Roxanne Cohen (she/her) is a Jewish settler raised along Lake Simcoe, living in Toronto on Dish With One Spoon Wampum Treaty Territory. Roxy is an educator and consultant (and aunty) who is dedicated to transforming the education system and uplifting cooperative community leadership for thriving and joyful futures(now).
Roxanne has been a climate activist since high school, and now, she creates education programs with youth and educators that re-imagine how we teach in and with climate change. At age 21, she co-founded Conscious Minds Camp & Co-op – a youth-led summer camp for imagining and practicing the world we want.
After many years of camp and community organizing for food sovereignty with the St. James Town Co-op, Roxanne co-instigated Rooted and Rising in her PhD on Re-Storying Education in the Era of Climate Change. She is proud to now be a Community Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute, coordinating and amplifying the Rooted and Rising Lab.
Roxanne is also a graduate assistant with the Young Lives Research Lab and is proud to contribute to this global research team into youth and planetary wellbeing. She also trains managers and team members in Leadership through Change, Mental Health, Respect in the Workplace, and Communication in a diversity of settings.
Themes | Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
Events |
Rooted and Rising: Co-Developing Experiential Education for Climate Leadership for Youth and Planetary Health | April 12, 2024 [Postponed] Rooted and Rising: Co-Developing Experiential Education for Climate Leadership for Youth and Planetary Health | January 22, 2024 |
Related Work | |
Updates |
You may also be interested in…
Recap – Facing the Flames: Wildfire Challenges in a Warming World, with Eric Kennedy
On September 11, 2024, Dahdaleh faculty fellow and Associate Professor at York University Eric Kennedy delved into wildfire management within the context of climate change focusing on how communities and governments can adapt to increasing frequency …Read more about this Post
Congratulations! Jude Kong Selected to Develop Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network
The five-year project is aimed at ensuring vulnerable and at-risk populations are included in disease outbreak management and policies. At a time when the risk of emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases (ERIDs) is increasing, an …Read more about this Post
2023 Graduate Research Spotlighted at Annual Dahdaleh Graduate Symposium
The Dahdaleh Institute hosted its 4th Annual Annual Global Health Graduate Scholars Symposium on Wed. December 13, 2023. Joined by 20 attendees, the superb presentation line-up featured research addressing some of the most pressing issues …Read more about this Post