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This is Episode 5 of the “Divestment Generation” mini series, a five episode series exploring the 9 year campaign to win fossil fuel divestment at the University of Toronto! Our final episode is an “intergenerational” conversation where creators and co-hosts Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva invite a couple people from each of the prior episodes to meet one another and talk about key themes from the podcast, where they are now, and possible next steps for the climate justice movement. Our guests are Stuart Basden, Keara Lightning, Ben Donato-Woodger, Kristine, Rivka Goetz, and Léo Jourdan.

This mini series emerges from Amanda’s doctoral research with CJTO, a two-year ethnographic community-based participatory research project tentatively entitled “Actualizing Everything: Affective Activism, Effective Politics, and the Future of Climate Justice Organizing in Canada”.

Cite as: Harvey-Sánchez, A. & DaSilva, J. (2023). “Divestment Generation Mini Series, Intergenerational Conversation (Ep.5)”. Climate Justice Toronto.

EPISODE RESOURCESUofT Fossil Fuel Divestment Timeline
Divestment and Beyond, Briarpatch Magazine Article (by Amanda Harvey-Sánchez & Sydney Lang)
Discovering University Worlds
Slow Justice (by Kate Neville and Sarah Martin)
Mikiwam (by Keara Lightning and Caeleigh Lightning)
Being the Change Affinity Network

SONGAdaptation of “Which Side Are You On?” by Pete Seeger

LYRICSFind the full lyricshere.

SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFOAmanda Harvey-Sánchez: Twitter, Instagram, email
Julia DaSilva: julia.dasilva713@gmail.com
Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO): Instagram, Twitter
DONATE to CJTO:*: https://opencollective.com/cjto
CJUofT (formerly LeapUofT): Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
2185 Art Collective: Instagram

CREDITSEditing: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Stefan Hegerat
Original Music: Stefan Hegerat
Hosts: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva
Guests: Stuart Basden, Keara Lightning, Ben Donato-Woodger, Kristine, Rivka Goetz and Léo Jourdan
Singalong: Rebecca and participants at CJTO’s September 2022 OrientationProducer: Climate Justice Toronto

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Divestment Generation Episode 4 Show NotesEpisode #10: Divestment Generation Mini Series, Episode 4

This is Episode 4 of the “Divestment Generation” mini series, a five episode series exploring the 9 year campaign to win fossil fuel divestment at the University of Toronto! In Episode 4, creators and co-hosts Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva speak with “Fourth Gen” divestment organizers - those who were involved in the campaign from 2019 until the big win in October 2021 and its immediate aftermath. Our “Fourth Gen” guests are Rivka Goetz, James Slaven, Leila Tjiang, and Léo Jourdan.

In our song segment, CJTO member Rebecca and participants from CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation lead you in the seventh and eighth verses of a special adaptation of the movement song “Which Side Are You On?”, originally by Pete Seeger. Stay tuned for the fifth and final episode in the “Divestment Generation” mini series to hear the full song!

Cite as: Harvey-Sánchez, A. & DaSilva, J. (2023). “Divestment Generation Mini Series, Fourth Generation (Ep.4)”. Climate Justice Toronto.

EPISODE RESOURCES

UofT Fossil Fuel Divestment Timeline
Divestment and Beyond, Briarpatch Magazine Article (by Amanda Harvey-Sánchez & Sydney Lang)
Discovering University Worlds
LEAP UofT Mind Maps

SONG

Adaptation of “Which Side Are You On?” by Pete Seeger

LYRICS

Does it weigh on you at all? [High]
Does it weigh on you at all? [Low]
(x 2)
Which side are you on now?
Which side are you on?
(x 4)

SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO

Amanda Harvey-Sánchez: Twitter, Instagram, email
Julia DaSilva: julia.dasilva713@gmail.com
James Slaven: james.slaven@live.com
Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO): Instagram, Twitter
CJUofT (formerly LeapUofT): Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
2185 Art Collective: Instagram

CREDITS

Editing: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Stefan Hegerat
Original Music: Stefan Hegerat
Hosts: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva
Guests: Rivka Goetz, James Slaven, Leila Tjiang, and Léo Jourdan.
Singalong: Rebecca and participants at CJTO’s Septemb

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Divestment Generation Episode 3 Show Notes
**This is Episode 3 of the “Divestment Generation” mini series, a five episode series exploring the 9 year campaign to win fossil fuel divestment at the University of Toronto! In Episode 3, creators and co-hosts Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva speak with “Third Gen” divestment organizers - those who were involved in the campaign from 2016 until 2019, ending around the start of the pandemic. Our “Third Gen” guests are Aniket, Evelyn, and Kristine.

