A youth-led project aimed at empowering youth to take climate action into their own hands. Through a series of meetings, youth aged 14– 18 collaborate with other like-minded youth, through community mapping, to figure out environmental challenges facing their local communities across the Waterloo Region and at rare. The Network then puts together a plan to tackle these challenges by working with local researchers, and rare staff.
The Network also serves as a hub for connecting youth with similar passions across the Waterloo Region and for sustainability sector skill-building through a series of workshops.
Projects undertaken by the Network include community clean ups, community awareness campaigns, invasive species removal, species monitoring and land stewardship activities, sustainable food projects, networking opportunities like workshops and conferences and much more!
Get Involved with the Youth NetworkNothing! rEYN is free to join and participate in!
The time that you commit is completely up to you! You are welcome to take part in everything we do, or just events, or just workshops or just meetings. Whatever is most convenient for you!
At rEYN, youth make all the decisions! rEYN members elect an executive council made up of different positions (Co-Presidents, Communications Manager, Event Manager, Stenographer) that guide what the network will participate in throughout the year. All other members take part in decision making as well!
Our meetings and events are scheduled based on member schedules. To find out more, please contact us below!
Absolutely! We offer transportation subsidies if you need to take a bus or get a taxi or ride-share to rare. If you still find it difficult to participate in person, there are many ways that you can be involved virtually.
Other than gaining skills, learning from researchers, making lots of new friends, and making a difference in your community, you can also earn volunteer hours for everything you do with the Network!
Claire Mussar
B.A. Customer Service and Hospitality Specialist, Social Media Manager, Environment Enthusiast
Brian McGee
Chartered Accountant; Partner, Zeifman & Company LLP
Karen Hacker
LL.B., ICD.D.
Madhur Anand
Professor, University of Guelph; Executive Director, Guelph Institute of Environmental Research
Keith Ainsworth
Electrical Engineer; retired CEO, COM DEV International
David Agro
Architect, Conservationist
Joy Roberts
Ph.D., Chair of the Board; Musagetes Foundation Board Chair
David R. Beatty
C.M., OBE, MA, CFA
Frances Westley
Chair of Social Innovation Generation
Jane Urquhart
OC; Author Frances Westley, Chair of Social Innovation Generation
Gerry Remers
Former President and COO, Christie Digital Canada & former co-chair Communitech
Louise MacCallum
Retired Software Engineer; Philanthropist; Founder, Musagetes Foundation R.
Ron Dembo
Founder, Zerofootprint
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Executive Director, David Suzuki Foundation
Geneviève Caron
Award-winning Photographer
Ed Burtynsky
OC; Photographer; Subject of award-winning documentary, Manufactured Landscapes
David Buckland
Founder, Cape Farewell capefarewell.com; Director of Art from a Changing Arctic
Kehkashan Basu
Founder, Green Hope Foundation
Michael Barnstijn
Retired Partner, RIM; Philanthropist; Founder, Musagetes Foundation
Ljubodrag Andric
Photographer
David Agro
Architect; conservationist