Session 4

In-person class cancellation and work-from-home / Annulation des cours en présentiel et télétravail

Updated: Tue, 03/10/2026 - 17:14

In-person class cancellation and work-from-home / Annulation des cours en présentiel et télétravail. McGILL ALERT! Due to freezing rain all in-person classes and activities on Wednesday, March 11, will be cancelled. Staff are asked not to come to campus tomorrow unless they are required on site by their supervisor to perform necessary functions and activities. See your McGill email for more information.
...
ALERTE McGILL! En raison de la pluie verglaçante, tous les cours et activités en présentiel prévus pour le mercredi 11 mars sont annulés. Nous demandons au personnel de ne pas se présenter sur le campus demain, à moins que leur superviseur ne leur demande d’être sur place pour accomplir des fonctions ou activités nécessaires au fonctionnement du campus. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter vos courriels de McGill.

Painting showing a crowd standing closely together.

Read: Booklet

Colour: Pages

Painting showing a house with a pitched roof.

Teaching guide

Painting illustration of a child walking

Listen: Read-aloud

Make!: Hands-on Activity

Climate change is creating unequal burdens between industrialized countries who exploited the world’s resources and are historically responsible for it and less industrialized countries, who are having to manage the brunt of climate change.

Climate change is also aggravating inequalities within countries. Extreme weather events and droughts caused by climate change are already making many parts of the Earth unlivable, pushing people out to cities and more temperate zones. People who are forced to move from their homelands due to climate change are called climate migrants.

Climate migrants often need to find safe housing in far away places and adjust to new surroundings. Architects need to design buildings, structures, and environments that can provide relief for climate migrants who are on the move, and that can support them fully once they are settled in their new places. It is important to remember that a significant percentage (estimated at 1 out of 8) of all refugees and migrants worldwide are children—some travelling alone.

This session will introduce the concept of climate migrants to children, and invite them to design a safe place in which migrant children can play.