She/her UBC Social Justice PhD student & Elementary Teacher—climate justice, feminist, Indigenous rights activist
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined May 2012
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Cate May Burton retweeted
Minister @s_guilbeault: Are you ready to finally phase out ALL fossil fuels? This means mentioning COAL, OIL and GAS in the cover draft! We kindly ask you to submit your answer below:
We are counting on you….
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⏰ The clock is ticking! We are entering the “official” last hours of #COP27, but we are still without a strong draft cover document📑
As @UN SG @antonioguterres stated “We are at crunch time in #COP27 negotiations” and we have an important question for World Leaders: 🧵
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This is a small window into what environmental racism looks like. The Climate crisis affects everyone but we cannot pick and choose who to care about.
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Isn't it amazing how Canadian media and people are freaking out about the European Heat wave (hitting temps in 40s) while the same ones barely cared about the heat wave in South Asia (hitting 50C temps) in April.
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Cate May Burton retweeted
We need bold and necessary climate action and we need it now. @JustinTrudeau, for #COP26, you must commit to delivering a climate-safe future. Youth deserve a safe future and a livable world. #ClimateJusticeNow #ClimateActionNow teapawt.net/leadnowca/status/14551…
#COP26 is a critical opportunity for us to change course on climate. @JustinTrudeau, we're counting on you to deliver a climate-safe future that leaves no one behind. #CdnPoli #JustTransition
Cate May Burton retweeted
EXTENDED DEADLINE until July 11, 2021 at 11:59pm PDT!
We are looking for BIPOC youth from the ages of 14-24 to join a community of like-minded people to support each other in art, activism, and storytelling! Check out our application at tinyurl.com/RENBetheChange
Cate May Burton retweeted
Welcome to the @OECD Secretary, @MathiasCormann! Will you stick to your commitment & rally the world behind ambitious climate action to keep us safe? FIRST TEST: Support @IEA’s & @fbirol’s #NZ2050 to keep us below 1.5ºC. Prove your critics wrong. Don't sink Paris #fixtheWEO
Cate May Burton retweeted
Today is #TotalAGM 🚨 France’s climate killer aims to build the EACOP pipeline, drilling in Uganda's Murchinson Falls Park, displacing thousands of citizens and risking the chances for #1Point5 🔥@EmmanuelMacron & @PPouyanne is this what climate leadership looks like? #StopEACOP!
Cate May Burton retweeted
Please join us tomorrow night for a great book launch! Growing up Elizabeth May. Authors Sylvia Olsen and @VCateMB and me. Tuesday May 18th, 7 PM BC time- sign up at link below. #BCGreens #GPC hosted by @TannersBooks
Hey folks, check out this fun #BCGreens event next week with me, Sylvia Olsen, @AdamPOlsen and @ElizabethMay chatting about our new book #GrowingUpElizabethMay. Register @ Https://tinyurl.com/rsvp-eli…!
@orcabook @BCGreens #kidsbook #empower #youth #activism #booklaunch #ClimateAction
Cate May Burton retweeted
Cops lie.
Cops do not need more training.
Body cameras do not prevent police violence (police *are* violence).
Police do not keep us safe (police *are* unsafe).
We do not need to diversify police.
Police must be abolished. In our lifetime.
Cate May Burton retweeted
International Energy Agency director @Fbirol talks a good game but @IEA's flagship report misguides governments, underplays clean energy, & scores goals for the fossil fuel industry. Here's our @FT ad calling on him to put 1.5C at the heart of #WEO2021
#netzerosummit #WEO21 @OECD
Cate May Burton retweeted
Looking for something lovable to read this Valentine's Day and Reading Week? We're here to help! Check out our selection of love-themed adult and children's books: xwi7xwa.library.ubc.ca/2021/…
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The Mi'kmaq are under attack for exercising their right to fish for a moderate livelihood. Send a message to @JustinTrudeau and @BernJordanMP calling on them to urgently take action to protect Mi'kmaq treaty rights. act.leadnow.ca/mikmaq-fisher…
Cate May Burton retweeted
Communications Blockade is working!
KKR stopped answering their New York Line, so here’s their California number!
Call and tell them to Stop funding Coastal GasLink
+1 (650) 233-6560
#ShutdownKKR
#wetsuwetenStrong
Cate May Burton retweeted
Hey @cafreeland @JustinTrudeau you said the #COVID19 recovery should be just & sustainable. But actions speak louder than words. Will the Throne Speech commit us to a green & #justrecovery? @standearth #cdnpoli #greenrecovery #oneearthonevoice bit.ly/2DfU57D
Cate May Burton retweeted
In response to widespread calls to defund police & invest in communities - borne of rampant police killings of Black and Indigenous people across Toronto and Canada -the city votes instead for on an increase in police funding for “reforms” already known to be ineffective. Shame.
Cate May Burton retweeted
Racial inclusion is a part of the journey to racial justice, but inclusion is not enough. We need transformative institutional change, not performative gestures masquerading as meaningful change.
Cate May Burton retweeted
if you need a global pandemic to help you ram through fossil fuel infrastructure projects, maybe that's a sign you've lost the social license required to build said projects.
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Alberta minister says it’s a ‘great time’ to build a pipeline because COVID-19 restrictions limit protests against them dlvr.it/RXKlvW
