Isaac Phan Nay
About Isaac Phan Nay
Isaac Phan Nay is a Cambodian-Lithuanian reporter and graduate from the journalism program at Carleton University. He has written about youth and young people in and around Toronto, and covered Indigenous Urban Communities in and around Ottawa thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
He also reports on science and how we can mitigate the damage we've done to the planet. Previously, Isaac reported breaking news for the Toronto Star.
Isaac grew up in Richmond Hill, Ont.
Feds give Indigenous tourism a boost
The federal government is offering grants of up to $25,000 directly to small businesses that support Indigenous-led tourism across Canada.
Climate change could mean less nutrition in the seas
New research, co-authored by UBC fish researcher William Cheung, shows climate change will shift seafood populations to make nutrients up to 15 per cent less available by 2100, relative to 2000 levels.
B.C. is not on track to meet climate goals: civil society groups
A campaign mounted by several B.C. climate and civil society groups is calling on the provincial government to set more ambitious climate targets and enact policies to reach them. “We are in deep doo-doo with respect to the climate crisis,” said Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.
Communities prepare for climate-driven extreme weather
Climate-driven extreme weather has endangered Canadians and caused billions of dollars of damage. Now, the B.C. government is distributing $5 million in funding to communities to mitigate the loss caused by climate-driven extreme weather.
Federal government puts pollution lawsuit settlement into active transportation
As part of an environmental group’s settlement with Volkswagen over air pollution, the federal government is putting some of the money into projects that promote active transportation in Quebec.
Canadian university students demand fossil-fuelled RBC off campus
Students at the University of British Columbia braved the cold and wet to demand RBC leave their campus. They were one of seven campus groups who staged action on Tuesday against the fossil fuel financier.
Ontario agrees to meet with First Nations over muskeg conservation demand
Ontario Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford met with members of the Mushkegowuk Council, opening discussions about a 300,000-square-kilometre conservation zone.
Ford government scuttles First Nations’ conservation plans
Some First Nations asked Ontario to help them protect Earth's second-largest carbon sink. They say the provincial government ignored them.
First Nation, environmental groups head to court over delayed call for spotted owl protection
Eight months after he made the commitment, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault recommended an emergency order to protect the northern spotted owl's habitat. Now, a First Nation and environmental groups are taking him to court over the delay.
‘How is that reconciliation?’: Hereditary Gitxsan Nation chiefs rally for their rights
Met by a crowd of about 40 people at the steps of the courthouse, the leaders denounced court injunctions that stopped Indigenous land defenders from protesting development and called for the dismantling of the RCMP’s contentious Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) and its presence on Indigenous land.