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For Our Kids: Ottawa-Gatineau
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We are a community including parents, grandparents and families who have come together to tackle the climate emergency by participating in family-friendly activism activities.
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Ottawa isn't in the ranking, but is currently higher than every city on this list.

We urgently need to reduce the use of fossil fuels for a breathable future.
A screenshot of text with some of it in a ' alert red box' World > ... > Ottawa ... + Add Air quality in Ottawa Air quality index (AQI+) and PM2.5 air pollution in Ottawa • 309K Followers 16:00, Jun 6 Ottawa has "Unhealthy" air quality. Se... Spotlight > 199 US AQI+ Unhealthy Main pollutant: PM2.5 26° 124.5 µg/m³ 14.8 km/h 38%
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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We had a great time out at the Great Glebe Garage Sale yesterday. Lots of people interested in healthier, more efficient, gas-free futures and climate action for future generations. It was great to be there with friends @cafesottawa.bsky.social, @ecologyottawa.bsky.social, Fridays for Future & more!
A person in a red jacket and purple hat stands behind a table with green cloth and For Our Kids materials A sign that says Heat pumps are cool with two painted heat pumps giving thumbs ups. There is a cut out on each heat pump where a smiling face can be seen. A person wearing a rain jacket and hat holds a colouring sheet that says "I want a future with liveable cities" and is behind a green tableclothed table.
May 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We will be at the Great Glebe Garage Sales this Saturday talking to folks about all the things we do, especially our new Gas Free Homes Campaign. Find us near Glebe Ave & Lyon St. Best by walking, biking, or bus! Learn more about us: www.forourkids.ca/ottawa_gatin... #Ottawa
A real heart inside a circle reads "All Kids Deserve Clean Air" at the bottom inside of the circle text says "Gas-Free Homes for Ottawa".
May 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🌎 👩🏼‍⚕️ May 13 Online Event about the intersections between children's health and climate change. Our children are already facing the tangible impacts of climate change. 🩻

This event will give you the knowledge and motivation for more action. ✳️

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Graphic with text, logos and an image of a white woman wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Your Child's Health and CLIMATE CHANGE A Discussion with Dr. Debra Hendrickson, pediatrician and author of The Air They Breathe TUESDAY, MAY 13 1 PM EST/12 PM CST / 11 AM MST/ 10 AM PST Register Here
May 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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All kids deserve clean air. Join our campaign to support gas-free homes in Ottawa. Add your name to our letter and sign up to help www.forourkids.ca/gas_free_bui...
A painted sign showing heat pumps with thumbs up. Two smiling faces are poking through cut-outs.
April 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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April 12: Join us to learn about getting gas out of buildings! We'll share campaign plans, resources, & hands-on materials. Find out how to convince decision-makers to phase gas out of homes & implement healthier modern building standards that benefit us all.

RSVP: www.forourkids.ca/ottawa_gas_c...
For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau logo and an illustration of happy people in front of a skyline of buildings. Text reads: JOIN THIS OPEN HOUSE IN OTTAWA TO LEARN ABOUT OUR PLAN: GAS-FREE BUILDINGS ST PAUL'S UNIVERSITY 95 CLEGG ST Saturday April 12, 2pm-5pm Snacks will be provided and kids are welcome!
March 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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There are many climate events and actions in Ottawa this week (we just shared a bunch!).

Here's another from @envirocentre.bsky.social Public talk and symposium about transit. We can't reduce transportation emissions without good quality public transportation 🚌🚈🌎
on a pink background "Connecting the Dots by EnviroCentre' logo and text "2025 Annual Symposium: Connecting the Dots on Transit - March 28 / 9:30 - 3:00pm / National Arts Centre on a pink background there's a picture of a person with short hair, glasses, and a giant smile. "Connecting the Dots by EnviroCentre' logo and text "Communities for Everyone: When driving isnt an option - keynote talk with Anna Zivarts / March 27 / 7pm / University of Ottawa
March 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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FEBRUARY (#2): On the 16th, join us and a member of Bird Friendly Ottawa to learn how to identify birds & add to the Great Backyard Bird Count! Outside and warm inside time with snacks. Email to sign up in advance 🐦🦆🦉🐦‍⬛
A blue square with text, 4 pictures of a chickadee, male cardinal, female cardinal, and another bird (a downy woodpecker maybe), and the For Our Kids logo. The text says: Join us for this family-friendly outdoor adventure: Winter Backyard Bird Count Fletcher Wildlife Gardens (across from the experimental farm) Sunday February 16th 10 am - 12 pm We will explore the woods with an experienced birder. Then we will warm up inside the Resource Centre with snacks and beverages along with some kid-friendly activities. RSVP: forourkidsottawa@gmail.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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You don't have to be an expert, you don't have to have all the answers, you can just start talking about it.
The comic continues from previous post... Text says "But it doesn't have to be Panel 4: another female coded person (#3) says "Wild winter we're having isn't it?" Person 2 says again "Honestly it makes me worried: rain in December? We almost had a green Christmas this year." Panel 5: Person 3 says "Oh, I'm so glad you said that. I feel the same way. Person 2 says "Really?" Panel 6: person 3 says "It's nice just to be able to chat with someone" person 2 holding a kid's hand says "It really is!" Another person, male-coded, holding a kid's hand joins and says "Were you talking about the weather? It's worrisome." Text says For Our Kids is a community of parents across Canada who recognize the situation and are ready to work together to protect our planet and our kids futures.
January 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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It can be hard to feel like you are the only one worried about our planet and our climate. But you are not alone. We are here with you and want to work together to protect what we love.
A comic: two stick figures with swoopy female-coded hair and speech bubbles. In the first panel person 1 says "Hey wild winter we are having isn't it?" And person 2 says "Honestly, it makes me worried: rain in December? We almost had a green Christmas this year" Text below says "Do you sometimes feel that your neighbours, colleagues or even family members don't see how serious our planet situation is? Panel 2 Person 1 says "I'm just glad I don't have to shovel so much snow" Person 2 says "Ha Ha yeah..." Panel 3 Just Person 2 zoomed in with a mad face and a thinking bubble that reads "but WE need that snow". Next to them is a tree, birds, squirrel and kid. Text at the bottom says "It can feel lonely..." And the For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau logo.
January 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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FEBRUARY: On the 23rd, we're returning to the Ottawa Carleton Wildlife Centre for a family snowshoe and nature discovery workshop. Snowshoes are provided!
On a blue snowy background text says "Join For Our Kids Parents and their Families at the Ottawa Carleton Wildlife Centre, Nature Discovery Workshop: Connecting to Nature. Family snowshoeing (provided). Sunday, February 23 10am - 12pm. RSVP: forourkidsottawa@gmail.com. There are 2 images of adults and kids snowshoeing and looking at trees and surroundings, 1 image of tiny, medium, and large snowshoes and 1 image of an adult from the centre showing kids an animal puppet.
January 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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JANUARY: On the 18th we're holding a meet and greet followed by a virtual conversation with Sarah Marie Wiebe about Hot Mess: Mothering Through a Code Red Climate Emergency #OttEvents #OttClimate
On an orange background text says "Join For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau for a watch party! Conversation and Audience Q&A with author Sarah Marie Wiebe. Saturday January 18th Desjardins Room St Paul's University - 95 Clegg St. Doors at 3pm. Viewing starts at 4pm. There's an image of the Hot Mess book cover and photo of the author in a beam of sunlight.
January 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Join For our Kids Ottawa/Gatineau parents on Saturday January 18 for a casual meet and greet at 3 pm and stay to watch the online conversation and Q&A with author Sarah Marie Wiebe at 4 pm. It's a great chance to come meet other climate-concerned community members www.forourkids.ca/author_conve...
On an orange background text says Join For Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau for a watch party! Conversation and Audience Q&A with author Sarah Marie Wiebe. Saturday January 18th, Desjardins Room. St Paul's University - 95 Clegg St. Doors at 3pm. Viewing starts at 4pm. In the middle there is a graphic of the Hot Mess book cover and a photo of the author in a beam of sunlight.
January 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Our bookclub returns in January! We will be reading Hot Mess: Mothering through a code red climate emergency by Sarah Marie Wiebe. The discussion is online so you don't have to be ik the Ottawa-Gatineau region to join us. More details and RSVP: www.forourkids.ca/for_our_kids...
Text says Book Club Discussion Jan 8 @ 5PM PT/ 8PM ET Buy or borrow a copy of the book, read at your own pace and join us for a conversation. Online Q&A with the author coming up on January 18th For our kids logo and the book cover which has Hot Mess in big font on a red blob with a darker background and red and yellow scribbles/patterns in the background
December 14, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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"I read once that if everyone learned how to sew one piece of clothing, the fast fashion industry would collapse." Read about the mending circles our friends in Burnaby have joined. #SaveOurFuture www.forourkids.ca/_we_can_work...
Kids holding up a fabric sign that says "Save Our Future" made of fabric scraps at a mending circle.
November 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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We participated in 5 #KidicalMass bike rides this year. Whether you joined us or not, please share your feedback (5 mins!) on our activities to raise awareness about safe streets for kids (and everyone else too)! #StreetsForKids #OttCity #KidicalMassOttawa

