ABSTRACT
The Canadian federal election of 2015 was a watershed moment for women's political agency, Indigenous activism and climate justice in Canada. This chapter presents a story that trace about women's leadership and organizing on environment, Indigenous and intersectional issues to illustrate a convergence of gendered impacts, awareness and action. This story of extraction, climate change, weather, unequal impacts, gender and political agency in a fossil fuel-producing country in the Global North has implications for gender and climate justice globally. Canada contains within its borders many examples of environmental racism stemming from fossil fuel extraction and climate change that parallel global injustices. The politics of addressing these inequities is key to a successfully managed energy transition away from fossil fuels. In the Canadian case at least, women's leadership – especially Indigenous women's leadership – is emerging as crucial.
