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Shake Up The Establishment
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Youth-led nonprofit promoting climate justice & political action in what is currently Canada

Non-Partisan • Evidence-Informed • Community-Centred

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The Sustainable Jobs Act mandates multiple measures for the federal government to advance supports for workers and communities in the transition to a net-zero economy.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Youth are facing uncertainty amidst increased rates of unemployment, costs of living, and intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. Addressing these concerns will require coordination between workforce supports and a transition to non/low-emitting industries and technologies.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Swipe through to read Shake Up The Establishment’s recommendations for the 2026-2030 Sustainable Jobs Action Plan 💼📝
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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At Shake Up The Establishment, we are working to advance climate justice, through education, advocacy and community action. We do this while centering joy, rest, and resistance — because the climate movement must be sustainable and built to last. ❤️‍🔥
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Let’s break down the Sustainable Jobs Act, and what a just transition means! 🌿
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Each session in this curated series is free & open to all - no prior knowledge needed. Whether you join one meeting or the whole series, you’ll find a supportive community to explore this year’s chosen topics around the theme 'Shifting Paradigms: Reimagining Climate Solutions Through a Justice Lens'
Slide #3: The title reads 'Session 1' sub heading 'December 6, 2025 at 5:30pm EST | Online via Zoom' Below that it reads 'Climate Justice and the Local: How Addressing Urban Issues of Housing, Affordability and Transportation Uplift Marginalized Communities Facing the Brunt of the Climate Crisis' 'Facilitated by Naisha Khan (she/her)' to the right is a headshot of Naisha Khan. Underneath in a bullet point list it reads 'What You'll Learn: Understand how neoliberalism shaped municipal planning, placing growing systemic burdens on local communities. Recognize how marginalized communities are disproportionately affected in cities and how this impacts climate action. Understand that healthy communities are the basis for climate action, as a resilient community is a climate resilient community. Envision how urban planning principles can improve communities. Understand how essential and effective mutual aid is in the fight for climate justice, looking at case studies from the GTA region.' At the bottom it reads 'Register for free at TinyURL.com/ActiveLearningClub' Slide #4: The title reads 'Session 2' sub heading 'December 7, 2025 at 3:30pm EST | Online via Zoom' Below that it reads 'Disability and Climate Justice: Why Disability Justice is Fundamental to Climate Advocacy' 'Facilitated by Grace (they/she)' to the right is a picture of Grace. Underneath in a bullet point list it reads 'What You'll Learn: Understand, identify and address common forms of ableism in our work culture. Reframe understanding of disability and access in relationships by deconstructing internalized ableist beliefs. Implement disability justice frameworks when approaching climate justice advocacy. Discover Toronto based organizations, community leaders and groups committed to disability justice in their advocacy.' At the bottom it reads 'Register for free at: TinyURL.com/ActiveLearningClub' Slide #5: The title reads 'Session 3' sub heading 'December 13, 2025 at 5:30pm EST | Online via Zoom' Below that it reads 'Indigenous Icons of Canada: Reclaiming the Brilliance and Resistance of our Ancestors' 'Facilitated by Atreyu Lewis (they/he)' to the right is a picture of Atreyu. Underneath in a bullet point list it reads 'What You'll Learn: Understand the relevance and historical significance of early 20th-century First Nations figures, their lives and careers in Old Toronto and why it's vital to bring their stories into public consciousness. Explore how language, stories and culture survived through education, grassroots organizing and policies linking to real historical examples of Toronto grassroots organizations, GTA based advocates and campaigns. Recognize ongoing patterns of colonial oppression across time through GTA institutional treatment & how they persist today in different social fields. Reflect on the importance of sharing these histories within Indigenous urban Toronto community and what it means to strive for true reconciliation and justice as both urban Indigenous people and settler allies. Connect Indigenous Canadian history to the modern climate justice movement, understand why we must learn from community leaders, elders and activists.' At the bottom it reads 'Register for free at: TinyURL.com/ActiveLearningClub'
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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We are so excited to announce this year’s curated Active Learning Club (ALC) meeting series as part of our Righting History project!

