Bio

Jaden Phillips (They/Them) is a MSc student joining the IRES team in Fall 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Jiaying Zhao. They graduated from the University of Toronto in 2020 with a combined honors in Environmental Science and Psychology.

Now a 24-year-old climate activist, Jaden is a third-culture-kid who grew up in China and speaks fluent Mandarin. As a climate activist, they  currently organize with Fridays for Future Toronto, Banking On A Better Future, & YouthRise (a platform they just personally kickstarted for aspiring young climate activists).