About Us
We’re part of an international movement of ordinary people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-centred renewable energy for all.
In Canada, we are committed to pushing our elected leaders to take real climate leadership by freezing tar sands expansion and delivering transformative climate action that is rooted in justice. We do this by working with local frontline groups and organizations to fight for climate justice.
Our name “350” comes from 350ppm — as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. We like to think that what ppm really stands for is “people-powered movement” — the kind that will hold our leaders accountable, so we can start the global transformation we so desperately need in order to act on the climate crisis at the scale science and justice require.
Our Team
Amara Possian, Canada Team Lead
Amara is a campaigner, facilitator, and educator with over 15 years of experience building people-powered movements and resilient organizations. She leads the Canada team at 350.org and chairs the board of the Organizing Exchange, helping grow grassroots power to win lasting climate justice.
Atiya Jaffar, Canada Campaigns Manager
Atiya is an advocate for climate justice and human rights who has been on the Canada team at 350.org for over 10 years. Atiya resides on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil Waututh peoples in so-called Vancouver where she is raising her 3 year old son and organizing with the local group Parents for Palestine.
Chris Gusen, Senior Digital and Communications Specialist
Chris is based in Kingston, Ontario – on Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-Wendat lands – where he’s involved with local groups organizing for climate justice. Before joining 350.org in 2020, Chris got his start in the climate movement as a member of Climate Justice Edmonton, where he helped campaign for a Green New Deal for Alberta.
Emma Jackson, Canada Senior Organizing Specialist
Emma grew up in the Canadian labour movement and first began organizing in 2013 with the fossil fuel divestment movement across Mi’kma’ki (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia). Outside of her work with 350, she’s an organizer with Climate Justice Edmonton and a solidarity organizer with Migrante AB.
Jill MacIntyre, Canada Organizer
Jill is a climate justice organizer from Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island deeply rooted in many east coast communities. She cut her organizing teeth in the fossil fuel divestment movement and is also a community-based food sovereignty researcher and is involved in several mutual aid initiatives.
Johanna Lewis, Canada Senior Organizing Specialist
Johanna (they/them) is a community organizer fighting for racial, economic, and climate justice. They live, work, and raise their kids in Toronto, on Dish with One Spoon lands that have long been stewarded by the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat people.