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Susan Tanner Celebrated as Founding Chair of LEAF

Recognition of Susan’s Leadership On February 11, 2026, Susan Tanner, Vice Chair of the Group of 78, was celebrated as the founding Chair of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), a non-profit advocacy group working for gender equality through litigation, law reform and public education. She accepted this well-deserved honour at an event on Parliament Hill… Continue Reading Susan Tanner Celebrated as Founding Chair of LEAF

Culpeper and Tanner: Canada is losing the fight against climate calamity

ROY CULPEPER & SUSAN TANNER Ottawa Citizen Newspaper Opinion Column Updated: October 15, 2018   Three things are conspicuously weak in Canada’s strategy to combat climate change: We have insufficient resolve to reduce the supply and consumption of fossil fuels; we need better incentives to promote the development of and shift to renewable energy; and national and provincial plans to… Continue Reading Culpeper and Tanner: Canada is losing the fight against climate calamity

MEETING THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE: Accelerating the Transition to a Post-Carbon World

The conference will examine questions such as:
• The complex context of the Climate Challenge, nationally and internationally, and the policy framework required to address it.
• The leadership needed to promote global cooperation in addressing the Climate Crisis in a timely manner.
• Creating coherence between green public policies and related socio-economic policies such as military and trade agreements.

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