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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"> <head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg"><title>moonlight institute</title><link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Merriweather:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/_astro/about.VnERiBqh.css"></head> <body class="font-inter"> <header class="bg-midnight shadow-md"> <div class="container mx-auto px-4 py-4 flex justify-between items-center"> <a href="/" class="flex font-serif font-bold items-center"> <img src="/_astro/logo.B4JwDBCK_fI1oy.webp" alt="Company Logo" class="rounded-lg" width="48" height="48" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <span class="ml-4 text-white text-2xl">moonlight institute</span> </a> <nav class="hidden md:flex space-x-6"> <a href="/about" class="text-white hover:text-moonlight-hover transition duration-150 ease-in-out"> About </a><a href="/governance" class="text-white hover:text-moonlight-hover transition duration-150 ease-in-out"> Governance </a><a href="/projects" class="text-white hover:text-moonlight-hover transition duration-150 ease-in-out"> Projects </a> </nav> <a href="/#" class="bg-moonlight-hover text-white px-4 py-2 rounded hover:bg-primary-600 transition duration-150 ease-in-out" style="display:none">
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</a> </div> </header> <main> <section class="bg-slate-100 py-20"> <div class="container mx-auto px-4"> <div class="flex flex-col lg:flex-col items-center"> <div class="lg:w-2/3 lg:pr-12"> <h1 class="text-moonlight-700 text-7xl font-semibold">
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who is moonlight institute?
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We are a group of dreamers. Our mission at moonlight is to nurture a sustainable framework for an equitable and just future.
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Why did you start moonlight institute?
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</h3> <p class="text-black text-xl mt-4">moonlight institute was borne out of discussions we were having in our community about the urgent need to transform our societies, to confront the substantial changes we face in the world. We must prepare for impending climate chaos as well as rapid technological changes that will overhaul our ways of life. Through these discussions we quickly realized the necessary frameworks and pathways to a stable, resilient, and flourishing world are not well defined. <br><br>Communities small and large, global and local lack the tools, policy, and communication methods to realize such a future. At moonlight · institute, we foster policy research, support the development of tools and communication strategies, as well as tell stories of hope, illuminating pathways to a sustainable, equitable, and just world for generations to come.</p> </div> <div class="lg:w-2/3 lg:pr-12"> <h3 class="text-black text-2xl font-semibold mt-12">
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With so many non-profits working on sustainability, equity and justice, where does moonlight institute fit in?
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</h3> <p class="text-black text-xl mt-4">We aren’t interested in duplicating work, in reinventing the wheel. There are so many non-profits, activists and community leaders working globally to solve the various existential threats we face. Even so there are a lot of gaps and there really is a lot of work yet to be done! We founded moonlight institute to identify those gaps, and to build shareable frameworks and tools for those gaps to be covered. But not all of this is building new things from scratch. Some of this is translating and collating work already done, and democratizing access so that everyone is empowered to change their community.<br><br>At moonlight institute, we commit to taking on the unpleasant work, the complex work, the work that isn’t incentivized and covered elsewhere and to share the fruits of our labour universally.</p> </div> <div class="lg:w-2/3 lg:pr-12"> <h3 class="text-black text-2xl font-semibold mt-12">
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Why “moonlight”?
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We are named “moonlight” after Eliza Chandra Prabha Kuttner, who was a beloved instructor of computer science at Capilano College (now University), and yoga teacher trainer in pranayama and meditation at Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. It is in her memory that we dedicate the work of this organization to create a world she would have been proud to see. It follows in the spirit of her compassion, and commitment to equity and justice, not only for humanity, but for every living thing with which we share this planet. As she did, and as the moon does, we hope to shed a gentle light onto the pathways forward to a wonderful future.
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</p> </div> </div> </div></section> <section class="w-full py-12 bg-white lg:py-24"> <div class="container max-w-6xl px-4 mx-auto"> <!-- BOARD OF DIRECTORS --> <div class="space-y-12 md:text-center"> <div class="mb-20 space-y-5 sm:mx-auto sm:space-y-4"> <h2 class="relative text-moonlight-700 font-semibold text-5xl font-extrabold tracking-tight sm:text-5xl text-center">Board of Directors</h2> </div> </div> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-10 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3"> <!-- Nick Harrison --> <div class="w-full"> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/nick-harrison.Ddb3Xblb_Z21OO4A.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Nick Harrison</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Chairperson</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Nick Harrison (he/him) is an operator and strategist focused on exploring the relationships between entrepreneurship and the social contract – how can we use our work to help society? As an HBA graduate of the Ivey Business School, he has steadily taken on new challenges in a variety of industries, from technology to theatre and everywhere in between. Currently, he serves as the Director of Partnerships for Synapcity, a civic engagement non-profit based in Ottawa – as well as the sole associate for Breakaway Growth Fund, a venture capital firm.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Jim Hankle --> <div class="w-full"> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/jim-hankle.Bk0GzdTM_ICqkV.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Jim Hankle</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Treasurer</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Jim Hankle (he/him), B.S. is a software researcher / designer currently working for Digital Keystone, a company specializing in Digital Television. The recent focus of the company is applying AI to compressed video for search, summarization and robot teleops purposes. James has designed video scheduling software for television operators, a video on demand system for a large U.S. cable company, and served as VP of Engineering. He also spends time doing community activism, volunteers for the Green Party as a financial agent and sits on the board of the East Vancouver Electoral District Association. James is an avid bicyclist, gardener and loves his willful dog.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Lily Barraclough --> <div class="w-full "> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/lily-barraclough.CKM99pW4_Z16dXAo.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Lily Barraclough</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Secretary</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Lily Barraclough (she/her) resides on the unceded land of the Mi’kmaq in Halifax, Nova Scotia with her partner Caden, dog Anna, and horse Alamar. She is a Master of Environmental Studies student at Dalhousie University; her research has focused on creating tools to help communities adapt to and mitigate climate change and increase community health and well-being. She currently studies how politically active youth in Mi’kma’ki experience and express climate grief. Lily also serves on the board of the <a href="https://www.nspirg.ca/" class="underline text-moonlight-700">Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group</a>, various advisory committees to the <a href="https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/boards-committees-commissions/s-z/womens-advisory-committee" class="underline text-moonlight-700">Halifax Regional Municipality</a>, and founded iMatter Youth Canada. In her free time Lily loves to read, play piano and viola, and hike.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- OFFICERS --> <div class="space-y-12 md:text-center mt-12"> <div class="mb-20 space-y-5 sm:mx-auto sm:space-y-4"> <h2 class="relative text-moonlight-700 font-semibold text-5xl font-extrabold tracking-tight sm:text-5xl text-center">Officers</h2> </div> </div> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-10 sm:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-2"> <!-- Amita --> <div class="w-full "> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/amita-kuttner.BXMQzFYD_TuWme.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Amita Kuttner</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Co-founder and President</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Amita Kuttner (they/them) holds a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). Their research focused on black holes, wormholes, quantum effects, and the early universe. Amita co-founded the UCSC chapter of 314 Action, an organization dedicated to electing scientists and STEM professionals to public office, and ran the Canadian organization effort for Scientists for Future. Amita served as Critic for Science and Innovation for the Green Party of Canada from September 2018 to February 2020, bringing forward policy on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, ran for leadership of the party in 2020, and served as the interim leader from November 2021 until November 2022.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Anthony --> <div class="w-full "> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/anthony-hughes.BNzDqEXy_Z1tCQHa.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Anthony Hughes</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Anthony Hughes (he/him) works at Element as a Senior QA Analyst and prior to that was a Quality Assurance engineer at Mozilla for nearly a decade. Anthony has held several governance positions since 2015 including CEO for the Green Party of Canada’s Vancouver Granville electoral district association (EDA) and prior to that, the CEO for the party’s New Westminster EDA. He served as the Chairperson for the Green Party of Vancouver from 2017 until 2021 where he helped guide the party’s strategic vision and governance, and played a key role in electing the largest Green caucus in Canadian history. In his spare time Anthony enjoys hiking in the temperate rainforest in and around Vancouver, Canada.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Officer #3 --> <!--
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<p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Lily Barraclough (she/her) resides on the unceded land of the Mi’kmaq in Halifax, Nova Scotia with her partner Caden, dog Anna, and horse Alamar. She is a Master of Environmental Studies student at Dalhousie University; her research has focused on creating tools to help communities adapt to and mitigate climate change and increase community health and well-being. She currently studies how politically active youth in Mi’kma’ki experience and express climate grief. Lily also serves on the board of the <a href="https://www.nspirg.ca/" class="underline text-moonlight-700">Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group</a>, various advisory committees to the <a href="https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/boards-committees-commissions/s-z/womens-advisory-committee" class="underline text-moonlight-700">Halifax Regional Municipality</a>, and founded iMatter Youth Canada. In her free time Lily loves to read, play piano and viola, and hike.</p>
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--> </div> <!-- STAFF & VOLUNTEERS --> <div class="space-y-12 md:text-center mt-12"> <div class="mb-20 space-y-5 sm:mx-auto sm:space-y-4"> <h2 class="relative text-moonlight-700 font-semibold text-5xl font-extrabold tracking-tight sm:text-5xl text-center">Staff & Volunteers</h2> </div> </div> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-10 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3"> <!-- Anthony Aguirre --> <div class="w-full"> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/anthony-aguirre.DtC4EqIe_2aRocj.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Anthony Aguirre</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Project Advisor</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Anthony Aguirre (he/him) is the Faggin Presidential Professor for the Physics of Information at UC Santa Cruz, and has done research in an array of topics in theoretical cosmology, gravitation, statistical mechanics, and other fields of physics. He also has strong interest in science outreach, and has appeared in numerous science documentaries. He is a founder and core team member of the Future of Life Institute, is a creator of the science and technology prediction platform Metaculus, and is a founder and co-director of the Foundational Questions Institute. He is the author of Cosmological Koans.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Joseph Fall --> <div class="w-full "> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/joseph-fall.CESvzhuP_2dcpjM.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Joseph Fall</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Technology Advisor</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Joseph Fall (he/him) is an instructor of Computing Science at Capilano University and an independent, open-source software developer. His academic interests include systems dynamics, ecological modeling, and cyber-privacy and security. He lives with his family on an off-grid island in the Salish Sea where they meet their basic needs by collecting rain water, growing their own food, and generating power and heat from renewable sources. He also serves on the Board of the local non-profit Internet Access Society, which provides broadband Internet to island residents; and he maintains the community’s web site and other digital communications infrastructure.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Caden Hebb --> <div class="w-full "> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/caden-hebb.CU4VWJwV_1hmETs.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Caden Hebb</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Communications Coordinator</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Caden Hebb (he/him) is a recent graduate from the Bachelor of Environmental Studies program at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He advocates locally as a member of the queer and disabled communities for climate and social justice, and brings this passion to the Moonlight Institute as a volunteer. Caden is currently serving as a Board Member of the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group, and as a volunteer with Our Time Halifax and ElderDog Canada. He held various board positions with the Nova Scotia Youth Project from 2016-19.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Kito Romero --> <div class="w-full "> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/kito-romero.VMY9oPtz_Z6vTma.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Kito Romero</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Policy Director</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2020</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Kito Romero (he/him) is a graduate of the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. His honours thesis and surrounding research focused on human rights, the Canadian mining industry, and legal and political avenues through which to seek justice and strengthen our regulatory structures. Since graduation, he has worked as a policy advisor and researcher, led policy research and development for Dr. Amita Kuttner’s 2020 Green Party of Canada leadership campaign, and remains dedicated to creating innovative, sustainable, and evidence-driven policies.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Stephnie Watson --> <div class="w-full "> <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-10 mt-4 mb-4 ml-4 mr-4"> <img src="/_astro/stephnie-watson.BHA8bAAH_2sRfMK.webp" alt="Company Logo Image" class="rounded-lg" width="256" height="256" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Stephnie Watson</h2> <p class="font-medium text-black">Stratgy and Operations Advisor</p> <p class="text-gray-400">Member since 2021</p> <p class="text-black mt-4 text-justify">Stephnie Watson (they/them) is an Environmental Science Professional with a MSc from the University of Lethbridge. They advocate & educate for science & evidence based policy & legislation that is inclusive and accessible for all peoples. They use their drag (Killa Watt), political, and social platforms to achieve the goals of creating a more inclusive and accessible future for all. 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