Our Team

Jamie Kirkpatrick

Senior Program Manager

Jamie Kirkpatrick is a veteran campaigner and strategist with over 25 years of experience in public policy, environmental advocacy, and labour-community engagement.

As Senior Program Manager at Blue Green Canada, Jamie supports national initiatives that bridge the labour and environmental sectors, championing a just transition to a low-carbon economy.

He is recognized for his ability to build coalitions, deliver compelling public communications, and facilitate impactful dialogue on sustainability and economic justice. Jamie regularly contributes to national conferences, parliamentary studies, and public discourse on the future of work in a changing climate.

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Christine Jones

Industrial Decarbonization Program Manager

Christine Jones is Blue Green Canada’s Industrial Decarbonization Program Manager

Christine is a long-time activist and social movement strategist, leading several organizations advocating for peace, human rights, the environment, and social justice. 

Before joining Blue Green Canada, Christine helped to mobilize people and communities from coast to coast to coast against Canada’s participation in wars of occupation. Along with working to get thousands of people in the streets to protest the Canadian government’s military agenda, she helped lead a popular education program on redirecting military spending to human needs and the environment, while challenging neoliberalism head on.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Blue Green Canada’s Board of Directors are nominated by its member organizations to serve the organization. Members agree to work together as advocates for working people and the environment by promoting solutions to environmental issues that have positive employment and economic impacts.

Executive Committee

Meg Gingrich

United Steelworkers (President)

Sari Sairanen

Unifor (Chair)

Keith Brooks

Environmental Defence (Treasurer)

Directors

Sylvia Boyce

United Steelworkers

Devon Crick

Broadbent Institute

Jana Elbrecht

Clean Energy Canada

Megan Gordon

Pembina Institute

Melissa Gregerson

Columbia Institute

Kevin Millsip

Columbia Institute

Clement Nocos

Broadbent Institute

Aliénor Rougeot

Environmental Defence

Mark Rowlinson

(Past-President)

Chris Severson-Baker

Pembina Institute

Oliver Sheldrick

Clean Energy Canada

Dan Valente

Unifor

Uplifting the Voices of Real Workers

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The Nature of Work is Changing

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1. Have there been any changes with your work because of climate change?
5. Do you ever get scared because of climate change?

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