15 currently taking place. (http://en.cop15.dk/) Ashley Tufts (Antarctica ’04/Arctic ’05). … Read more »

SOI Alumnus (Arctic ’08) Julie Alivaktuk has made a brilliant silent film called Speaking out on climate change. For more information about Julie’s project, visit http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change/silent-film-climate-change. Silent film on climate change by Ian Mauro Isuma (October 20, 2009) — In … Read more »

Students on Ice is proud to have 4 Alumni joining the Canadian Youth Delegation to Copenhagen for COP 15 and many others also in Copenhagen advocating for a comprehensive global climate agreement this December. Youth Take Copenhagen by Storm Youth … Read more »

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COPENHAGEN CLIMATE ALERT: Canadian Prime Minister Harper and other world leaders need to hear from you TODAY! The UN Summit for an agreement to slow global warming is in serious jeopardy. Negotiators have so far failed to look past selfish … Read more »

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(Photo: Scanpix/EPA) UN conference gearing up for make-or-break finale World leaders “face a defining moment in history”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as the Copenhagen conference formally entered its high-level stage Tuesday. by Morten Anderson (December 15, 2009) Copenhagen — … Read more »