Aliénor Rougeot

Aliénor (Allie) Rougeot is a Toronto-based climate justice activist. She is a climate and energy Program Manager at Environmental Defence Canada, where she advocates for a just transition for workers and communities and for the safe reclamation of the oil sands region. Prior to this, she was a leading figure of the student climate strike movement in Canada. She was featured in The Starfish's 25 under 25 Environmentalists, and by Corporate Knights in their 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders.

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Aliénor leading the September 23rd 2022 youth climate strike in Toronto, where several thousands of students, youth and their adult allies took the streets to demand climate justice.

Finding Your Inner Activist: Debunking Three Myths about Being an Activist

By Aliénor Rougeot | July 12, 2023

In the face of the climate crisis and growing inequities, all hands are needed on deck to place justice at the top of the agenda. Polls repeatedly show that concern for inequities and climate catastrophe is on the rise. Meanwhile, opportunities to make a life out of activism are more numerous and more accessible than…

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