Alison Lam

As a scholar and activist focusing on socio-environmental citizenship and Green political theories, I am in a unique position both academically and professionally. Now in the second year of my doctoral studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, I focus on the intersections of environmental sustainability, participatory democracy, and social justice.

Within the Green Party of Canada, I serve as the Critic for Intergovernmental AGairs, Women and Gender on the Shadow Cabinet as well as Co-Chair of the International Secretariat. I have issued statements for the party advocating the decriminalization of sex work and collective action on International Women’s Day. I also proposed party policy calling for the rescinding of the Natural Resources Transfer Acts. Moreover, I took the initiative of relaunching the Women’s Caucus, with programs to promote gender equity and support women, such as mentorship and peer support. As the Co-Chair of the GPC International Secretariat, I work tirelessly to promote our connection with the Federación de Partidos Verdes de las Américas (FPVA) and the Global Greens. In the Global Greens, I have roles in the Biodiversity and Climate Working Groups, and the Strengthening Democracy Network.

In my role as the Ontario Chair of the Security and Defence wing of G100, I created a podcast called 100 Sisters on Security, covering such important gender justice issues as Indigenous rights and forest defence, peace and the Canadian Armed Forces, marginalization of Muslim im/migrants, and climate and gender-responsive financing. Guests have included the only Canadian woman military observer to actively verify the ceasefire in Guatemala in 1997, as well as a Ha-ma-yas Stewardship Network Guardian for the Da’naxda’xw/Awaetlala First Nation.