Green Jobs for All: Making Space for Youth in Canada’s Environmental Sector

Across Canada, young people continue to face barriers to securing green jobs, especially those who have traditionally been excluded from the environmental field.

Join this special Brown Bag Lunch to dig deeper into the challenges and opportunities for youth, especially international students and newcomers, in entering Canada’s sustainability sector. You’ll hear directly from young climate leaders and leave with valuable insights on how to make green jobs more accessible to everyone.

Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky (she/her) is a climate justice advocate, researcher and youth consultant on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. As the International Policy Specialist at Youth Climate Lab she develops resources and supports programs empowering youth to take leadership in climate spaces, particularly focused on policy advocacy, access to financing, and green entrepreneurship.

Vaniartha Vaniartha (she/her) is an international student from Indonesia residing on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. As part of the Youth Climate Lab’s RAD Cohort, she and her project partner, Haruka Aoyama, conducted the Green Jobs for International Students in Canada survey to understand the barriers faced by international students in getting into green jobs in Canada, and the resources required to eliminate these barriers.