Webinar date and Time: Wednesday, May 25th at 3:30 p.m.

In September 2022, after an already gargantuan fight to get their case to be heard by the province’s court, the seven young Ontarians at the centre of the Mathur case will finally head to Ontario’s Superior Court.

This webinar is a follow-up to our 2020 webinar, which introduced the Mathur et. al case (ojen.ca/en/webinar/sli-2020-env-law).

The team at Ecojustice documents the journey until this moment, reviews the issues at the heart of this fight—including its connection to the Charter—and explores the possible outcomes of a decision that has the potential to affect generations to come and the planet itself.

Ecojustice’s lawyer Fraser Thomson takes part in the webinar, as well as one of their clients and litigants in the case, Zoe Keary-Matzner. The audience gets to hear from two different voices, including one of the young people bringing the case forward.

You can add your name to the court submission of Mathur et. al. here to show your support: www.support.ecojustice.ca/page/91872/petition/1?ea…

Watch the press conference announcing the launch of action: Seven young Ontarians are suing Doug Ford over climate inaction. Meet our #GenClimateAction (   • Seven young Ontarians are suing Doug ...  )

For more information and reading materials, visit our website: ojen.ca/en/webinar/teaching-mathur-et-al-case-an-u….

For more information on Ecojustice, please visit www.ecojustice.ca/.

OJEN offers special thanks to the Law Foundation of Ontario, whose funding made this webinar series and so many other crucial projects possible.

00:00 Welcome and Introduction
5:36 Presentation from Ecojustice's Fraser Thomson
21:00 Youth activist Zoe Keary-Matzner talks about her experience with the case
25:20 Zoe speaks about forming a collective with the other six youth litigants
26:17 Fraser gives update on where case stands now
30:02 Fraser speaks about Charter elements and arguments contained in the case
33:20 Zoe speaks about her history with the climate-change movement and her inspirations
36:04 Zoe and Fraser speak about the youth's role in the upcoming hearing
38:10 Zoe speaks about her education as it relates to climate change
39:00 Fraser speaks about potential implications of recent provincial election on case
40:20 Fraser speaks about possible outcomes of winning this case
41:33 Fraser speaks about other current international actions of a similar nature to Mathur
44:47 Audience member asks questions about section 7 of Charter
47:01 Fraser responds to argument about Ontario's role and responsibility in global climate crisis
47:59 Audience member asks about international court's attention to this issue
50:55 Fraser speaks about public awareness of the issue
54:15 Zoe speaks about keeping well-being front of mind and imagined career paths
56:43 Conclusion of program