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Thinkers Lodge and Pugwash High School – An Open Dialogue on the Crises of our Age
October 1, 2021 @ 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM
An Open Dialogue on the Crises of our Age
During the Thinkers Lodge Summit on Nuclear and Climate Crises, several Thinkers will present to the students assembled at Pugwash District High School about the combined threat of nuclear weapons and climate change. This is an unusual opportunity for some of the leading nuclear and climate Thinkers in Nova Scotia to present to students.
About 100 senior high students will be attending. A Q&A session and dialogue with students will be encouraged. The event is open to the pubic and media. The presentation is scheduled from 1:30 to 2:50pm on Friday, October 1st. The event will be live-streamed on Facebook at this event link.
Presenters from Thinkers Lodge
Lily Barraclough
Lily was the founder of iMatter Canada in 2016, a youth-led organization partnered with the Climate Reality Project Canada dedicated to supporting youth across Canada to advocate for climate action in their local communities. She was instrumental in the creation of the Youth Advisory Committee for Halifax Regional Municipality, as well as an advocate for and contributor to HalifACT 2050: HRM’s plan to combat and adapt to climate change. Lily now sits in an appointed role on the Women’s Advisory Committee for Halifax and as a board member for the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (and member of the queer community) is working with local 2SLGBTQ+ organizations to advocate for a queer advisory council for the city as well. Lily is also a board member with the moonlight institute, a grassroots organization committed to creating tools and policy frameworks for social and environmental justice. Lily is a graduate of the University of King’s College with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and is currently enrolled in a Master of Environmental Studies program at Dal studying how youth climate activists experience climate grief (emotional and mental distress as a result of the climate crisis).
Bhreagh McKinnon
Bhreagh McKinnon is currently working towards her undergraduate degree at Cape Breton University with a major in Political Science and minor in Gender and Women’s Studies. She is a member of Peace Quest Cape Breton, has been advocating for nuclear disarmament since 2019 and attended the ICAN Paris Forum in February of 2020. Bhreagh’s focus is mainly on creating a peaceful and sustainable future while also studying the intersectionality between nuclear disarmament and other social justice movements.