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Shake Up The Establishment
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Youth-led nonprofit promoting climate justice & political action in what is currently Canada

Non-Partisan • Evidence-Informed • Community-Centred

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🧗‍♂️ FREE bouldering gym for community organizers in Vancouver, apply by January 7th!

As part of Shake Up The Establishment (SUTE)’s Rest, Recovery, Resistance programming, we are offering a limited number of FREE Bouldering Gym passes for local community organizers at The Hive on January 10th.
Shake Up The Establishment logo is in the top center of the graphic. The title reads 'Chalk Up, Community Organizers. Let's Climb!' Underneath it reads 'On Jan 10, we're hosting a free meet up for community organizers who have invested 25+ hours to advance social or environmental justice in Canada. We're covering the cost of a day pass at The Hive Bouldering Gym Vancouver, shoe rentals & a community dinner. (Valued at $75+/person)'. In a light green rounded rectangle below it reads 'Apply by January 7th at 11:59pm PT at TinyUrl.com/3Rs-Bouldering' The background is an image of a rock climbing wall.
January 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Looking for a book to add to you 2026 Reading list? Check out Shake Up The Establishment's Practicing Rest, Recovery, Resistance: An Interactive Dreaming Journal 📚

📘 Get your copy now at: ShakeUpTheEstab.org/Shop
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December 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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📲Swipe through to read Shake Up The Establishment’s recommendations on the key foundations to shape the National Environmental Justice Strategy.
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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⛷️ FREE mountain admission tickets and ski & snowboarding passes for community organizers in Vancouver!

📲 Apply by December 24 at 11:59 PM PT via tinyurl.com/3rs-grouse. The application form is very short, and spots will be offered on a rolling basis until filled, so we encourage you to apply early.
A Shake Up The Establishment logo is a the top center of the graphic. Title reads 'See you slope-side at Grouse Mountain!' Underneath it reads 'On Dec 29, we're hosting a free meetup for community organizers who have invested 25+ hours to advance social or environmental justice in Canada. We're providing a free mountain admission ticket or day lift ticket & free lunch per person (total value $130+)' In a rounded box below it reads 'Apply by December 24th at 11:59pm PT at Tinyurl.com/3Rs-Grouse'. The background is a ski-er at the top of a mountain. Slide #2: Snowflakes on the top corners and the bottom left corner. The title reads 'FAQ' and below that it reads 'What can I expect for the day? This event is self-guided, but we will have numerous touchpoints as a group. We will meet up at 9AM and head up the mountain together. Then, everyone will split up to do their activity of choice. We will meet up for lunch together (on us!) before everyone heads out again to spend the rest of the day however you would like! What kinds of activities can I do? Mountain admission tickets gives you access to walking and snowshoeing trails, a skating pond, Grouse's Peak of Christmas activities, and more. Lift Tickets give you access to all of the above plus the ski and snowboard lifts. More info is available on www.GrouseMountain.com Are gear rentals and travel costs covered? No, you are responsible for your own travel to/from Grouse mountain and bringing (or renting) any gear needed for your activity.' Shake Up The Establishment logo at the bottom center of the graphic.
December 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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🌿 FREE fitness class for community organizers in Vancouver & Toronto!

📲 Apply by December 18 at 11:59 PM PT via TinyUrl.com/3RsJaybird

🫂 Open to anyone who contributed 25 hours or more in community service to advance climate, environmental, or social justice in Canada this year.
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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‼️END OF YEAR SALE‼️

40% off everything on our webstore PLUS free stickers and postcards with every order!
December 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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🌍✨ Happy Giving Tuesday! Today is a global celebration of generosity and at Shake Up The Establishment, we’re reaching out to ask for your support in our goal to raise $10,000 by the end of 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Swipe through to read Shake Up The Establishment’s recommendations for the 2026-2030 Sustainable Jobs Action Plan 💼📝
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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At Shake Up The Establishment, we are working to advance climate justice, through education, advocacy and community action. We do this while centering joy, rest, and resistance — because the climate movement must be sustainable and built to last. ❤️‍🔥
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Let’s break down the Sustainable Jobs Act, and what a just transition means! 🌿
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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We are so excited to announce this year’s curated Active Learning Club (ALC) meeting series as part of our Righting History project!

