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DESCRIPTION:\n\nDate: November 23rd 2026 | Time: 4:30pm | Location: Macdona
 ld Engineering Building -Room 267 | Free Event\n\nCo-hosted by TISED McGil
 l\, Iron and Earth and Canadian Climate Week Xchange (CCWX) \n\nInterested
  in a career in sustainability\, climate\, or the clean energy transition?
  Join us for a panel discussion featuring early- to mid-career professiona
 ls working across the climate sector. Panelists will reflect on their path
 ways into the field\, share their experiences navigating an evolving job m
 arket\, and discuss what employers are looking for when hiring new talent.
 \n\nThrough candid conversations and practical advice\, attendees will gai
 n insight into a range of career trajectories\, key skills for success\, a
 nd lessons learned along the way. Whether you are exploring career options
 \, preparing to enter the workforce\, or looking to build your professiona
 l network\, this session will offer valuable perspectives from those worki
 ng at the forefront of climate action and sustainability.\n\nRegister: htt
 ps://mcgill.ca/x/5yL\n\n \n\n\n	\n		\n			\n				Speakers\n			\n		\n	\n	\n		\n			\n			\n				Jodie Hon\n\n
 				Innovation & STEM Manager\, Iron & Earth\n\n				Jodie will be the moderator fo
 r this panel and is a current TISED M.Eng student set to graduate in Decem
 ber. Outside of school\, Jodie is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with ext
 ensive experience in community-led climate initiatives and low-carbon ener
 gy solutions. She currently manages Iron & Earth’s Climate Career Portal a
 nd mentorship program\, focusing on lowering barriers to the green economy
 . In addition\, she is a Renewable Skills Instructor\, and delivers traini
 ng and educational programs to communities with a focus on renewable energ
 y. Outside of Iron & Earth\, she also provides consulting on renewable ene
 rgy projects with a focus on rural\, remote\, and Indigenous communities. 
 Jodie’s career is dedicated to advancing energy equity and climate justice
  with an intersectional and interdisciplinary lens.\n			\n		\n		\n			\n			\n				Emilia Bell
 iveau\n\n				Energy Transition Program Manager\, Environmental Defence Canada
 \n\n				Emilia is the Energy Transition Program Manager for Environmental Defe
 nce\, where she runs campaigns that push Canada towards transitioning away
  from fossil fuels. She has worked on climate and environmental justice is
 sues since 2012\, as a community organizer\, academic researcher\, campaig
 ner with environmental non-profits\, and as a senior policy analyst in the
  British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Energy. Before joining Environmental De
 fence\, she worked with remote First Nations in BC to accelerate the trans
 ition off of diesel with community-led renewable energy projects and energ
 y efficiency. Emilia holds a master’s degree from the University of Victor
 ia (UVic)\, where her graduate studies in political ecology focused on the
  climate justice movement and fossil fuel divestment. At UVic she was invo
 lved with the Corporate Mapping Project\, which investigated how corporate
  power is organized and exercised by the fossil fuel industry.\n			\n		\n		\n			\n			\n
 				Genevieve Gill\n\n				Manager of Bilingual Programming and Communication\n\n				Ge
 neviève's work with Learning for a Sustainable Future sits at the intersec
 tion of climate change and education. Her role as their Bilingual Programs
  and Communications Manager looks to support youth in building autonomy an
 d skills for climate action–driven projects and learning\, to help teacher
 s integrate climate change into their curriculum and to transform school c
 ulture to centre sustainability. In this role\, she has led countless conf
 erences for youth and overseen professional development workshops for teac
 hers and school system leaders. She has helped enrich LSF’s programming wi
 th French-speaking communities across Canada. While her work focuses speci
 fically on the Canadian school system\, her interests extend to urban plan
 ning and design\, as well as the role of art in building sustainable commu
 nities. Geneviève holds a Master’s degree in biomechanical engineering res
 earch from McGill University\, where she also completed a Bachelor of Scie
 nce in Kinesiology.\n			\n		\n		\n			\n			\n				Anna Dove\n\n				Transportation Planning Analys
 t\, Egis\n\n				Anna Dove-McFalls is a Transportation Planning Analyst at Egis
  and a Candidate to the Engineering Profession (CEP) in Québec. She holds 
 a Master of Engineering in Sustainability and Design (2025) and a Bachelor
  of Civil Engineering (2024) from McGill University. Anna is passionate ab
 out advancing rail and urban transit systems to support a sustainable and 
 accessible future\, motivated by projects that bring together transportati
 on planning and engineering.\n\n				Since joining Egis\, she has contributed t
 o major infrastructure projects\, including the Hamilton Light Rail Transi
 t Project\, the Pearson Airport expansion\, and the Bruce Power nuclear po
 wer plant expansion. Anna supports the planning and delivery of these majo
 r projects through multimodal transportation modelling\, planning\, and op
 erational analysis.\n\n				In addition to her consulting experience\, Anna has
  led transportation research initiatives focused on high-speed rail access
 ibility\, public transit infrastructure impacts\, and modal shift analysis
 . She has also served as a teaching assistant for university-level courses
  in transportation systems and technical design.\n			\n		\n		\n			\n			\n				Stephen Thomas
 \n\n				Clean Energy Manager\, David Suzuki Foundation\n\n				Stephen Thomas is a 
 campaigner\, policy analyst and engineer. Throughout his work\, Stephen ce
 ntres relationships and builds coalitions to strengthen collective action 
 toward climate justice.\n					\n					He is currently the Clean Energy Manager with t
 he David Suzuki Foundation\, where he leads a staff team\, volunteer netwo
 rk and coalition of allied organizations. This work calls for 100 per cent
  clean electricity in Canada\, and energy justice for communities\, worker
 s and the Indigenous nations on whose lands all energy projects are built.
  He is also the Vice-Chair of the Board for Climate Action Network Canada.
 \n\n				While working as the Energy Campaign Coordinator for the Ecology Actio
 n Centre\, Stephen led campaigns for climate and energy justice that were 
 rooted in place\, in unceded Mi’kmaq territory. He spent years learning fr
 om and supporting Mi’kmaq grassroots grandmothers in their struggle to def
 end the Shubenacadie River against fossil fuel projects. Stephen has volun
 teered for many grassroots climate justice campaigns and attended COP21 as
  part of the Canadian Youth Delegation.\n\n				Stephen’s experience working in
  the renewable energy sector in Canada supported over 200MW of community-l
 ed renewable energy projects\, as well as energy efficiency and building r
 etrofit projects.\n\n				Stephen is a settler\, originally from unceded Mi’kma
 q territory in Nova Scotia. He now lives on the unceded territories of the
  Kanien’kehà:ka\, in Montréal\, Québec with his partner. Stephen is a prou
 d member of his union local - SEPB 574.\n			\n		\n	\n\n
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SUMMARY:Breaking into Climate| Career Panel
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/channels/event/breaking-climate-caree
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