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Our campaigns

Climate education, one campus at a time

Every CEFA campaign is led by students at their own university. They gather evidence of student demand, meet with decision-makers and work with instructors until climate education reaches every degree.

Photo: Dan Otis / Unsplash

A large group of students posing in front of a projected CEFA logo at the campaign’s first volunteer onboarding party

Vancouver, BC · Since fall 2024

University of British Columbia Vancouver

Where the CEFA network began. Students at UBC Vancouver have surveyed thousands of their peers and brought the case for climate education to deans, Faculty councils and course instructors across campus.

of 2,762 surveyed UBC undergraduates support mandatory climate education
+91%
volunteers at our second onboarding party, in October 2026
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Wolfville, NS

Acadia University

Students at Acadia University are running a CEFA campaign of their own, starting by surveying their peers on campus.

Full campaign page coming soon.

Two smiling Acadia students giving a thumbs up behind a CEFA table with a “30-second survey” sign, Acadia water bottles and a tablet showing a QR code

Our theory of change

How a campaign creates change

A course requirement today means every graduate who follows learns about the climate crisis and brings that knowledge into their field, their vote and their community.

  1. 1Inputs

    Students organize

    • Volunteers
    • A professor ally
    • Knowledge of the university context
    • Time
  2. 2Outputs

    A campaign

    • A student survey
    • Meetings with deans
  3. 3Immediate outcome

    A climate course requirement

    • More students aware of climate change and how to act
  4. 4Intermediate outcome

    Graduates take climate action

    • Transforming their professional fields
    • Voting and advocating for climate policies
  5. 5Impact

    An end to climate inaction

    • Climate policies
    • Low-carbon sectors

Across the network

Campaigns taking root

Ambassadors from our first cohort are building CEFA campaigns at universities across Canada and abroad.

  • University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, BC

  • Acadia University

    Wolfville, NS

  • Mount Allison University

    Sackville, NB

  • University of Calgary

    Calgary, AB

  • University of Guelph

    Guelph, ON

  • University of Toronto

    Toronto, ON

  • Okanagan College

    Kelowna, BC

  • Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, BC

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

Start a campaign at your university

We will train you, share our toolkit and connect you with students who have done it before.

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