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Jesse Firempong

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About Jesse Firempong

Jesse Firempong is a columnist for Canada's National Observer writing about climate justice. A Ghanaian-Canadian freelance writer and communications strategist focused on social and climate justice, she has worked with Greenpeace, Oxfam and on human rights projects in Canada, Ghana and Botswana.

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What this election means for women, racialized and climate-vulnerable communities

The election is over — and not much has changed. "There is no real triumph to be found, but at least we’re still here to fight another day," writes columnist Jesse Firempong.
Election 2021
Opinion | September 21st 2021

If this election were on Netflix ...

Following Canada’s 44th election is a bit like rewatching old political dramas on Netflix, says columnist Jesse Firempong. We’ve seen them all before, and we know what to expect.
Election 2021
Opinion, Politics | September 13th 2021

Canada has profited from fossil fuels. Now we have a moral obligation to climate refugees

Canada, a country which has profited enormously from burning fossil fuels, has a “moral obligation” to people forced to flee rising seas, drought and other plagues of a world on fire, writes columnist Jesse Firempong.
Race to a Safer World
Opinion | August 11th 2021

Deceptive fossil fuel companies must be held accountable for their climate crimes

The recent heat waves and fires sweeping Canada illustrate that the skeletons in the closets of Exxon and all fossil fuel companies have proven more than metaphorical, writes columnist Jesse Firempong.
Opinion | July 12th 2021

Hate is a demon the police can’t slay

After more than a century of colonial policing that has hurt not helped racialized people, it's time to try something new, writes columnist Jesse Firempong.
Opinion | June 7th 2021

Equality, not charity, can end vaccine apartheid

In the race to protect ourselves against COVID-19, Canada's government and corporate interests have opted not for solidarity but for charity, a habit that has directly enabled vaccine apartheid, writes Jesse Firempong.
Opinion | May 13th 2021

Women lead the climate movement. Don’t leave them out of the green recovery

By consciously making space for women in the green recovery from COVID-19, we’ll find new pathways for fixing the economic and ecological imbalances with which our society is reckoning, write Jesse Firempong and Lydie Padilla.
Opinion | November 16th 2020

Essential or exception: Whose rights matter in a pandemic?

Big energy companies need to play by the same COVID 19 rules as the rest of us
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | April 20th 2020

Climate change is making wildfire behaviour stranger than fiction

Scientists have used recent B.C. fires to model the effects of nuclear war on climate.
Opinion | August 21st 2019

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