ALC meetings are spaces to unlearn & learn together about climate and social justice in a safe, brave, and accountable environment.
This is a multi-slide post. Slide #1: The top left corner has the Righting History logo and beside it reads 'ACTIVE LEARNING CLUB PRESENTS' Below that is an image of people sitting down around a table listening to a speaker with the title reading 'Shifting Paradigms: Reimagining Climate Solutions Through a Justice Lens' At the bottom of the slide it reads '3 Interactive workshops FREE | Open to the public' Slide #2: On an orange background the title reads 'What is the Active Learning Club?' Below that it reads 'Active Learning Club (ALC) meetings are spaces to unlearn and learn together about climate and social justice in a safe, brave and accountable environment. Each session in this year's curated series is free and open to everyone - no prior knowledge needed. Whether you join one meeting or the whole series, you'll find a supportive community ready to explore this year's chosen topics alongside you.' 'You can also find additional ALC resource compilations on topics from previous years at ShakeUpTheEstab.org/Active-Learning-Club/'
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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It might be getting colder… but we’re still blooming 🌻

Our Superbloom shirts celebrate the community that keeps SUTE growing — boldly, creatively, and as an unstoppable force to sustain an intergenerational movement.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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BREAKING: The federal government is set to unveil the budget this afternoon, but our expectations of funding moving towards community-centred climate justice are falling short.
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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💥LAST CALL TO APPLY FOR RIGHTING HISTORY’S PAID OPPORTUNITIES💥

👥 Open to everyone in Canada, we especially encourage (im)migrants, Indigenous, racialized, queer, trans & LGBTQIA+ folks, youth (18-35), women & gender-diverse people with lived experiences to participate given our theme and focus.
This is a single slide post. On a rocky water shore line background with a dark brown transparent filter over it there is the Righting History logo at the top center. Below that it reads ‘FINAL CALL FOR:’ Underneath it in a yellow rounded box outline it reads ‘SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP’ ‘Apply by October 30th!’ beside it and ‘$500 per selected Scholar’ below it. In another yellow rounded box outline below it reads ‘LITERARY CONTEST’ ‘Submit by November 1st!’ beside it and then ‘1st Place: $750 2nd Place: $500 3rd Place: $250 7 Honourable mentions at $150 each’. At the bottom center it reads ‘RightingHistory.ca’
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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​​In addition to our plethora of free educational resources, events and advocacy, Shake Up The Establishment offers professional services that help organizations, educators, and networks embed climate justice, equity, and community-centred practices into their work.
The title reads 'HIRE US FOR YOUR NEXT CLIMATE JUSTICE EVENT, PROJECT OR CAMPAIGN!' In a rounded square box below in the center in a bullet point list it reads 'Our professional services include: Educational Workshops and Events, Community-Based Research Projects, Custom Resource Creation and Design, Campaign Development and Management, Policy Development Analysis Evaluation, Speaking Engagements' 'VISIT SHAKEUPTHEESTAB.ORG/SERVICES' Below that is an image of a SUTE member holding a microphone and speaking to a group of youth with the Shake Up The Establishment logo at the bottom left corner. The title reads 'Testimonial' and there are 5 yellow stars underneath. Below is a quote that reads 'It was an absolute joy to partner with Shake Up the Establishment on their event Exploring Rest, Recovery, Resistance in Pedagogy. SUTE hosted a 1.5 hour workshop and Q+A for educators across K-12, non-profit, and university sectors, to help educators ground their work in intersectional justice, community care and wellbeing, and constructive hope. Educators in attendance described it as a profoundly nourishing, inspiring and enlightening event and promised to use the work in their curricula and amplify it throughout their networks. Such a special evening highlighting an incredible youth-created resource!' In a round pill shaped oval below that it reads 'Dr. Grace Nosak Youth Climate Action Toronto (YCAT) project at University of Toronto'. Underneath is an image of a SUTE member smiling while holding the microphone while presenting with the Shake Up The Establishment logo at the bottom left corner.
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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✒️💥REMINDER: Time is running out to apply for these three amazing paid opportunities at Righting History!

