The Leap in the News
June, 15 2020: The Leap workers vote to join Canada’s largest union: CUPE
May, 28 2020: The Leap hosts panel discussion People’s Bailout: From Relief to Reimagining with housing justice leaders and organizers.
May, 19 2020: Naomi Klein with Arundhati Roy discuss A Global Green New Deal hosted by Haymarket Books
May, 1 2020: The Leap launches a “Peoples Bailout”, a crisis response to advance urgent demands around housing, healthcare, work, and more.
April, 30 2020: Hari Kondabolu talks about corporate rent strikes and the need to cancel rent during the pandemic!
April, 9 2020: Naomi Klein discuses in part two of their online teach-in, “How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism.”
March, 29 2020: James Hutt joins webinar on COVID-19 and the future of public transit with panelists including Desmond Cole and Carlos Santos.
March, 19 2020: “Coronavirus Capitalism”, Naomi Klein’s case for the transformative change amid the pandemic
March, 15 2020: Avi Lewis writes in the Globe and Mail, in the midst of converging crises, the Green New Deal is the answer.
January 16,2020: James Hutt makes the case for 2020 to be the year of fare free transit.
December 20,2019: Maya Menezes talks about how climate strikes are part of greater picture of youth activism
October 3,2019: Avi Lewis discusses with how populism is a force for good with TVO politics
October 1, 2019: The Leap’s Batul Gulamhusein discusses just transition as a core demand of the Green New Deal
September 3,2019: Avi Lewis calls for Election 2019 to be one that builds a Green New Deal for Canada
August 8,2019: The Leap’s James Hutt discusses putting Climate Justice on the Bargaining Table with Rank and File
June 21, 2019: The Leap’s Avi Lewis on CTV news discussing Scheer’s federal climate plan
June 19, 2019: The Leap’s Avi Lewis in Edmonton on Global News discussing climate crisis and why we need a Green New Deal
June 11, 2019: The Leap launches a cross-country tour to demand a Green New Deal with Naomi Klein, David Suzuki and Pam Palmater
June 11, 2019: The Leap’s Maya Menezes makes the case for why migrant justice is climate justice
April 18, 2019: Democracy Now invites Avi Lewis and Molly Crabapple to discuss the video about a Green New Deal they made in collaboration with Naomi Klein and Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez
April 11, 2019: Teen Vogue wrote a story about our work connecting climate change and migration
April 2, 2019: Katie McKenna, one of our co-Executive Directors moderated a panel called A Green New Deal for Hamilton with Nrinder Nann, Matthew Green and Sarah Jama. Watch the live-stream here
February 12, 2018: Our Strategic Director, Avi Lewis, wrote an op-ed in the Star about Canada’s Green New Deal.
December 14, 2018: Maya Menezes, our Senior Manager of Development and Programming, on Democracy Now discussing the direct action in Katowice, Poland during COP 24
December 10, 2018: Naomi Klein, our co-founder is on a panel at the Sander Institute with Bill McKibben, Winona LaDuke, Matt Nelson, and Dr. Stephanie Kelton to discuss what a Green New Deal would look like. Watch the livestream of the panel here.
November 6, 2018: Avi Lewis and Regan Boychuk author an op-ed in the Toronto Star about how reclamation and clean up of Alberta’s oil patch will create thousands of jobs.
Avi Lewis is on CTV News talking about Canada’s political landscape, and the Canadian premier’s meeting. Watch the video here.
October 10, 2018: Avi Lewis, Mike Palacek, and Brenda MacAuley co-author an op-ed in The Star about how postal workers can deliver action on climate change.