ALC meetings are spaces to unlearn & learn together about climate and social justice in a safe, brave, and accountable environment.
This is a multi-slide post. Slide #1: The top left corner has the Righting History logo and beside it reads 'ACTIVE LEARNING CLUB PRESENTS' Below that is an image of people sitting down around a table listening to a speaker with the title reading 'Shifting Paradigms: Reimagining Climate Solutions Through a Justice Lens' At the bottom of the slide it reads '3 Interactive workshops FREE | Open to the public' Slide #2: On an orange background the title reads 'What is the Active Learning Club?' Below that it reads 'Active Learning Club (ALC) meetings are spaces to unlearn and learn together about climate and social justice in a safe, brave and accountable environment. Each session in this year's curated series is free and open to everyone - no prior knowledge needed. Whether you join one meeting or the whole series, you'll find a supportive community ready to explore this year's chosen topics alongside you.' 'You can also find additional ALC resource compilations on topics from previous years at ShakeUpTheEstab.org/Active-Learning-Club/'
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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It might be getting colder… but we’re still blooming 🌻

Our Superbloom shirts celebrate the community that keeps SUTE growing — boldly, creatively, and as an unstoppable force to sustain an intergenerational movement.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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BREAKING: The federal government is set to unveil the budget this afternoon, but our expectations of funding moving towards community-centred climate justice are falling short.
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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💥LAST CALL TO APPLY FOR RIGHTING HISTORY’S PAID OPPORTUNITIES💥

👥 Open to everyone in Canada, we especially encourage (im)migrants, Indigenous, racialized, queer, trans & LGBTQIA+ folks, youth (18-35), women & gender-diverse people with lived experiences to participate given our theme and focus.
This is a single slide post. On a rocky water shore line background with a dark brown transparent filter over it there is the Righting History logo at the top center. Below that it reads ‘FINAL CALL FOR:’ Underneath it in a yellow rounded box outline it reads ‘SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP’ ‘Apply by October 30th!’ beside it and ‘$500 per selected Scholar’ below it. In another yellow rounded box outline below it reads ‘LITERARY CONTEST’ ‘Submit by November 1st!’ beside it and then ‘1st Place: $750 2nd Place: $500 3rd Place: $250 7 Honourable mentions at $150 each’. At the bottom center it reads ‘RightingHistory.ca’
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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​​In addition to our plethora of free educational resources, events and advocacy, Shake Up The Establishment offers professional services that help organizations, educators, and networks embed climate justice, equity, and community-centred practices into their work.
The title reads 'HIRE US FOR YOUR NEXT CLIMATE JUSTICE EVENT, PROJECT OR CAMPAIGN!' In a rounded square box below in the center in a bullet point list it reads 'Our professional services include: Educational Workshops and Events, Community-Based Research Projects, Custom Resource Creation and Design, Campaign Development and Management, Policy Development Analysis Evaluation, Speaking Engagements' 'VISIT SHAKEUPTHEESTAB.ORG/SERVICES' Below that is an image of a SUTE member holding a microphone and speaking to a group of youth with the Shake Up The Establishment logo at the bottom left corner. The title reads 'Testimonial' and there are 5 yellow stars underneath. Below is a quote that reads 'It was an absolute joy to partner with Shake Up the Establishment on their event Exploring Rest, Recovery, Resistance in Pedagogy. SUTE hosted a 1.5 hour workshop and Q+A for educators across K-12, non-profit, and university sectors, to help educators ground their work in intersectional justice, community care and wellbeing, and constructive hope. Educators in attendance described it as a profoundly nourishing, inspiring and enlightening event and promised to use the work in their curricula and amplify it throughout their networks. Such a special evening highlighting an incredible youth-created resource!' In a round pill shaped oval below that it reads 'Dr. Grace Nosak Youth Climate Action Toronto (YCAT) project at University of Toronto'. Underneath is an image of a SUTE member smiling while holding the microphone while presenting with the Shake Up The Establishment logo at the bottom left corner.
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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✒️💥REMINDER: Time is running out to apply for these three amazing paid opportunities at Righting History!

If you're a writer, creative, researcher, community organizer, poet, storyteller, scholar, activist and/or academic learn more at: RightingHistory.ca
Righting History logo is at the top of the page. In three rectangular boxes it reads 'ACTIVE LEARNING CLUB FACILITATORS' 'Apply by October 15th!' '$500 per selected facilitator'. In the second box it reads 'SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP' 'Apply by October 30th!' '$500 per selected Scholar'. In the last box it reads 'LITERARY CONTEST' 'Enter by November 1st!' '1st place: $750 2nd place: $500 3rd place: $250 7 Honourable Mentions at $150 each'. At the bottom of the page it reads 'RightingHistory.ca'
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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ALC meetings invite our community to unlearn and learn together about climate & social justice. This initiative is part of our anti-colonial education platform, Righting History. Our hope is to equip community organizers with the tools, knowledges & skills to advocate for necessary systemic changes.
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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🌿Calling all community organizers, researchers, and storytellers, we have a paid opportunity curated just for you!

We’re seeking facilitators to design and lead one 1.5 hour-long online workshop each, as part of our Active Learning Club (ALC), between November 15 – December 15, 2025.
This is a multi-slide post 'CALL FOR ACTIVE LEARNING CLUB FACILITATORS' Righting History Logo underneath it. Background image is a group of youth sitting in a learning circle Slide #2: 'Active Learning Club (ALC) meetings invite our community to unlearn/learn together about climate and social justice.' 'We're seeking facilitators (educators, organizers, knowledge-keepers, researchers, storytellers) to design and lead one 1.5 hour-long online workshop session between November 15th-December 15th, 2025. Our hope with this work is to help equip community organizers with the tools knowledges, and skills to advocate for necessary systemic changes.' Slide #3: The title reads 'Expectations for Facilitators' in a bullet point list below 'Create a brief resource list for participants to engage in pre-and/or post-session' 'Design an interactive 1.5 hour-long online workshop' 'Create a safe, brave and accountable space for inclusive participation' '30 minute tech-check and practice run before scheduled session' 'Workshops will be recorded and edited to be shared on YouTube and other channels' In an burnt orange drawn oval circle 'This year's theme is 'Shifting Paradigms: Reimagining Climate Solutions Through a Justice Lens' Slide #4: The title reads 'Compensation and Supports' below that in a bullet point list is '$500 per selected facilitator (3 total)' 'Our team will provide Zoom hosting, tech moderation, live captions + a short run-through with feedback prior to your event' Title reads 'Eligibility' below that in a bullet point list 'Open to anyone in Canada' 'We especially encourage (im)migrants, Indigenous, racialized, queer, trans & LGBTQIA+ folks, youth (18-35), women & gender-diverse people with lived experiences to participate given our theme and focus' 'Priority consideration for Toronto and Greater Toronto Area-based applicants due to funding'
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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These resources are meant to be tools for critical inquiry, collective healing, & political imagination. They will live on our website/be promoted with full credit to their creators.

✊ This year’s theme, Lessons from Movements Before Ours: Sharing Stories Necessary for our Future.
'Submit your Proposal by Oct 30th at: RightingHistory.ca' 'Questions? Email: rh@shakeuptheestab.org.' 'Open to anyone in Canada. We especially welcome Indigenous, racialized, (im)migrant, women, gender-diverse and 2SLGBTQ+ facilitators as well as youth (18-35) with lived experiences to participate given our theme. Priority consideration for Toronto and Greater Toronto Area-based applicants due to our funding.'
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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💥📝 We have a paid opportunity to create resources that connect lessons from past movements to today’s struggles.

The Righting History Scholars Fellowship is seeking individuals to research & create accessible educational resources for our anti-colonial education platform, Righting History.
This is a multi-slide post. Slide #1: Righting History logo and the top center with 'Scholars Fellowship' below it and 'Earn $500 to create an educational resource!' Slide #2: 'We are providing $500 for individuals interested in researching and creating an educational resource for our anti-colonial education platform, Righting History. These educational resources are meant to be tools for critical inquiry, collective healing and political imagination and will live on our website/be promoted across our platforms with full credit to their creators' Image of people holding posters that say 'People Over Profit' from Draw the Line at the bottom right corner Slide #3: 'This year's theme is 'Lessons from Movements Before Ours: Sharing Stories Necessary for our Future' in a bullet point list below 'Lessons and tactics from movements for racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice' 'Theories and modes of organizing informed by Indigenous sovereignty, abolitionist organizing, disability justice, queer/trans liberation' 'Strategies to address polarization, disinformation, facism and propaganda' 'Links between historical movements an today's struggles for equity and systemic change' Image of people holding posters from Draw the Line Vancouver at the bottom left corner. 'Photo credit: Mike Graeme' Slide #4: The title reads 'Formats We Accept:' In a bullet point list below 'Article (approx. 750 - 2500 words with in-text citations and references list)' 'Zine (5-10 pages long, with 200-word artist statement and references list)' 'Video (5-10 minutes long, with 200-word summary and references list)' 'Podcast (15-30 mins long, with 50-100 word description and verbatim transcript with in-citations and/or references list)' 'Apply by October 30th!'
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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🔥 We believe storytelling is a tool of resistance, healing, and transformation. Through this year’s theme: (Im)migration Stories at the Nexus of Climate Justice in so-called Canada, we invite folks to explore the intersections of environment, equity, and resistance through original creative works.
'Submit Your Entry by Nov 1 at: RightingHistory.ca/Literary-Contest' 'To ask questions or share any support needs, please email: rh@shakeuptheestab.org.'
October 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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✒️📚Calling all writers, poets & creatives, we have a paid opportunity for you!

We’re looking for original fiction, nonfiction &/or poetry pieces to be featured on Righting History - an anti-colonial education platform created by the national climate justice organization Shake Up The Establishment.
This is a mutli-slide post. Righting History's logo in the top left corner. 'Literary Contest 2025' with a image of hand holding a pen. 'Over $2,500 in prizes!' Slide #2: 'Our literary contest's theme this year is: (Im)migration Stories at the Nexus of Climate Justice in Canada' 'Within the context of Bill C-2 and Bill C-5, we're creating space for migrants roles, rights and contributions in so-called Canada, and are seeking literary contributions that centre migrants' perspectives on climate and social justice and trace connections between places, memories, borders and ecologies.' Image of two protesters from Draw the Line Vancouver holding signs that say 'Regularize Everyone status for all' and 'Migrant Rights are Workers Rights' 'photo credit: Mike Graeme' Slide #3: the title reads 'Submission Guidelines' in three bullet points below that it reads 'One original, unpublished piece in English per person (and please do not submit it elsewhere until we finalize our collection by or before Dec 31, 2025)' 'Open to anyone in Canada' 'We especially encourage (im)migratns, Indigenous, racialized, queer, trans & LGBTQIA+ folks, youth (18-35), women & gender-diverse people with lived experiences to participate given our theme and focus' 'Enter by November 1st!'
October 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Are you getting tired of smoky summers and countless forest fires? Feeling like climate change/action became less of a priority over the last couple of years? You’re not alone.

On Oct 5th @ Trout Lake 3 pm, come talk power, action and community with a side of Earnest Ice Cream and good vibes🍦
Event poster for 'Connect the dots, trout Lake, park hang' 'bring your pals + coziest fall fits to chat about how climate justice connects with the issues shaping our everyday lives - from rent control, to free transit, to taking on billionaire influence. We'll have ice cream!' 'Time 3-5pm' 'Date Sunday October 5th' 'Ice cream by Earnest!' 'Location 3300 Victoria Drive, Vancouver BC'
September 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Toronto showed up to #DrawTheLine! This was an AMAZING day filled with powerful speakers, passionate activists, and community justice! We were so grateful to have the opportunity to table at this historic event.

Swipe for more from Toronto's #DrawTheLine!
September 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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September 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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September 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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In a historic demonstration representing communities and organizations, tens of thousands of people across Canada took to the streets to demand a just and safe future for all.

Swipe to see some incredible and powerful photos from Saturday's event! All photos by Mike Graeme.

#DTL #DrawTheLine
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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✨HERE IS WHO IS DRAWING THE LINE WITH US IN SO-CALLED VANCOUVER! ✨

This is a collective stand for justice in all its forms.
See you on Saturday Sept 20th to #DrawTheLine on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ Nations ✊
A poster for the "Draw the Line" event. At the top, bold white text on a dark background declares "DRAW THE LINE" with the tagline "FOR PEOPLE. FOR PEACE. FOR THE PLANET." directly beneath it. Centered below is a land acknowledgement in white text: "Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations." The central event information is presented in a large, bold font: "SEPT 20, 2025" and "VANCOUVER." The itinerary is detailed in clear sections: 2PM - RALLY & MARCH FROM VPL CENTRAL (GEORGIA ST) 4PM - GATHERING AT SCIENCE WORLD PARK A detailed schedule follows: 2:00pm: Gather at VPL for kick-off. The emcees are listed as Tara Shushtarian and Ghazal Murad. Features a welcome by Shane Pointe, a Musqueam knowledge keeper, and a speech by Mark Hancock, president of CUPE national. 2:30pm: March begins from VPL. 4:00pm: Program at Creekside Park begins.It includes a welcome by Audrey Siegl of Musqueam. The list of speakers is presented with their affiliations: Veronique Soufi, BC Society for Policy Solutions Rayanna Seymour, West Coast Environmental Law Byron Cruz, Sanctuary Health Tamer Aburamadan, Al-Awda Anjali Appadurai, Climate Emergency Unit The poster concludes with a list of special performances by: Butterflies in Spirit, described as an Indigenous dance group. Desiree Dawson, described as a singer-songwriter. The overall color scheme of the graphic features white and light yellow text on a dark blue-green background, creating a striking and legible contrast.
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM