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2018 IMPACT REPORT

Great Pacific Garbage Patch © Justin Hofman / Greenpeace

In 2018 you opened your emails You shared the issues that matter to you on Facebook and Twitter

You signed an online petition You united with others

And you donated what you could to fund more actions You got in your kayak

You abseiled from bridges You climbed the Olympic Park Stadium And you blocked a tar sands oil tanker

You risked arrest and forced oil giant Kinder Morgan to abandon its tar sands pipeline expansion

You exposed the role big companies like Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Tim Hortons, McDonald’s and PepsiCo are playing in the plastic pollution crisis

You showed the world how palm oil company Wilmar is participating in the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests

You joined over 2.7 million people worldwide in calling for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary

And persuaded the vast majority of krill fishing companies to stop fishing in huge areas around the Antarctic Peninsula

And after a seven-year campaign, you got the New Zealand government to ban new oil and gas exploration, putting four million square kilometres of

the Earth’s surface off limits to oil and gas companies. You did all of this

Because every single action makes a difference You are Greenpeace

Thank you

We believe optimism is a form of courage. We believe that a billion acts of courage can spark a brighter tomorrow. To that end we model courage, we champion courage, we share stories of courageous acts by our supporters and allies, we invite people out of their comfort zones to take courageous action with us, individually in their daily lives, and in community with others who share our commitment to a better world. A green and peaceful future is our quest. The heroes of our story are all of us who believe that a better world is not only within reach, but being built today. Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action. It needs you. Greenpeace is a people-powered, science-based, and action-oriented organization that does not take money from corporations or governments. This means we rely on individual donations from generous people like you to carry out our work to protect the planet and promote peace. Greenpeace is present in more than 55 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Globally, we seek to:

- Protect biodiversity in all its forms - Prevent pollution and abuse of the earth’s ocean, land, air and fresh water - End all nuclear threats - Promote peace, global disarmament, and non-violence

Our Vision

2018 marked another wake-up call in the climate crisis. The IPCC issued a stark warning that we had only 12 years to act to avoid climate catastrophe. Now, every week brings news of wildfires, flooding, droughts, tornadoes and other extreme weather. The climate crisis is exacerbating the tragic loss of biodiversity with nature declining at a rate unprecedented in human history. But it’s still not too late to turn things around. At Greenpeace Canada, for almost 50 years, we have combined hope with the courage to act – backed by science, strategy and solutions. We cannot act alone. We are working with allies across Canada and across the world to stop these crises. And we are very grateful for supporters like you, who have the hope and courage to stand with us and provide the crucial financial backing to carry out our work and maintain our independence. In 2018, with the climate crisis as our top priority, Greenpeace Canada worked tirelessly to keep oil in the ground. Together with Indigenous and other allies, we have ensured that not one major tar sands pipeline, including Trans Mountain, has been built in this country in recent years. We pressured big banks worldwide to stop bankrolling the tar sands and we sued Doug Ford’s government for repealing carbon pricing. We led innovative and impactful campaigns to protect our forests and oceans. Working with Quebec First Nations to protect caribou, we highlighted the crisis in the Boreal. We launched our popular people-powered campaign to stop plastics pollution at its source and empowered people to take action. Our beach clean-up and brand audit, which identified Canada’s top plastics polluters, received widespread discussion in Canada. 2018 also marked the birth of the School Strikes for Climate. Greenpeace Canada stands behind these student strikes, which have unleashed an unprecedented wave of global climate action. We will continue to support young people as they demand the right to a sustainable future and inspire us all. Your continuing support provides the foundation for our critical work – and for this we are deeply thankful. Yours in hope, courage and action, Brigid Rowan and Anna Crawford Co-Chairs, Greenpeace Canada

Hope, Courage and Action

CONTENTS

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Protecting

Nature

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Living

Sustainably

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Global Impact

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Your Support

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Board Leadership

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Transforming

Energy

Our primary focus in 2018 was defending nature, communities and our global climate from oil industry plans to expand the tar sands. Greenpeace worked with Coast Salish peoples and other groups throughout the year to support land resistance against the Trans Mountain expansion (TMX) tar sands pipeline in British Columbia. In March, nearly 10,000 people gathered in Burnaby near Canada's iconic Pacific coast to protest the project. We marched with allies for Indigenous rights and against big oil and the risks this pipeline poses to water, endangered species and our climate. The march led to the construction of the Coast Salish “Watch House” called Kwekwecnewtwx (pronounced: Kwe-kwetz-ow-tukh), which means ‘a place to watch from’, which served as a staging ground for civil disobedience to disrupt pipeline construction. People from all walks of life took part in these peaceful and principled acts of protest, hundreds of whom were arrested. In May, Greenpeace tracked a critical piece of construction equipment - nicknamed the ‘Monster Drill’ - on its journey halfway around the world, and “occupied” it once it reached its destination in Vancouver. This was one of the most important pieces of equipment needed to build the TMX oil pipeline. Two female activists scaled the machine in protest and used this as an opportunity, through live broadcasts throughout the day, to tell the public about the destructive impact the project would have if it proceeded. Then in July, the world witnessed one of the most striking peaceful direct actions from Greenpeace Canada in years. Rappelling from the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, twelve activists blocked the departure of an oil tanker that had just loaded up with tar sands oil from Kinder Morgan’s facility at the end of the proposed TMX pipeline. Seven activists remained suspended there for 36 hours. Among them was a prominent Indigenous Coast Salish grassroots leader who has been spearheading the fight against the pipeline. Each of the seven banners unfurled by

Keeping Oil in the Ground BY ALEX SPEERS-ROESCH, HEAD OF OIL CAMPAIGN

Land Defenders Protest at Kinder Morgan Tank Farm in British Columbia © Amy Scaife

Activists Occupy Kinder Morgan’s “Monster Drill” in Canada © Duncan Cairns-Brenner / Greenpeace

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the climbers was created by a different Indigenous artist opposed to the project. Later that month, five Greenpeace Canada activists scaled the Montreal Olympic Park tower to hang a giant banner protesting the proposed government purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline, and criticizing the banks financing the project. The movement received a huge boost when Kinder Morgan announced it would be abandoning its pipeline project. This was soon followed by disbelief and disappointment when the federal government agreed to buy the pipeline from the company. At the end of the summer, however, a court challenge brought forward by courageous First Nations opposed to the pipeline resulted in construction being halted indefinitely. The court found the federal government failed in its duty to consult First Nations

Bridge Blockade in Vancouver © Greenpeace

and to properly consider the risk that increased tanker traffic would pose to the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia. As a result of the court ruling, the National Energy Board launched a new review for the TMX pipeline. Greenpeace swung into action once again, working with coalition allies to encourage public comments on the new review. Collectively we engaged over 17,000 people to submit comments. Meanwhile, throughout the year Greenpeace offices globally put pressure on the big banks financing tar sands pipeline companies to stop bankrolling these destructive projects. Over 400,000 people worldwide joined our call to the ‘dirty dozen’ banks to commit to not fund tar sands companies or ETP, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, which had launched a meritless lawsuit against Greenpeace offices because of our advocacy for the environment and Indigenous rights. In April, Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC, confirmed it would no longer provide project financing for new tar sands projects - including the construction of new pipelines. The Dutch investment fund manager NN Group, which manages close to 240 billion Euro in assets, including shares in pipeline companies, announced in October that they were withdrawing from ten tar sands companies and four pipeline companies (including ETP) due to environmental and human rights concerns. The Greenpeace team was busy engaging in other parts of Canada too. In September we worked with Ecojustice in Ontario to launch a legal challenge to the newly-elected Ford government’s efforts to undermine action on climate change through the repeal of cap and trade. The government was forced to launch public consultations and over 4400 people contributed via the Greenpeace online portal, with their submission copied to their provincial representative in the legislature. Thanks in part to the organizing efforts of Greenpeace staff and volunteers. Quebec saw a major climate mobilization in November which brought around 50,000 people out in Montreal, and thousands more in other cities across the province.

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WHAT’S NEXT? In 2019 Greenpeace will continue to oppose the construction of new tar sands pipelines and press financial institutions to shift their resources away from fossil fuels. We will promote the idea of a Green New Deal for Canada — an exciting vision for how we can tackle the climate crisis

and rapidly transition away from oil and other fossil fuels, while at the same time addressing critical issues such as jobs and affordable housing.

Youth Climate March in Brussels, Belgium © Eric De Mildt / Greenpeace

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Protecting Canada’s Forests

BY SHANE MOFFATT, HEAD OF FOREST CAMPAIGN

2018 was a high-paced, innovative and impactful year for Greenpeace’s work to protect Canada’s Boreal Forest. From assessing public attitudes on the streets of Montreal to our public campaigning, we sought to balance two key elements: innovation and impact. We deployed a range of approaches including a strong wildlife component, but also new content, tactics and partnerships designed to connect the forest to urban audiences in particular, including shareable online videos, working with influencers, and even introducing “forest foods”.

We achieved much success raising the public profile of the crisis facing the Boreal through the accelerating decline of one if its iconic species – the woodland caribou. But we were also successful in diversifying the face and champions of our campaign publically through new relationships with northern women, Indigenous communities, urban bloggers and others. We took our supporters on an incredible journey with us across the Boreal from the Yukon to Quebec, Finland and back again. We challenged federal and provincial governments to do more than talk. We provided new opportunities for the public to have their say. We marched, we hiked and we had incredible conversations with the public online and offline. And we learned. Our steadfast commitment to the Boreal’s caribou was rewarded. Telling the story of the Boreal through the lens of this species and a national crisis added urgency and new public interest. Media coverage in this issue grew. We have never previously seen this level of interest in - and mainstream attention to - caribou or wildlife loss. We predict this will be a key trend in Canada and globally.

Woodland Caribou in Canada © Jean-Simon Bégin

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We strongly grounded this campaign in Quebec by allying with the inspirational Lac Simon First Nation and others to save one of the province’s most imperiled caribou herds – that of the Val d’Or (Valley of Gold). The first news headline on this herd appeared in May 2017. One year later, on Earth Day 2018, we launched a public appeal with local partners and gathered 17,000 signatures within a matter of weeks. Through this public support, political pressure, partnerships, digital engagement, media work and most of all Indigenous leadership, the herd and its vast Boreal habitat have new hope. More people than ever before are hearing about, engaging with and taking action to protect the forest. While there is much work to be done across Canada to move from political rhetoric to concrete action for greater ecosystem protections, there is new social and political momentum towards greater forest and species protection, as well as a new level of expectation around Indigenous rights and reconciliation. Greenpeace and our supporters can be proud in the role we have played to advance these important issues not just for the Boreal, but to our society as a whole.

Wild Mushroom Sauce and Pasta © Cathie Archbould / Greenpeace

(left) Chef Michelle Genest Cranberry Harvesting in Canada

© Cathie Archbould / Greenpeace

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WHAT’S NEXT? The global loss of wildlife is a growing crisis. Protecting them is the best way to ensure our own survival. [1] Greenpeace Canada will be there.

Caribou’s Primary Source of Food is Lichen. © Rémy Huberdeau / Greenpeace. (left) Greenpeace forest campaigners Philippa Duchastel de Montrouge and Olivier Kolmel stand in the Boreal Forest in Canada. The forest plays a vital role in the lives of many Indigenous Peoples who rely on its wildlife for their culture and traditions. Yet the way of life for the Lac Simon Anishnabe community in Val-d’Or, northern Quebec, is being jeopardized because caribou here are disappearing from their landscape. Not prepared to let the Val-d’Or caribou herd go extinct, this community took a stand and managed to secure $1.2 million over 5 years from the government of Canada for caribou conservation measures. © Rémy Huberdeau / Greenpeace

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2018 was dubbed the year to end plastic pollution, and Greenpeace Canada marked it with the official launch of our campaign to stop plastic pollution at the source. In the first part of the year we talked with thousands of eco-conscious Ontarians at Toronto’s Green Living Show, introducing our intention to hold corporations accountable for the plastic pollution crisis they helped create, to pressure the federal government to ban problematic and unnecessary single-use plastics, and to offer tools for people to create change in their communities. Show participants welcomed our presence and jumped at the opportunity to support the Greenpeace campaign and learn how to take more action. Soon after our Green Living Show debut, we released our Toolkit for a Plastic-free Future on Earth Day. The how-to guide offers tips and ideas about how people can help end the proliferation, production and consumption of single-use plastics by taking a variety of actions. From urging supermarkets to create plastic-free aisles, to getting local coffee shops and restaurants to stop distributing throwaway plastic items, to pushing for single-use plastic legislated bans, and even tools for teachers and students, the toolkit is designed to help people feel empowered and supported to act.

Clean Up and Polluter Brand Audit Activity in Vancouver © Amy Scaife / Greenpeace

World Oceans Day fell during the G7 Summit held in Quebec, where Prime Minister Trudeau, through Canada’s presidency, had pledged to make plastic pollution a key topic of discussion. The federal government also launched a public consultation on the creation of a national plastic waste reduction strategy. Greenpeace took this opportunity to call on Canada and world leaders to act swiftly to ban single-use plastics, visiting parliament in Ottawa with our giant floating plastic bag banner, and launching an online consultation tool yielding over 21,775 email submissions. While the G7 did create a Plastics Charter with some corporate support, holding major plastic producers truly accountable was not a key objective of the non-binding agreement, leaving the option of continued mass plastic production and consumption on the table.

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Action for Our Ocean

BY SARAH KING, HEAD OF OCEANS AND PLASTICS CAMPAIGN

As we moved into the summer months, Greenpeace, alongside our allies in the global Break Free From Plastic movement, and several organizations across Canada, set out to identify who was responsible for the plastic polluting our planet. With the help of our amazing volunteers and supporters, we conducted six beach cleanups across Canada - with a twist. During the clean ups, volunteers audited the types of plastic waste and also identified and recorded the brands and producing companies found on the plastic. Using this data, Greenpeace was able to identify Canada’s top 5 plastic polluters: 1. Nestle; 2. Tim Hortons; 3. Pepsico.; 4. Coca-Cola; and 5. McDonald’s. The release of these results, and our global audit results, piqued the interest of Canada’s media and public, with people expressing their frustration about the polluting companies and taking action with 32,416 signing our plastic polluters petition calling on the companies’ CEOs to cut their reliance on plastic packaging and items. While the companies did respond, they did not make any vows of bold action, forcing us to keep up our campaign. We wrapped the year with two creative ways of delivering our message to the public and the top polluters. We commissioned a local Toronto artist to build a giant sculpture incorporating some of the plastic waste from the top 5 polluters, collected during the audits. The sculpture was placed at one of the country’ busiest intersections - Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto - allowing us to engage hundreds of members of the public in a conversation about the problem and those responsible. With some of the remaining trash collected through the audits, our Toronto local group delivered special holiday gift boxes to the headquarters of the top 5 polluters. These boxes contained the companies’ own trash collected during the audits and a call to cut their plastic footprint. People love to hate on plastic, and for good reason. Our campaign captured people’s hearts and minds through the creation of informative, creative and engaging content. One of the best examples of this was the release of online and offline ads that featured wildlife with straw down their throats and a simple message: stop sucking the life out of our oceans. The image was shared in various countries around the world and with it the call to act. From raising awareness to laying the groundwork for corporate and government change through changing the dominant narrative about who is responsible for the plastic pollution problem and how we need to solve it, Greenpeace Canada’s Plastic-free Future campaign got solid footing in 2018. We are so grateful for the huge wave of support.

Delivery to Top Five Pollution Corporations in Canada © Morgan Corseaux / Greenpeace

Plastic Trash Installation at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto

© Vanessa Garrison / Greenpeace

(previous page) Garbage on the Beach in Maldives © Uli Kunz / Greenpeace

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My Arctic Sunrise at Bear Island in Norway © Mitja kobal / Greenpeace

WHAT’S NEXT? In 2019, our focus will be on continuing to move to a place where tackling our waste and pollution crisis means cutting production, distribution and consumption. We will work to improve the tools we offer supporters to act directly on some of the primary sources of plastic waste:

Canada's major supermarkets and the top 5 biggest plastic polluters. We will collaborate with organizations across Canada for another round of beach cleanups and brand audits, and continue to shine a light on corporations' need to act. We will also take to the seas to highlight the many threats facing the

oceans and to campaign for a Global Ocean Treaty covering all seas outside of national waters. As the federal government prepares to release its Zero Plastic Waste Strategy action plan, and as more and more municipalities and provinces continue to contend with their growing waste problem, we’ll keep the

pressure on all levels of government to reduce plastic consumption at the source through bans and will share our vision with the public to inspire a shift toward a plastic-free future.

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Samsung Announces It Will Commit to 100% Renewable Energy in the

US, China and Europe by 2020

Tens of thousands of Greenpeace supporters demanded that Samsung, the largest smartphone

company in the world, commit to renewable energy. Greenpeace volunteers staged creative actions in New

York, Seoul, London, Berlin, and Taipei to make the message heard. Then, in June of 2018, Samsung

responded. The company announced that it aims to source 100% renewable energy at its factories, offices and buildings in the United States, Europe and China by 2020. It will also install onsite solar and geothermal energy at key semiconductor factories in South Korea.

Samsung is the first electronics manufacturing company in Asia to take this step — and it’s thanks to

Greenpeace supporters!

New Zealand Defines Climate Leadership

The New Zealand government banned new offshore oil and gas exploration in a move

towards a zero carbon economy. Greenpeace has campaigned in New Zealand against offshore

oil for the last seven years alongside local community and Indigenous Maori groups. This is

a huge win for people power and the climate!

Europe’s Biggest Bank Says No to Tar Sands Pipelines

In 2018, Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC, confirmed

it will no longer finance new tar sands projects, including the construction of any new pipelines.

HSBC’s policy would exclude the bank from providing project financing for TransCanada’s Keystone XL and Enbridge’s Line 3 Expansion pipelines and appears to exclude the bank from

providing any loans specifically to cover the funding shortfall for the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline. HSBC also stated an intention to reduce

its overall exposure to tar sands. The movement to stop major banks funding destructive tar sands

pipelines, inspired and led by Indigenous communities, is continuing to gain momentum.

(centre) JP Morgan Chase Art Visit in Seattle © Marcus Donner / Greenpeace

(right) Disrupting Seismic Testing Vessel with Swimmers in NZ © Jason Blair / Greenpeace

YOUR GLOBAL IMPACT

(left) Wind Turbines © Greenpeace

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Saving Our Relatives Palm oil suppliers to the world’s largest brands, including Unilever, Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive and Mondelez, have destroyed an area of rainforest almost twice the size of Singapore in less than three years, according to a Greenpeace investigation report which exposed how the world’s biggest brands are still linked to rainforest destruction in Indonesia. In 2018, Greenpeace exposed how Wilmar - the world’s largest palm oil trader - was still buying palm oil from the rainforest destroyers and selling this dirty palm oil to brands all over the world. You took action. Over 1.3 million people called on the biggest global brands like Mondelez, the company behind Oreo, to drop Wilmar or insist they reform. And they heard us! Such pressure from Mondelez, combined with the million plus people demanding change, meant Wilmar could no longer ignore this issue. Wilmar has now launched a groundbreaking plan to map and monitor its suppliers and stop buying from forest destroyers. Greenpeace will be closely watching to make sure Wilmar delivers and consumer companies follow suit.

Tell Oreo to Drop Dirty Oil Campaign in Camden, London © / Greenpeace

Orangutans in Tanjung Putting National Park © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

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THANK YOU for Your Support!

IN 2018…

55,117 PEOPLE SUPPORTED GREENPEACE CANADA

FINANCIALLY

131,816 PEOPLE SIGNED GREENPEACE CANADA PETITIONS

Thank you for funding Greenpeace Canada’s work to protect this precious planet and all its inhabitants.

FUNDING SOURCES

HOW WE SPENT YOUR FUNDING

2018 2017

o Campaigns

$9,258,106

$8,783,648

o Finance and operations $596,547 $659,071

o Fundraising $2,776,806 $2,118,130

Total expenses $12,631,459 $11,560,849

WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS Greenpeace doesn’t accept money from corporations, government or political parties. We’re 100% independent and rely on individual donations from generous people like you to carry out our work. As a Greenpeace supporter, you are at the centre of the push for change for a green, peaceful and sustainable future. Thank you for standing with us at the helm as we work to protect our shared planet. I can’t wait to keep working with you to shape a future filled with compassion, kindness and abundance. Christy Ferguson, Executive Director at Greenpeace Canada

341,589 fans

59,035 followers

28,453 followers 73%

5%

22%

68%

7%

11%

7%7%

2018 2017

o Donor contributions $8,361,461 $8,017,321

o Bequests $820,089 $291,542

o Restricted Grants from Greenpeace

Stichting Council $1,354,833 $1,811,555

o Unrestricted grants from

Greenpeace Stichting Council $868,000 $621,909

o Campaign grants $834,392 $581,534

o Investment income $31,502 $35,687

Total income $12,270,277 $12,161,249

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Every year we are honoured to receive gifts

from those supporters who kindly undertook the generous

and compassionate act of including Greenpeace in their

Will. For 2018 we would like to pay particular tribute to the

following:

“I included Greenpeace in my will because of the purity of its purpose. How could anyone resist supporting an organization that exists to promote a green and peaceful planet! I was associated with Greenpeace as an employee and

Board member in the 1990’s. I so admired the tenacity, commitment and humility of everyone there. I’m fortunate to have a few assets, humble though

they are, and it seems so natural to me to share some of that good fortune with Greenpeace, on my death. I know the money will be very well spent.”

~Trudie Richards

We deeply appreciate those who pledged to include a gift to Greenpeace in their Will this year. You are part of an incredible group of people taking bold action to ensure that our planet is protected for future generations. You are the heart of Greenpeace and your legacy will make our world a better place.

If you’d like to speak to someone about the legacy that you could leave,

please get in touch with Wanjiro Ndungu by phone at 1-800-320-7183 or by email at [email protected].

Gifts in Wills Are at the Heart of Everything We Do

Global Movement Unites against Norwegian Oil in the Arctic

© Nick Cobbing / Greenpeace

Helen Izola Bassett Robert Bell Charles William Brayne

Denise Marie Anne Breault Harriette Campbell Doreen Elsie Curry

Dorothy Dilworth

James Kellner Fitzgerald

Pierre Gagnebin

Carole Gagnon

William Yo Shing Ho

Glenn Garnet Lawrence

Ruth Masters

Patricia Anne McEwan

Ivy Elizabeth McOuat Jean M Miles

Evangeline Moore

Lawrence Randolph Port Joan Mary Robinson

Anthony Simmonds

Jo Anne Thornwaite

James B Tunstall Madeleine Vachon

Betty Winifred Mona Williamson

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Anna Crawford, Co-Chair Anna is a glaciologist who completed her PhD at Carleton University in 2018. She is now a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of St Andrews, Scotland where she is investigating the retreat of Antarctic glacier systems that will have significant implications for future sea level rise. Anna joined the board in 2015 after leading volunteer campaigns and local groups in Thunder Bay and Ottawa-Gatineau.

Brigid Rowan, Co-Chair Brigid Rowan is an energy economist with over 20 years of experience in the areas of energy and regulatory economics. She has co-authored reports and expert testimony on the most controversial oil projects in North America, including an influential and widely publicized study on the employment impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Christine Laliberté, Secretary Christine joined the Board in 2016 with 15 years of experience in non-profit management and citizenship engagement. A former Public Engagement Director at Oxfam-Québec, Christine has extensive expertise in the planning and implementation of public mobilization campaigns that aim to promote social justice.

Frans Blom, Treasurer Frans joined the Greenpeace Canada board in 2014 with 35 years of experience in public accounting and finance, as well as a wealth of experience in non-profit boards and audit committees. Formally retired from the financial sector, Frans remains a firm believer that Greenpeace's points of view must be heard far and wide.

Kevin Freedman, Board Member An instructor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Winnipeg, Kevin has long been active in the environmental movement. His passion for governance has led him to sitting on numerous volunteer and corporate boards locally and nationally.

Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Board Member Ginger, of Nisga’a and Kwakwaka’wakw heritage, is currently the City of Vancouver’s Aboriginal Relations manager whose role is in managing the emerging understandings between First Nations communities and Vancouver’s more recent inhabitants. Ginger’s ultimate goal is to advance reconciliation and promote understanding of Vancouver as unseeded territory.

Kimberly Yetman-Dawson, Board Member Kimberly brings 25 years of experience in marketing and communications to the Greenpeace Canada board. She also has 15 years of non-profit management experience, recently as the Executive Director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing and Homelessness Network and currently as Executive Director of Empower, The Disability Resource Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Lynn Konwaia'tanón:we's Jacobs, Board Member Lynn is from the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawà:ke where she has worked in the field of environmental protection for more than two decades. She is the Director of the Environment Protection Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and the Spokesperson for Kahnawà:ke Sustainable Energies. An avid gardener and beekeeper, Lynn lives in Kahnawà:ke in a passive-solar strawbale home with her husband and 3 kids.

Meriko Kubota, Board Member Meriko Kubota is Principal of Social Purpose Strategies and provides consulting support to organizations in defining social purpose, change management, community engagement, corporate social responsibility, measuring social impacts, and addressing diversity, equity and inclusion. Meriko has held leadership positions in community investment at MEC (Mountain Equipment Coop), TELUS, and the Vancouver Foundation. She is passionate about supporting organizations to engage with their team members, stakeholders, and communities to create positive social and environmental change.

2018 Greenpeace Canada Board of Directors

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greenpeace_canada Orca Whale in British Columbia © Rex Weyler / Greenpeace

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