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On a green background there's the Kidical Mass Ottawa logo and the words Share your Thoughts and an !. There's also a picture of an adult wearing a helmet hugging two kids and another of a group of people including a kid with balloons riding on a street.
November 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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We are joining allies in Ottawa for a rally for road safety this Saturday, October 26th. Our kids are extra vulnerable to road danger today and the impacts of excessive car use are destroying their future. Please join us!
A poster is bright yellow background and large text that says Rally for Road Safety. Smaller text reads Saturday, October 26th, 3:30pm, Confederation Park. There is an outline of a bike and photos of Doug Ford and Mark Sutcliffe with a bubble saying "Join us in calling on the city to oppose Ford's anti-bike lane legislation". A large number of logos are shown at the bottom.
October 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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Today is World Car Free Day and an excellent opportunity to highlight the international Kidical Mass movement. People around the world are raising their voices about the need for child-friendly livable cities. 1/2

#KidicalMass #StreetsForKids #WorldCarFreeDay #OttBike #OttWalk #OttRoll
A box on top of a picture of people riding bikes has text that says "Did you know: Kidical Mass rides happen all over the world. Last fall more than 250,000 people joined in! A world map with pins for places that have Kidical Mass events and the link to kidsonbikes.org
September 22, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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Join us at Kidical Mass Ottawa on September 28th for a joyful celebration of biking, community, climate action, and spaces for people, especially kids. We are thrilled to be collaborating with some great community partners including @bikeottawa.bsky.social! More at www.forourkids.ca/kidical_mass...
A bright colourful poster featuring kids biking. It includes the Kidical Mass logo and a prominent box that says September 28. There are other details about the time, location, and partners that would be best to read on our webpage link.
August 28, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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Our next book club pick is "Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids and Everyone Else" by Elizabeth Cripps. We'll be meeting mid April to discuss! Let us know if you're interested in joining.
A graphic of a person reading under a tree with butterflies and a picture of the book cover.
March 19, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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Have you ever wondered if Canada's banks cover up their polluting ways by sponsoring community events and activities.

Let's uncover the truth together. Go to ForOurKids.ca/bank_mapping to get started 🕵️‍♀️

#findfossilfuelfunders #greenwashing #sustainability #climateaction
For our kids logo Text: Find fossil fuel funders Image: a woman holding a magnifying glass and looks for bank logos
December 1, 2023 at 7:23 PM
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📢 Ottawa - Come hang out with us! Meet others taking climate action, chat about heat pumps, e-buses and bikes, or more. Coffee and kid crafts and activities available. www.forourkids.ca/nov_11_meetup
Event poster: Climate moms and climate dada drop-in. With some images of leaves, coffee, crafts and text from the linked event page
October 31, 2023 at 3:35 PM
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An upcoming positive climate action the morning of Nov 1 in Ottawa: Fix Finance For Our Future. We want to remind politicians that families support the climate-aligned finance act! Get one more use out of your kids' Halloween costumes! More info here: www.forourkids.ca/finance_rall... #OttClimate
An event poster featuring a huge piggy bank and some people rallying with signs.
October 18, 2023 at 4:10 PM
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DYK we are part of a Canada-wide climate action network with a national support team? They are holding an online event to share more about For Our Kids. It's also a chance to meet others concerned about & working to change our climate future. Sign up here: www.forourkids.ca/national_mee...
A graphic with cute rainforest frogs promoting the event.
October 15, 2023 at 7:49 PM