André-Yanne Parent

Director of Leadership Development, Boursiers McCall MacBain Scholars

Climate change, climate justice, education on climate crisis, green washing, climate solutions, coalition building, mobilization, holding elected officials accountable on climate solutions

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Biography

André-Yanne Parent is the Director of Leadership Development at Boursiers McCall MacBain Scholars. Prior to that, she was the Executive Director for the Climate Reality Project. Parent holds a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Montreal. Elected to several boards, she is also one of the cofounders of DestiNATIONS, a Cultural and Artistic Embassy for First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Montreal and was appointed the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in Education. Parent was selected in La Presse's Top 30 Under 30. She was the Senior Director of Operations and Philanthropy for Inuit & First Nations Communities at Youth Fusion. Under her leadership, Youth Fusion’s Indigenous Programming received the 2017 edition of the Marcel Côté Award from the Public Policy Forum for its leadership in improving public policies.

Expertise

  • climate change
  • climate justice
  • education on climate crisis
  • green washing
  • climate solutions
  • coalition building
  • mobilization
  • holding elected officials accountable on climate solutions