Milan Ilnyckyj
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About Milan Ilnyckyj
Born in Vancouver, Milan Prazak Ilnyckyj is a PhD candidate at U of T working on finalizing his dissertation on the campus fossil fuel divestment movement at Canadian universities and the role it played in the development of activists. A B.A. graduate of UBC (international relations and political science) and M.Phil graduate of Oxford (international relations), he helped initiate and organize the Toronto350.org campaign for fossil fuel divestment at U of T. Before the PhD he worked for Environment Canada and completed the federal government's Accelerated Economist Training Program.
Universities must dump their fossil fuel investments before fundraising
Every place you go with a photo of a smiling, optimistic student beside your university’s name, someone will demand to know how continuing to invest in fossil fuels is compatible with empowering the best possible future for young people, write six University of Toronto professors and a PhD candidate.