In our song segment, CJTO member Rebecca and participants from CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation lead you in the fifth and sixth verses of a special adaptation of the movement song “Which Side Are You On?”, originally by Pete Seeger. Stay tuned for further episodes in the “Divestment Generation” mini series to learn the rest of the song!

Cite as: Harvey-Sánchez, A. & DaSilva, J. (2023). “Divestment Generation Mini Series, Third Generation (Ep.3)”. Climate Justice Toronto.

EPISODE RESOURCESUofT Fossil Fuel Divestment TimelineDivestment and Beyond, Briarpatch Magazine Article (by Amanda Harvey-Sánchez & Sydney Lang)Discovering University WorldsThis Changes Everything (by Naomi Klein)The Leap Manifesto

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Adaptation of “Which Side Are You On?” by Pete Seeger

LYRICS
Does it weigh on you at all? [High]
Does it weigh on you at all? [Low]
(x 2)
Corporations raised you up
but we can make you fall
They picked a war with all of us
does it weigh on you at all?

SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO
Amanda Harvey-Sánchez: Twitter, Instagram, email Julia DaSilva: julia.dasilva713@gmail.com Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO): Instagram, Twitter CJUofT (formerly LeapUofT): Facebook, Twitter, Instagram 2185 Art Collective: Instagram

CREDITS
Editing: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Stefan Hegerat
Original Music: Stefan Hegerat
Hosts: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva
Guests: Aniket, Evelyn, and Kristine
Singalong: Rebecca and participants at CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation
Producer: Climate Justice Toronto

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**This is Episode 2 of the “Divestment Generation” mini series, a five episode series exploring the 9 year campaign to win fossil fuel divestment at the University of Toronto! In Episode 2, creators and co-hosts Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva speak with “Second Gen” divestment organizers - those who were active during the campaign from 2014 until President Gertler’s rejection of divestment in 2016. Our “Second Gen” guests are Katie Krelove, Ben Donato-Woodger, Keara Lightning, and Ariel Martz-Oberlander.

In our song segment, CJTO member Rebecca and participants from CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation lead you in the third and fourth verses of a special adaptation of the movement song “Which Side Are You On?”, originally by Pete Seeger. Stay tuned for further episodes in the “Divestment Generation” mini series to learn the rest of the song!**

Cite as: Harvey-Sánchez, A. & DaSilva, J. (2023). “Divestment Generation Mini Series, Second Generation (Ep.2)”. Climate Justice Toronto.

EPISODE RESOURCES

UofT Fossil Fuel Divestment Timeline

Divestment and Beyond, Briarpatch Magazine Article (by Amanda Harvey-Sánchez & Sydney Lang)

Discovering University Worlds

SONG

Adaptation of “Which Side Are You On?**” by Pete Seeger

LYRICS
Does it weigh on you at all? [High]**

Does it weigh on you at all? [Low]

(x 2)

The city’s police chief

came knocking at your door

You gave ‘em 1 billion dollars

Does it weigh on you at all?

SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO
Amanda Harvey-Sánchez: Twitter, Instagram, email

Julia DaSilva: julia.dasilva713@gmail.com Ben Donato-Woodger: https://linktr.ee/bendw

Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO): Instagram, Twitter

CJUofT (formerly LeapUofT): Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

2185 Art Collective: Instagram CREDITS
Editing: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Stefan Hegerat

Original Music: Stefan Hegerat

Hosts: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva

Guests: Katie Krelove, Ben Donato-Woodger, Keara Lightning, and Ariel Martz-Oberlander

Singalong: Rebecca and participants at CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation

Producer: Climate Justice Toronto

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**This is Episode 1 of the “Divestment Generation” mini series, a five episode series exploring the 9 year campaign to win fossil fuel divestment at the University of Toronto! In Episode 1, creators and co-hosts Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva speak with “First Gen” divestment organizers - those who were active during the campaign from its inception in 2012 until 2014, around the time of the People’s Climate March in New York City. Our “First Gen” guests are Stuart Basden, Monica Resendes, and Milan Ilnyckyj. In our song segment, CJTO member Rebecca and participants from CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation lead you in the first two verses of a special adaptation of the movement song “Which Side Are You On?”, originally by Pete Seeger. Stay tuned for further episodes in the “Divestment Generation” mini series to learn the rest of the song! This mini series emerges from Amanda’s doctoral research with CJTO, a two-year ethnographic community-based participatory research project tentatively entitled “Actualizing Everything: Affective Activism, Effective Politics, and the Future of Climate Justice Organizing in Canada”. Cite as: Harvey-Sánchez, A. & DaSilva, J. (2022). “Divestment Generation Mini Series, First Generation (Ep.1)”. Climate Justice Toronto.

