Acknowledgements, Credits & Supporters

Danielle Moore lived her life full of hope and believed in creating great change for a more just and environmentally sustainable planet. In her 24 years, she touched the lives of countless people across Canada and around the world. She was a courageous leader, champion for justice, and environmental activist always keen to carry the hard work of sustainability forward.

Tragically, Danielle’s life was cut short on March 10th, 2019, when flight ET302 crashed in Ethiopia—Danielle was on her way to represent Canada at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

Danielle was a voracious learner, a masterful artist, and a tireless community-builder—a true leader who served with humility. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree with honours in Marine Biology from Dalhousie University. Her thesis research on right whales fundamentally changed how scientists track and protect this endangered species.

During Danielle’s university years, she mobilized her community to lead a citizen-science expedition that discovered a previously undocumented wetland. This discovery helped halt an illegal pipeline expansion in Nova Scotia and continues to improve environmental assessment processes in Canada.

She was a long-time volunteer and top fundraiser with the Ecology Action Centre, raising money by running marathons in creative costumes. Danielle always found a way to make it fun.

In 2019, Danielle followed her calling as an educator and was accepted to the University of Ottawa in the Teacher Education Program. She had also planned to visit the Philippines to re-connect with family and her roots, and to build a fish farm and library in her mother’s village.

Although Danielle is no longer here to carry this work forward, her invincible spirit continues to live on through the initiatives she completed and set in motion and the many lives she touched. Wherever Danielle went, she brought people together to form strong communities based on inclusion, love, and hope.

In her blog, she wrote:

“In the midst of changing times, in the midst of a looming future, we can also revel in the idea that such a change/collapse can bring upon a new way of life. So I choose hope, and that’s what I hope to share.”

Danielle was, and always will be, the embodiment of love and hope.

Project Team & Storytellers

We are indebted to the support of our funders at the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network, the Donner Canada Foundation and the Danielle Moore Legacy Fund.

We are grateful to volunteer, staff, and storyteller input from the following people:

Shannon Arnold, Visioning and Project Management
Simon Ryder-Burbidge, Audio Editing and Project Coordination
Sadie Beaton, Writing and Concept
Veronika Brzeski, Project Coordination and Story Gathering
Maxime Lapierre, Data Visualization and Drone Photography
Nicolas Winkler, Photography and Videography
Amanda Peters, Writing and Story Gathering
Chris Benjamin, Writing and Story Gathering
Elder Albert Marshall, Storytelling
Melissa Labrador, Storytelling
Ron Ingraham, Storytelling
Herb Nash, Storytelling
Michael Buffet, Storytelling
Wayne Budge, Storytelling
Dot Munden, Storytelling
Jim Munden, Storytelling
Danny Munden, Storytelling
John A. Buchanan, Storytelling
Joe Buchanan, Storytelling
Stanley Buchanan, Storytelling
Lyne Morissette, Storytelling
Gilles Theriault, Storytelling
Osborne Burke, Storytelling
Jan Voutier, Storytelling
Shosana Nauman, Storytelling
Sean Brilliant, Storytelling
Peter Norsworthy, Storytelling
Pierre Pepin, Storytelling
Stewart Lamont, Storytelling
Lloyd Bond, Storytelling