If you're a writer, creative, researcher, community organizer, poet, storyteller, scholar, activist and/or academic learn more at: RightingHistory.ca
Righting History logo is at the top of the page. In three rectangular boxes it reads 'ACTIVE LEARNING CLUB FACILITATORS' 'Apply by October 15th!' '$500 per selected facilitator'. In the second box it reads 'SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP' 'Apply by October 30th!' '$500 per selected Scholar'. In the last box it reads 'LITERARY CONTEST' 'Enter by November 1st!' '1st place: $750 2nd place: $500 3rd place: $250 7 Honourable Mentions at $150 each'. At the bottom of the page it reads 'RightingHistory.ca'
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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💥 At our inaugural Infiltrate the System Network Gathering, 12 of 16 member organizations came together to share what’s working, what’s weighing us down & what we urgently need to sustain youth-led climate justice work across the country.

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Infiltrate the System June 2025 Network Gathering Recap Report | Shake Up The Establishment
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October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🌿Calling all community organizers, researchers, and storytellers, we have a paid opportunity curated just for you!

We’re seeking facilitators to design and lead one 1.5 hour-long online workshop each, as part of our Active Learning Club (ALC), between November 15 – December 15, 2025.
This is a multi-slide post 'CALL FOR ACTIVE LEARNING CLUB FACILITATORS' Righting History Logo underneath it. Background image is a group of youth sitting in a learning circle Slide #2: 'Active Learning Club (ALC) meetings invite our community to unlearn/learn together about climate and social justice.' 'We're seeking facilitators (educators, organizers, knowledge-keepers, researchers, storytellers) to design and lead one 1.5 hour-long online workshop session between November 15th-December 15th, 2025. Our hope with this work is to help equip community organizers with the tools knowledges, and skills to advocate for necessary systemic changes.' Slide #3: The title reads 'Expectations for Facilitators' in a bullet point list below 'Create a brief resource list for participants to engage in pre-and/or post-session' 'Design an interactive 1.5 hour-long online workshop' 'Create a safe, brave and accountable space for inclusive participation' '30 minute tech-check and practice run before scheduled session' 'Workshops will be recorded and edited to be shared on YouTube and other channels' In an burnt orange drawn oval circle 'This year's theme is 'Shifting Paradigms: Reimagining Climate Solutions Through a Justice Lens' Slide #4: The title reads 'Compensation and Supports' below that in a bullet point list is '$500 per selected facilitator (3 total)' 'Our team will provide Zoom hosting, tech moderation, live captions + a short run-through with feedback prior to your event' Title reads 'Eligibility' below that in a bullet point list 'Open to anyone in Canada' 'We especially encourage (im)migrants, Indigenous, racialized, queer, trans & LGBTQIA+ folks, youth (18-35), women & gender-diverse people with lived experiences to participate given our theme and focus' 'Priority consideration for Toronto and Greater Toronto Area-based applicants due to funding'
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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💥📝 We have a paid opportunity to create resources that connect lessons from past movements to today’s struggles.

The Righting History Scholars Fellowship is seeking individuals to research & create accessible educational resources for our anti-colonial education platform, Righting History.
This is a multi-slide post. Slide #1: Righting History logo and the top center with 'Scholars Fellowship' below it and 'Earn $500 to create an educational resource!' Slide #2: 'We are providing $500 for individuals interested in researching and creating an educational resource for our anti-colonial education platform, Righting History. These educational resources are meant to be tools for critical inquiry, collective healing and political imagination and will live on our website/be promoted across our platforms with full credit to their creators' Image of people holding posters that say 'People Over Profit' from Draw the Line at the bottom right corner Slide #3: 'This year's theme is 'Lessons from Movements Before Ours: Sharing Stories Necessary for our Future' in a bullet point list below 'Lessons and tactics from movements for racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice' 'Theories and modes of organizing informed by Indigenous sovereignty, abolitionist organizing, disability justice, queer/trans liberation' 'Strategies to address polarization, disinformation, facism and propaganda' 'Links between historical movements an today's struggles for equity and systemic change' Image of people holding posters from Draw the Line Vancouver at the bottom left corner. 'Photo credit: Mike Graeme' Slide #4: The title reads 'Formats We Accept:' In a bullet point list below 'Article (approx. 750 - 2500 words with in-text citations and references list)' 'Zine (5-10 pages long, with 200-word artist statement and references list)' 'Video (5-10 minutes long, with 200-word summary and references list)' 'Podcast (15-30 mins long, with 50-100 word description and verbatim transcript with in-citations and/or references list)' 'Apply by October 30th!'
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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✒️📚Calling all writers, poets & creatives, we have a paid opportunity for you!