EPISODE RESOURCES*UofT Fossil Fuel Divestment TimelineDivestment and Beyond, Briarpatch Magazine Article (by Amanda Harvey-Sánchez & Sydney Lang)Discovering University WorldsThe End of Protest (by Micah White)Saving Us* (by Katharine Hayhoe)**

SONG

Adaptation of “Which Side Are You On?**” by Pete Seeger

LYRICS
Which side are you on now?**

Which side are you on? (x 2)

Storms Surge and fires burn

but you don’t hear the call

‘Cause developers keep paying you

does it weigh on you at all?

SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO
Amanda Harvey-Sánchez: Twitter, Instagram, email

Julia DaSilva: julia.dasilva713@gmail.com

Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO): Instagram, Twitter

CJUofT (formerly LeapUofT): Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

2185 Art Collective: Instagram CREDITS
Editing: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Stefan Hegerat

Original Music: Stefan Hegerat

Hosts: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva

Guest: Stuart Basden, Monica Resendes, and Milan Ilnyckyj

Singalong: Rebecca and participants at CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation

Producer: Climate Justice Toronto

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This episode is the Introduction to our “Divestment Generation” mini series, a five episode series exploring the 9 year campaign to win fossil fuel divestment at the University of Toronto! This “Intro to the Series” is a conversation between the creators and co-hosts of the Divestment Generation mini-series, Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva. Here, Amanda and Julia introduce you to the scope and motivations of the “Divestment Generation” mini-series and some of the key actors and events that come up in later episodes. You may find it helpful to return to this Introduction as you listen to episodes 1-5 of the series, as well as the linked resources below!

This episode was first aired on CJRU’s Radio Everywhere program, which works in “collaboration with community organizations to produce pieces that showcase the work they’re doing, and to provide a platform for them to tell their own stories”. You can find out more about CJRU here: https://www.cjru.ca/project/radio-everywhere/

This mini-series emerges from Amanda’s doctoral research with CJTO, a two-year ethnographic community-based participatory research project tentatively entitled “Actualizing Everything: Affective Activism, Effective Politics, and the Future of Climate Justice Organizing in Canada”.

**Cite as: Harvey-Sánchez, A. & DaSilva, J. (2022). “Divestment Generation Mini Series, Intro to the Series”. Climate Justice Toronto.

EPISODE RESOURCES**

Land Story Toolkit

UofT Fossil Fuel Divestment Timeline

Divestment and Beyond, Briarpatch Magazine Article (by Amanda Harvey-Sánchez & Sydney Lang)

Climate101 (the 2016 civil disobedience action that brought Amanda and Julia together)

Discovering University Worlds

SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO

Amanda Harvey-Sánchez: Twitter, Instagram, email

Julia DaSilva: julia.dasilva713@gmail.com

Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO): Instagram, Twitter

CJUofT (formerly LeapUofT): Facebook, Twitter, Instagram 2185 Art Collective: Instagram

CLIMATE JUSTICE TORONTO

This podcast is brought to you by Climate Justice Toronto: a youth-led collective building an irresistible movement to confront the climate crisis by addressing its root causes: capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy. Find us at climatejusticeto.com

CREDITS

Editing: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Stefan Hegerat

Origi

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Chiara Padovani is a social worker, tenant organizer and human rights activist running to be the next city councilor in York South Weston, endorsed by Climate Justice Toronto. In this episode, we spoke to Chiara about the leap from grassroots organizing to electoral politics and her ongoing campaign. Chiara talked about her love for her community in York South Weston, the unique challenges it faces, and how she’s working to fight for climate justice on city council.

