Our Public Outreach Strategy

At BE Initiative, we believe that social progress does not necessarily happen with time, it happens with long-term campaigning and education on important issues.

Our objective is to denormalize the fact that poorer communities, which often include Black, Brown and Immigrant people, are unfairly exposed to the harm of pollution. Our objective is also to promote and implement solutions that we think can address the issues.

In order to make this change, we have invested a lot of our energy in public outreach.

BE Initiative in the media

Making space for Black leaders in Canada’s climate movement – January 2022

The Philantropic year- December 2021, The Philantropic year, volume 3

CTV – Realities of racism panel – November 2021

CTV – Realities of racism – November 2021 – COP 26 comments

TTYE – September 2021 The Climate Crisis Inequality All the Parties Are Ignoring

Toronto Star – June 2021 How Canada is moving to end the systemic ‘environmental racism’ that has been the toxic burden of racialized and Indigenous people for decades

CBC – April 2021 Le racisme environnemental, c’est quoi? | Questions-réponses | Rad

Radio Canada – April 2021 Qu’est-ce que le racisme environnemental? En quoi cela concerne-t-il le Canada?

CBC – March 2021 The movement to address environmental racism is growing. This bill could provide the data it needs

OUR TIMES – February 2021 Here for all seasons

TTYE, November 2020 Canada’s Big Chances to Address Environmental Racism

BE Initiative in universities

Nardos and Samantha spoke in a panel at the University of Toronto

BE Initiative in schools

Tayssa and Xavier spoke in a classroom at College Maisonneuve

BE Initiative in businesses

Naolo along with Ingrid Waldron presented on environmental justice at TDI Insurance

BE Initiative in online spaces

The Dr. Vibe Show™: The Morning Vibe™ – October 18, 2021

BE Initiative in networks

Toronto Public Library – Urban Planning and Environmental Racism

Amnistie International – April 2021 Racisme systémique et environnement

2021 Environment Funders Conference

Environmental Justice Mural Project

BE Initiative is a member of Environment Canada Natural Thriving Environments Advisory Table

BE Initiative is a member of the steering committee of the Toronto Non-Profit Network

BE Initiative is a member of the National Environmental Justice Network in America along with NAACP and CBTU.

Be Initiative is a founding member of the Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice

BE Initiative is a member of Vision 2030 by Sustainability Network

BE Initiative in neighbourhoods

Because of the global pandemic, BE Initiative has not yet started raising awareness in neighbourhoods.