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About Patricia Lane

Patricia Lane's column profiles young climate leaders working across Canada.

Patricia has been a lawyer for 35 years specializing in collaborative decision-making and public policy creation. She has worked in every region of Canada and federally. Patricia has worked in areas as diverse as tax policy, human rights, economic and small business development, restructuring health care, labour law, human rights, securities law, climate change, real estate and land development, wilderness protection, renewable energy, housing, and Aboriginal rights and title. She has been a climate change campaigner for 15 years and an environmentalist all her life. She was the longest serving Director on the Sierra Club Board until 2019 and continues to actively support the organization in a variety of ways.

123 Articles

When it comes to environmental racism, Ingrid Waldron knows what needs to change

Her entry into environmental justice came by chance in 2012 when an activist asked Ingrid Waldron to research environmental racism in Nova Scotia.
Youth climate action
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 6th 2023

Young filmmaker Arian Tomar shows others how they can change the world

The 19-year-old Indigenous Hmong-Indian American documentary filmmaker mentors and supports youth climate leaders.
Youth climate action
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 30th 2023

Andrea Careless is helping cool the planet — one neighbourhood at a time

This Oak Bay-based musician, mother and grandmother is spending her retirement from the public service working with her neighbours to reduce their carbon footprints and adapt to climate impacts.
Race to a Safer World
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 23rd 2023

Chaz Garraway helps coastal people weather climate chaos

This 23-year-old engineer co-founded and co-led a movement to plant a million and a half trees across the Caribbean and now works in coastal restoration. 
Youth climate action
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 16th 2023

Dr. Kevin Liang calls climate change the biggest threat to everyone’s health

Dr. Kevin Liang is a family physician practising in Vancouver. This 28-year-old is passionate about planetary health and tackling health-care's carbon footprint.
Youth climate action
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 9th 2023

Teenager Naila Moloo wants to take solar panels and bioplastics to new heights

This 16-year-old has published two novels and co-hosts a podcast introducing other teens to the world of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Youth climate action
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 3rd 2023

For Lisa Brodeur, cutting carbon just makes good business sense

As the manager of operations for 360 Energy, Lisa Brodeur helps small and large enterprises focus on emissions reduction to save money and enhance their reputation.
Race to a Safer World
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 28th 2022

Ben Feagin sets the table for food security in northern Ontario

As founder and CEO of AgriTech North, Ben Feagin is bringing fresh produce and food security to northern Ontario.
Youth climate action
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 19th 2022

Paul Shore finds happiness beyond high-tech in kids’ climate books

He has an engineer's conviction that humans can solve anything we put our minds to. Then he started wondering how he could convey that to children and their parents.
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 12th 2022

Jude Sampson finds climate resilience in community-building

In high school, Sampson co-led the organizing of 10,000 people in the 2019 Fridays for Future Halifax climate strikes. This 20-year-old is now encouraging their university, Dalhousie, to divest from fossil fuels.
Youth climate action
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 5th 2022
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