EPISODE RESOURCES

Land Story Toolkit: TCAN Land Acknowledgement Framework - Google Docs

Find Chiara Padovani Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston, Chiara Padovani (@chipadovani) / Twitter, Chiara Padovani (@chipadovani) • Instagram photos and videos

**SONG

Adaptation of “Anthem” by Leonard Cohen**

Anthem - YouTube

**LYRICS

Forget your perfect offering,**

Just ring the bell that still can ring,

There is a crack, a crack in everything,

That's how the light gets in,

Forget your perfect offering,

Just ring the bell that still can ring,

There is a crack, a crack in everything,

That's how the light gets in,

**CLIMATE JUSTICE TORONTO

CREDITS

Editing: Stefan Hegerat

Original Music: Stefan Hegerat

Interviewee(s): Chiara Padovani

Host: Dani Michie

Singalong: Dani Michie and Chiara Padovani

Producer: Climate Justice Toronto

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**In this episode we will be speaking with Melissa Poon, an architectural designer on regenerative and circular design in architecture. We explore the ways in which the built environment and its occupants can operate in symbiosis with nature and how that can help in our vision of a more green future. Listen further for our “temp check” segment on relevant leftist news, and actions to take, hosted by CJTO members Chloe Lederman and Freyja Chapman. Finally, learn the movement song “Everything to Gain” originally sung by Allison Beyer, co-written with Devon Sproule from Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).

EPISODE RESOURCES**

Land Story Toolkit: TCAN Land Acknowledgement Framework - Google Docs

Find Melissa Poon @mmelpoon

TEMP CHECK

Gitsxan Land Defender Fundraiser. Visit: gofund.me/9899cff5
Mutual Aid Request. Send e-transfers to: topsey84@outlook.com password: climatejustice

SONG

Song called Everything to Gain, originally sung by Allison Beyer

Co-written with Devon Sproule for Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=2yISqAlE1-8&t=4s&link_id=3&can_id=ba64e30f9d18ed8fa028b1eb7debeb4d&source=email-follow-up-to-white-supremacy-culture-characteristics-20-year-anniversary-webinar&email_referrer=email_1176362&email_subject=follow-up-to-white-supremacy-culture-characteristics-20-year-anniversary-webinar

LYRICS

When you're healed, I'm healed

When you're whole, I'm whole

When you're safe, I'm safe

When you're free, I'm free

When you can breathe, I can breathe

When you win, I win

When you're fed, I'm fed

We have everything to gain

When you're healed, I'm healed

When you're whole, I'm whole

When you're safe, I'm safe

When you're free, I'm free

When you can breathe, I can breathe

When you win, I win

When you feel respect, I feel respect

We have everything to gain

When you're healed, I'm healed

When you're whole, I'm whole

When you're safe, I'm safe

When you're free I'm free

When you can breathe, I can breathe

When you win, I win

When you're home, I'm home

We have everything to gain

CLIMATE JUSTICE TORONTO

CREDITS

Editing: Katie Tsang and Stefan Hegerat

Original Music: Stefan Hegerat

Interviewee(s): Melissa Poon

Host: Katie Tsang

Temp Check: Freyja Chapman and Chloe Lederman

Singalong: Dani Michie and Rebecca Nelson

Producer: Climate Justice Toronto

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How has COVID-19 affected educators’ teaching practices and students’ learning and wellbeing? In this episode, CJTO member Brook interviews educator Alexis Fawn and two students, Savi Gellatly-Ladd & Chloe Lederman on how their school experience has been affected by the pandemic, and what they would like to see in the transition back to school.

Temp check segment by Brook & educator Anna Osterberg and sing-along to the movement song “May the Life I Lead” with Brook, Savi Gellatly-Ladd & Chloe Lederman.

This episode was 1st aired on CJRU’s Radio Everywhere program, which works in “collaboration with community organizations to produce pieces that showcase the work they’re doing, and to provide a platform for them to tell their own stories”. More on CJRU here

EPISODE RESOURCES

Land Story Toolkit
Brook’s land story visual
Alexis’s interview on Vegan Vanguard
Alexis’s articles on teaching during COVID
1. Safe September
2. COVID in the Classroom
Paulo Freire Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Alexis: Alexisfawn.xo@gmail.com & @alexisfawn
Savi: @yellowpeach.es
Chloe: @themamagrass and EP

TEMP CHECK

Censure: @censureutoronto
CBC restricting reporters’ coverage of Palestine article
Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine
CJTO's instagram post in solidarity with Palestine
Support Palestinian Medical Relief
Support Medical Aid for Palestine
People’s Vaccine Alliance Letter to Trudeau
Free the Vaccine Collective
Colombia Go Fund Me
Encampment Support Network (ESN): Patreon, instagram @esn.to.4real and twitter @esn_to
IfNotNow’s version of “May the Life I Lead”

CLIMATE JUSTICE TORONTO

This podcast is brought to you by Climate Justice Toronto: a youth-led collective building an irresistible movement to confront the climate crisis by addressing its root causes: capitalism, colonialism & white supremacy. Find us at climatejusticeto.com

CREDITS

Editing: Brook & Stefan Hegerat
Original Music: Stefan Hegerat
Interviewees: Alexis Fawn, Savi Gellatly-Ladd & Chloe Lederman
Host: Brook
Temp Check: Brook & Anna Osterberg
Singalong: Brook, Chloe Lederman & Savi Gellatly-Ladd
Producer: Climate Justice Toronto

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**In this episode of Climate Justice Radio, host and CJTO member Bella Lyne interviews Kristen Sison, about her work as a death doula and explores the intersections of death cycles, grief and spirituality. Kristen Sison is a diasporic Filipinx Womxn community choreographer, storyteller, artist-healer, and book witch! She serves community by creating youth-led alternative educational spaces that re-imagine how we teach and talk about climate change and climate justice including Conscious Minds Camp, now Conscious Minds Co-operative, and most recently, a 3-month climate leadership program called Rooted and Rising. She is close to releasing a book called It’s Bigger Than All Of Us, an archive that reflects the process of claiming self-sovereignty within our bodies, and deepening our relationship with Spirit! She is also a founding member of Kapwa Collective, a collective and mutual support group of Filipinx-Canadian artists, critical thinkers, and healers based out of Tkaronto.

This episode explores the ways in which death cycles can make space for individual and collective transformation and offers a reflective meditation on where our movements are heading. During a time where our movements and social events have moved mostly online, Kristen reminds us of the importance of listening to our bodies and practicing selfcare.**

The episode's Temp Check features Daniel Xie and Maitri Gupta. They discuss CJTO's restructuring, a climate alliance between the federal NDP and Green parties, Ontario paid sick days, Premier Ford's Bill 251, COVID-19 and the Farmer's strike in India, Palestinian Solidarity and the crisis in Colombia . Follow the links in the resource section to take action and find out more.

**Also included in Episode 2 is an opportunity to learn a movement song with Bella and Brook. Listen and feel free to sing along to More Waters Rising by Saro Lynch Thomason.

KRISTEN SISON

@bonesthrown on Instagram
https://www.bonesthrown.com

CLIMATE JUSTICE TORONTO

climatejusticeto.com
@ClimateJusticeTO on Instagram
Climate Justice Toronto on Facebook
@CJusticeTO on Twitter

TEMP CHECK

@350canada
@ontarionurses
@ontarionursesforchange
@decentworkandhealth
@migrantmutualaid

CREDITS
Interviewee: Kristen Sison
Host: Bella Lyne
Editing: Bella Lyne, Stefan Hegerat & Alexandra Simpson
Original Music: Stefan Hegerat
Producer: Climate Justice Toronto

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What is Climate Justice Toronto anyways? How do we organize? And how can you get involved? These are some of the questions that host Alex and guest Niklas Agarwal answer in this first episode of Climate Justice Radio. Niklas, who has been organizing with CJTO since it’s early days, discusses some of the key values guiding our work, and explains some of the questions you may have had about CJTO like why do limit our organizing to young people? And what’s the justice in climate justice really all about? You also get to learn a bit more about Niklas himself as he introduces the episode with a land story and closes out by telling Alex about how he started at CJTO.
The episode also includes the first of many Temp Checks, this week Chloe Lederman and Savi Gellatly-Ladd take you through some current events update. They discuss Biden’s decision to revoke the permits for Keystone XL, the resistance against Enbridge’s line 3 pipeline, farmers protests in India, Ford’s temporary eviction ban and the struggle for more permanent solutions to the housing crisis, the fight to defund the police in Toronto by 50% and the campaign for paid sick leave. Follow the links in the resource section to take action and find out more.

Finally, you don’t want to cut this episode short, the last section is an opportunity to learn a movement song with Savi and Chloe. Listen and feel free to sing along to People Gonna Rise Like The Water.

Resources

Land Story Toolkit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iccpmRt9qVAoJmEFsrR_rGcrOP4xbThkDrfjwK-oEi0/edit?usp=sharing

Temp Check

@Resist_Line_3 on instagram and @ResistLine3 on twitter

@Justice4IndianFarmersTO

@KeepYourRent and https://keepyourrent.com

@SURJ_toronto and https://surjtoronto.com/defund

https://www.15andfairness.org/paid_sick_days_for_all

Climate Justice Toronto

@ClimateJusticeTO on Instagram

Climate Justice Toronto on Facebook

@CJusticeTO on Twitter

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