Amara Possian
About Amara Possian
An Armenian organizer living in Toronto, Amara Possian is currently Canada's team lead at 350.org. She has led some of Canada’s most impactful people-powered campaigns, using digital tools to engage and mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to win on climate issues and change governments.
Cap the Crap: The alarming rise in climate denial in Canadian politics
Premier Danielle Smith’s latest PR push is fossil fuel propaganda. That’s why 350.org responded with “Cap the Crap,” a campaign to call out industry lies and fight for a strong emissions cap on Alberta's oil and gas sector.
True peace and justice is possible if the world transitions to clean energy
The climate crisis knows no borders and is intensifying at an alarming rate. As long as we’re dependent on fossil fuels, we will continue to live in a volatile global landscape worsened by climate change.
Why targeting the NDP is bad for the Greens and the climate
By pinning its electoral hopes and dreams on flipping orange ridings, the Green Party all but guarantees Canada will fail to address the climate emergency, writes Amara Possian, a Toronto-based professor and Canada campaigns Director at 350.org.