rare’s 20th Anniversary Event
The rare Charitable Research Reserve is celebrating 20 years of conservation, research and education. Join us for a virtual celebration of the last 20 years of rare featuring our guest speaker, Kehkashan Basu and musical guest, Julia McLellan. We can’t wait to reflect on the past two decades as we look forward to the future with you!
Winner of the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize, 20-year-old Kehkashan Basu is an iconic youth leader, global influencer, environmentalist, champion of women and children’s rights, TEDx speaker, Climate Reality Mentor, author, musician, peace and sustainability campaigner. A Forbes 30 Under 30 and the first-ever Winner of the Voices Youth Gorbachev-Schultz Legacy Award for her work on nuclear disarmament, Kehkashan is a United Nations Human Rights Champion, a National Geographic Young Explorer, a UN Habitat Young City Champion, the Regional Organizing Partner for North America for the NGO Major Group and one of Canada’s Top25 Women of Influence. Kehkashan is the Founder-President of global social innovation enterprise Green Hope Foundation, that works at a grassroots level in 25 countries, empowering young people, especially those from vulnerable communities, in the sustainable development process and she has spoken at over 200 United Nations and other global fora across 25 countries. She is the youngest Trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Council Lead of the Toronto-St. Paul’s Constituency Youth Council, Canada, a member of the World Humanitarian Forum Youth Council and a Youth Leader of the UN Women’s Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition on Feminist Action for Climate Justice, and works tirelessly to amplify the voices of young people, women and girls, in decision-making processes.
Julia is a Canadian music theatre performer and passionate environmental advocate. She has performed on stages across North America, including three companies of the Tony award winning hit Kinky Boots, including on Broadway. She has also had the immense fortune of being on some of Canada’s biggest stages, starring as Val Clark in Stratford’s A Chorus Line, and alternating the role of Dorothy Gale in the North American Premier of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz. Her stage career intertwines with climate activism, as she is the co-founder of the Canadian Green Alliance, the national not for profit dedicated to bridging the gap between theatre and sustainability.
Registration to celebrate rare’s 20th anniversary is FREE! Or, enjoy the evening with a three-course dinner at home, provided by Borealis Grille & Bar.
*Dinner Registration is now closed.
You can support Campaign 20 and Turn the Map Green! In honour of rare’s 20th anniversary, give $20 to protect land. Every $2 protects one square metre of the rare reserve. Make a donation to symbolically adopt your favourite piece of land today. $20 for 20 years of rare!
This event is proudly sponsored by MacPherson Builders, Momentum Developments and Fiix Software:
