MEET THE
CAN-RAC STAFF TEAM!

Caroline Brouillette
Executive Director
Caroline is the Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada. She is also a contributor to L'actualité, Quebec's leading public affairs magazine, where she writes on climate issues, and sits on the Board of Directors of Société de la nature et des parcs Québec. Prior to joining CAN-Rac, Caroline was a climate policy analyst at Équiterre, where she supported the organization's federal and provincial government relations. Previously, she worked as a social impact consultant at Credo, a certified B Corp, advising clients such as the City of Montreal, Hydro-Québec, La Tablée des chefs and Computers for Excellence Canada. In 2018, Caroline represented Canadian youth at the Charlevoix G7 summit.

Lauren Latour
Member Services & Movement-Building Manager
Lauren joined CAN-Rac in 2019 as Climate Ambition Coordinator, after having spent several years in grassroots climate justice organizing circles in communities across Canada.

Pratishtha Singh
Senior International Policy Analyst
Pratishtha joined Climate Action Network Canada in February 2021 as International Policy Analyst. Before joining CAN-Rac, she worked in India, as a Project Associate with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), supporting programs and policy discussions to address challenges to nature and people involving climate change, energy, forests, agriculture, and livelihood. She has engaged with governments, non-profits, corporations and research institutions on building partnerships to enhance nature conservation and climate action.

Vicky Coo
Communications Lead
Vicky Coo joined Climate Action Network Canada in May 2021. Vicky is a graduate of the University of King’s College and Dalhousie University in K’jipuktuk (Halifax) where she studied international development and contemporary studies. Vicky has worked with environmental NGOs including Green Cross International as well as with obscure theatre companies and the Canadian Museum of Immigration. Most recently, she worked with the communications team at the Green Party of Canada.

Juliet Asikhia
Operations Lead
Juliet Asikhia joined Climate Action Network Canada in July 2021 as the Operations Lead. Before joining CAN-Rac, she worked as technical advisor for a tech consulting company and volunteered as project coordinator with an environmental organization on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory, currently known as Ottawa. She has worked with the European Union and several Western African Countries (Ghana, Congo and Nigeria) to promote environmental awareness and gender equality.

Leïla Cantave
Francophone Communities Campaign Coordinator
Leïla Cantave joined CAN-Rac in September 2022. Leïla is a graduate of McGill University, where she studied international development, economics and environmental studies. Her interest in social justice naturally led her to incorporate an intersectional approach into her activism for environmental and climate justice.

Emily Lowan
Fossil Fuel Supply Campaigns Lead
Emily Lowan joined CAN-Rac in January 2023. Over the past six years, Emily has been embedded in the climate justice movement, implementing change through the leadership of successful campaigns, investigative research, movement building and policy advocacy efforts across Turtle Island. As an organizer, strategist and consultant, she has worked with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Corporate Mapping Project, led Divest UVic's successful campaign (2020-21) and convened the National Day to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies (2022).