Building Community Resilience in a Changing Climate

Human-induced climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of our time. How humans have historically lived, played, and dreamed is changing. The impacts of climate change are felt across all sectors of human society: water and food systems, housing, health and sanitation, employment, industry, finance, security, and migration, to name several. Additionally, actions being taken around climate intersect with the interests of many civil society actors, such as those seeking gender justice, upholding and honouring indigenous rights and knowledge, and social movements mobilizing around environmental concerns, youth voice, and a just transition for workers, among others. Within this context of overlapping crises in a changing climate, the ways humans think, our relationships with more-than-human natures, and how we organize our societies must change.

As people, organizations, and institutions work on these changes across scales, communities are mobilizing to build their resilience in the face of crisis. This course offers foundations to engaging in climate change work – addressing injustice, (re)building relationships, exploring solutions – at the community level. Starting from an understanding that all people and communities have strengths, skills, and knowledge, this course supports participants to share their experiences and knowledge (and those of their communities, where appropriate) to engage with community climate resilience topics in a way that is meaningful in their own contexts.

DATES: September 15, 2025 - November 7, 2025