We’re looking for original fiction, nonfiction &/or poetry pieces to be featured on Righting History - an anti-colonial education platform created by the national climate justice organization Shake Up The Establishment.
This is a mutli-slide post. Righting History's logo in the top left corner. 'Literary Contest 2025' with a image of hand holding a pen. 'Over $2,500 in prizes!' Slide #2: 'Our literary contest's theme this year is: (Im)migration Stories at the Nexus of Climate Justice in Canada' 'Within the context of Bill C-2 and Bill C-5, we're creating space for migrants roles, rights and contributions in so-called Canada, and are seeking literary contributions that centre migrants' perspectives on climate and social justice and trace connections between places, memories, borders and ecologies.' Image of two protesters from Draw the Line Vancouver holding signs that say 'Regularize Everyone status for all' and 'Migrant Rights are Workers Rights' 'photo credit: Mike Graeme' Slide #3: the title reads 'Submission Guidelines' in three bullet points below that it reads 'One original, unpublished piece in English per person (and please do not submit it elsewhere until we finalize our collection by or before Dec 31, 2025)' 'Open to anyone in Canada' 'We especially encourage (im)migratns, Indigenous, racialized, queer, trans & LGBTQIA+ folks, youth (18-35), women & gender-diverse people with lived experiences to participate given our theme and focus' 'Enter by November 1st!'
October 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Are you getting tired of smoky summers and countless forest fires? Feeling like climate change/action became less of a priority over the last couple of years? You’re not alone.

On Oct 5th @ Trout Lake 3 pm, come talk power, action and community with a side of Earnest Ice Cream and good vibes🍦
Event poster for 'Connect the dots, trout Lake, park hang' 'bring your pals + coziest fall fits to chat about how climate justice connects with the issues shaping our everyday lives - from rent control, to free transit, to taking on billionaire influence. We'll have ice cream!' 'Time 3-5pm' 'Date Sunday October 5th' 'Ice cream by Earnest!' 'Location 3300 Victoria Drive, Vancouver BC'
September 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Toronto showed up to #DrawTheLine! This was an AMAZING day filled with powerful speakers, passionate activists, and community justice! We were so grateful to have the opportunity to table at this historic event.

Swipe for more from Toronto's #DrawTheLine!
September 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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In a historic demonstration representing communities and organizations, tens of thousands of people across Canada took to the streets to demand a just and safe future for all.

Swipe to see some incredible and powerful photos from Saturday's event! All photos by Mike Graeme.

#DTL #DrawTheLine
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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✨HERE IS WHO IS DRAWING THE LINE WITH US IN SO-CALLED VANCOUVER! ✨

This is a collective stand for justice in all its forms.
See you on Saturday Sept 20th to #DrawTheLine on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ Nations ✊
A poster for the "Draw the Line" event. At the top, bold white text on a dark background declares "DRAW THE LINE" with the tagline "FOR PEOPLE. FOR PEACE. FOR THE PLANET." directly beneath it. Centered below is a land acknowledgement in white text: "Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations." The central event information is presented in a large, bold font: "SEPT 20, 2025" and "VANCOUVER." The itinerary is detailed in clear sections: 2PM - RALLY & MARCH FROM VPL CENTRAL (GEORGIA ST) 4PM - GATHERING AT SCIENCE WORLD PARK A detailed schedule follows: 2:00pm: Gather at VPL for kick-off. The emcees are listed as Tara Shushtarian and Ghazal Murad. Features a welcome by Shane Pointe, a Musqueam knowledge keeper, and a speech by Mark Hancock, president of CUPE national. 2:30pm: March begins from VPL. 4:00pm: Program at Creekside Park begins.It includes a welcome by Audrey Siegl of Musqueam. The list of speakers is presented with their affiliations: Veronique Soufi, BC Society for Policy Solutions Rayanna Seymour, West Coast Environmental Law Byron Cruz, Sanctuary Health Tamer Aburamadan, Al-Awda Anjali Appadurai, Climate Emergency Unit The poster concludes with a list of special performances by: Butterflies in Spirit, described as an Indigenous dance group. Desiree Dawson, described as a singer-songwriter. The overall color scheme of the graphic features white and light yellow text on a dark blue-green background, creating a striking and legible contrast.
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Our team has had such a blast supporting the banner-making at Vancouver’s Draw The Line art builds! They have been such amazing family-friendly spaces for community members to gather to connect, collaborate, learn and share food. We are so excited for the day of action this Sat at 2pm @ VPL Georgia✊
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM