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The Climate Action Standing Committee (CASC) is proud to present The Changing Climate of Work, a two-part webinar series examining how climate change and green transitions are reshaping jobs, politics, and education. Bringing together experts in labour, policy, and green economics, the series explores both opportunities and challenges for workers and communities in the context of a changing climate and shifting economic baseline.
Part 1, The Changing Climate of Work: Political, Economic and Social Challenges for a Green Transition, investigates how shifting politics, economic restructuring, and social inequality shape the possibilities for a green transition. Speakers will consider what it will take to align climate goals with decent work, strong communities, and space for inclusion.
Speakers
Seth Klein is a public policy researcher, writer and speaker based in Vancouver, BC. He served for five years (2021-2025) as founder, Team Lead and Director of Strategy of the Climate Emergency Unit. Prior to that, he served for 22 years as the founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), a social justice think tank. He is the author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, a regular columnist with Canada’s National Observer, an adjunct professor with Simon Fraser University’s Urban Studies program, and serves on the board of the BC Society for Policy Solutions.
John Calvert is a recently retired Simon Fraser University Associate Professor. His academic training was at Western and the London School of Economics. In his early career he was a researcher for the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Subsequently, he spent almost a decade as a policy analyst in the BC government. Then he moved to SFU where he taught for 14 years. He has written or co-written a number of books, including Government Limited, the Facts on Free Trade, Pandora’s Box and most recently 35 Accords: Reimagining British Columbia’s Public Sector Labour Relations with Tony Penikett. He has also written extensively for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on economic and environmental issues. His post-retirement work has involved developing climate literacy modules for use in Canada’s construction apprenticeship programs. He lives in Vancouver.
Megan Gordon, manager of the Pembina Institute’s Equitable Transition Program, focuses on the socio-economic dimensions of Canada’s clean energy transition. She works closely with labour and community partners to advance people-centered climate policy and serves on the board of Blue-Green Canada. Previously, Megan worked at Environment and Climate Change Canada supporting workers and communities affected by the transition away from coal, and has advanced academic research on regional workforce transitions in the forest sector. She holds a Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies from the University of Northern British Columbia.
