In the face of climate change and its increasingly visible consequences, many young people are paralyzed by ecological fear. At McGill, a course aims to inspire hope and equip students to confront climate change. “We’ve been thinking about this course for years, as part of McGill University’s strategic sustainability goals,” says Marcy Slapcoff, director of the Office of Science Education in McGill’s Faculty of Science. Just before the pandemic, she was tasked by the Dean of the Faculty of Science to devise (and assemble a team to deliver) an undergraduate course on climate change, open to all. students . (Catherine Couturier)