Youth Climate Action Summit
Youth Climate Action Summit
Tired of hearing about climate change? Ready to do something about it?
Welcome to the Youth Climate Action Summit – For Youth, By Youth!
Connect with like-minded youth from across eastern Ontario.
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Connect, Discover, Create
Discover climate change facts from the experts. Explore climate action in hands-on workshops (you choose which ones are most interesting to you). Work to build a Climate Action Plan for your school or community. Share your successes and challenges with the YCAS community.
What is the Youth Climate Action Summit?
Connect
Meet like-minded youth from secondary schools, community groups and homeschools from across eastern Ontario – and beyond!
Map of November 2022 Attendees
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Discover
Learn about climate change from experts during the keynote address.
Choose the interactive workshops that interest you. For example:
- Composting
- Political action (non-partisan)
- Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species
- Art as Action
- Building Climate Resilience
Create
Learn how to turn ideas into action with a short workshop on Climate Action Planning. Hear from other youth as they share their successes and challenges in putting their Climate Action Plans in place. What will you do?
Char-Lan District High School built a composter to support their school gardens. Food from the gardens goes to a free breakfast program for students and a local food bank!
Fulford Academy built a composter to divert food waste from the landfill.
Registration is closed until September 2023
Interested in Volunteering?
YCAS is run BY youth FOR youth. Interested in volunteering (and racking up some volunteer hours)?
Past Sponsors
Show your support for youth and the environment as a sponsor of the next Youth Climate Action Summit. Download our Sponsorship Package for more information.
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Wild Center & The Youth Climate Summit
This Youth Climate Summit is based on a model started by The Wild Center’s Youth Climate Program. The Wild Center’s Youth Climate Program works globally to convene and empower young people to implement climate action plans in their schools and communities through Youth Climate Summits.
For more information on The Wild Center’s Youth Climate Program, visit
