Sierra Club Canada

Sierra Club Canada
Abbreviation SCC
Formation 1963
Type Environmental organization based in Canada
Legal status Active
Purpose Environmental activism
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Region served
Canada
Membership
10,000
Official language
English, French
Website www.sierraclub.ca

Sierra Club Canada (SCC) is a Canadian environmental organization. It is part of the environmental movement.

The roots of Sierra Club Canada go back to 1963, when environmentalists in British Columbia affiliated themselves with the Sierra Club of the United States (many of these individuals were prominent in the founding of Greenpeace). Sierra Club Canada became a pan-Canadian organization in 1989, and was legally incorporated as a Canadian organization in 1992.

As of 2010 it has approximately 10,000 members and supporters. Its main office is in Ottawa.

Organization

Sierra Club Canada is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, three members of which are elected each year in an election in which all SCC members can vote. Two of the seats are reserved for youth members of the Club.

SCC currently has five Chapters (Atlantic, British Columbia, Ontario, Prairies, and Quebec) and the Sierra Youth Coalition. It has offices in Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Victoria.

In addition, SCC includes several local groups working mostly at the municipal level.

Executive Directors

  1. 1989-2006: Elizabeth May
  2. 2006 - 2009: Stephen Hazell
  3. 2009–present: John Bennett

Affiliates and subsidiaries

SCC is also affiliated with the Sierra Club Canada Foundation and the Sierra Club British Columbia Foundation.

The Sierra Youth Coalition is the youth-led wing of the Sierra Club Canada.

SCC is a major member of the Canadian Environmental Network.

Successes

Over the years Sierra Club Canada has influenced environmental policy and legislative initiatives. The following list of milestones provides an indication of some of the campaigns that Sierra Club has been involved in, both in coalition with others and as a leading advocate.

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

ITER project

In 2003, Sierra Club Canada lobbied extensively to stop Canadian participation in the ITER project. The SCC, arguing that the research project was a subsidy, influenced public opinion against the project. Canada is now no longer involved in ITER.

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