Faiths4Climate Conversations 2026

9:00 AM

Registration opens

10:00 AM

Welcome from the organizers

10:30 AM

Fireside Chat: Intergenerational and interfaith climate action
- Tala Al-Ghazali, Canadian Youth for Climate Leadership and Equity (CYCLE) Participant
- Sabrina Chiefari, Integral Ecology Specialist, Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto

11:00 AM

Post Fireside Chat Question & Answer

11:15 AM

Group Activity: Getting to know one another better

11:30 AM

Many Faiths, One Earth: A fishbowl discussion
- The Reconnection Project
Facilitators:
- Upkar Hundal, Sikh Historian
- Lilah Mansour, Green Ummah

12:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Networking/ Visit Exhibitors / Dhuhr 

1:50 PM

Intergenerational Panel: Finding hope in the work that you do in the face of current climate challenges
- Daniel Shore, Shoresh
- Imam Mohammed Bemat, ISNA Canada
- Chander Khanna, Toronto Area Interfaith Council
- Faten Ardekany, Memeber of the Local Spiritual Assembly of The Bahá’ís in Mississauga

Moderator: Anureet Kaur, Sustainability Manager, Softchoice 

3:00 PM

Short Break

3:15 PM

Workshops/Breakout Sessions (Choose one)

- Funding challenges and opportunities
     -Areej Riaz, EnviroMuslims

- Community Engagement
      -Rajbalinder Ghatoura and Harleen Sandhu, Kudrat di Rakhia
This workshop explores how to initiate, sustain, and achieve impact through effective grassroots initiatives. Drawing from KDR’s hands-on experience in community organizing, participants will share and gain practical insights into building movements from the ground up and creating meaningful, lasting change. The session will guide attendees through key stages of grassroots engagement, including:

• Starting a grassroots initiative: Defining your mission, setting clear goals, and identifying what success looks like.
• Engaging and growing your community: Exploring effective outreach strategies, media platforms, and engagement tactics to expand your reach and build momentum.
• Navigating common challenges: Addressing obstacles such as volunteer recruitment and retention, funding limitations, and long-term sustainability.

- Advocacy
      -Cheryl McNamara, KAIROS Canada
Unsure about advocating for climate action with your elected official? Cheryl McNamara draws on 15 years of experience advancing climate and human rights policy to lead this interactive workshop on the why of advocacy —and the practical skills that make it effective.

- Listening Circles/Communal Discernment
      -Trevor Scott, SJ, Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice
In our commitment to climate justice and action within our communities we often lose sense of how to communicate this commitment in fruitful ways to others not so committed or convinced. This workshop, led by Trevor Scott, SJ, will explore and emphasize the value of communal reflection and listening upon issues and concerns towards climate action, rooted in experiences of circle sharing and spiritual conversation.

4:15

Share Back: How do we come together?

4:45

Closing