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Shakti Ramkumar – COP25

January 16, 2020. I am so grateful that I got to experience COP for the first time with the Climate Action Cohort, knowing that we all shared our Students On Ice experience together, and our orientation experience in May of 2019. We missed everyone who wasn’t able to attend but I think we’re all so looking … Continued

Aiden Cyr – COP 25

January 10, 2020. “A Concordia student at COP25: ‘International aspirations clashed with domestic political will” Concordia University News Read Aiden Cyr’s story about his experience at COP 25 on the Concordia University news page HERE!

Marina Melanidis – COP 25

January 10, 2020. Grief, Tokenism, and Burnout in a World on Fire: SOI COP25 Blog I’m tired. But what does that matter? We know the facts. We’ve heard them listed off in hundreds of articles, blogs, interviews, and newscasts from hundreds of people. How seven of the ten hottest years ever recorded have occurred in … Continued

Will Sanderson – COP 25

January 10, 2020. Being a few weeks removed from my time at COP25, I’ve had some time to reflect on my experience. The first thing that stands out is how much I learned about COP in the short time I was there. Before heading to Madrid, I had no idea what happened at COP and … Continued

Soomin Han – COP 25

January 10, 2020. COP 25 is a whirlwind of negotiations, emotions, actions, frustrations, hope, and fatigue.I left the COP 25 venue on December 13th feeling a mix of emotions, and unable to describe what I had felt besides ‘overwhelmed’. Perhaps ‘overwhelmed’ is a term with too many negative connotations, but I was overwhelmed by the … Continued