The Suzuki Sessions is a virtual conversation series bringing together David Suzuki and leading voices at the forefront of environmental and climate solutions.
Each session spotlights actionable ideas, community-driven innovations and pathways to a future when nature and people thrive together.
Through engaging discussions with Indigenous leaders, scientists, policy experts, grassroots organizers and the like, we explore the systems-level changes needed to build a cleaner, fairer and more resilient future.
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Session #3: Community Resilience to Escalating Climate Threats
Wednesday, June 3 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. Pacific / 3 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Join David Suzuki and guests for a thought-provoking discussion about emergency preparedness in a time of increasing climate emergencies.
This session will feature some inspiring leaders working to help communities build resilience in uncertain times. David Suzuki and Tara Cullis will share learnings from their recent Stronger Together Tour, which took them through southern Ontario to meet with grassroots groups and local leaders working on community resilience and emergency preparedness.
You’ll hear from:
- David Suzuki
- Tara Cullis
- Jessie Hemphill, Sa̱nala Planning
- Dr. Mili Roy, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign
- Sheila Murray, Community Resilience to Extreme Weather
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Session #1: Land Defenders and LNG
We launched the series by highlighting the voices and perspectives of inspiring leaders resisting fossil fuel infrastructure development on their homelands.
Featuring:
- David Suzuki
- Janelle Lapointe, climate justice and Indigenous rights organizer and the David Suzuki Foundation’s Indigenous strategy senior adviser
- Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), Wet’suwet’en land defender
- Chief Na’Moks, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief of the Tsayu (Beaver Clan)
- Jesse Stoeppler, Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan, co-executive director of Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
- Grace Vickers, Lax’yip Firekeeper
- Drew Harris, Lax’yip Firekeeper
- Kai Nagata, communications director at Dogwood
Session #2: The Clean Power Opportunity
David Suzuki was joined by three guests for an energizing conversation about their dedication to improving lives and protecting the planet through clean electricity.
They discussed how building an east-west electricity grid powered by renewables could benefit communities from coast to coast to coast — especially when Indigenous- and community-led projects are prioritized — and what it will take to make this exciting opportunity a reality.
Featuring:
- David Suzuki
- Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Sacred Earth
- Stephen Thomas, David Suzuki Foundation
- Jordyn Burnouf, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan