Environment & Diversity Project

Who's Involved

Collaborative Partners

During project conception, Sustainability Network put a call out to its network, asking organizations to attend a planning session to help develop the diversity project idea. The organizations that committed to becoming more diverse and inclusive became the project's collaborative partners, with Sustainability Network as project lead. The six organizations are:

The collaborative directly benefits the participating environmental organizations. If these ENGOs are stronger, this will, in turn, also help to foster the development of healthy, caring communities and improved environmental quality in Ontario. For more information on how we're building capacity, visit the Diversity Activities section.

Resource Team

Our core Resource Team for the project brings facilitation skills, expertise and perspectives in ethno-cultural and Aboriginal diversity and project evaluation. The Team includes:

We have also included the help of the following guest facilitators and experts in our training and coaching sessions:

Advisory Council

A broader Advisory Council provides the project collaborative with advice and resources. Meetings of this group will also help build networks between groups to share learnings at a larger scale. The Advisory Council currently includes:

  • Saira Ansari, EcoSpark
  • Sophia Ali, Family Service Toronto
  • Fatima Crerar, Clean Air Foundation
  • Yves Danteau, Toronto Region Conservation
  • Catherine Winter, Maytree Foundation
  • Lidia Ferreira, FutureWatch
  • Cheryl Gudz, Earthday Canada
  • Lorna McCue, Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
  • Barb McKean, Royal Botanical Gardens
  • Paula Messina, Toronto Green Community
  • Peter Mitchell, Centre for Land and Water Stewardship
  • Anu Radha Verma,Volunteer
  • Karen Sun, Chinese Canadian National Council – Toronto Chapter
  • Merebeth Switzer, Ducks Unlimited
  • Cindy Tan, CivicAction
  • Chris Winter, Live Green Toronto, Conservation Council of Ontario

The Sustainability Network is proud to offer the Environment & Diversity Project with funding support from: