About David Suzuki Foundation
What is the David Suzuki Foundation?
The David Suzuki Foundation is a Canadian environmental non-profit whose mission is "to protect nature's diversity and the wellbeing of all life, now and for the future." Its story begins in 1989, when David Suzuki's CBC radio series It's a Matter of Survival drew more than 17,000 letters from listeners asking how to avert an environmental catastrophe. That November, David Suzuki and Tara Cullis gathered a dozen thought leaders and activists on Pender Island, B.C., and on September 14, 1990 the Foundation was incorporated. Its work now runs across climate solutions, thriving nature and sustainable communities, using "scientific research, traditional ecological knowledge, innovative policy and legal solutions, communications and public engagement." It works in English and French, describes itself as a Canadian settler organization that respects "the rights, title and sovereignty of Indigenous nations", and, with the David Suzuki Institute and Greystone Books, has published more than 60 books.
Where will I work?
At one of three offices: the head office on Mainland Street in Vancouver, the Toronto office on John Street, or the Montréal office on rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest. Roles are hybrid. A September 2026 posting for a Climate Solutions coordinator in Montréal combines remote work with one required office day a week, which it expects to move eventually to two, and mentions some travel and occasional evening and weekend work.
What is the David Suzuki Foundation team like?
The Foundation calls itself "the largest environmental organization in Canada, made up of a hard-working, collaborative and highly-skilled team passionate about making a difference." Its five core values are solution-seeking, courageous, collaborative, integrity-driven and committed. It hires on merit, is "strongly committed to equality and diversity", and especially welcomes applications from Indigenous persons, visible minority group members, women, persons with disabilities and people of all sexual orientations and genders. Roles are unionized, and postings publish the salary and pay class.
Work-Life Balance
The four-day week is long-standing. "The David Suzuki Foundation has had a four-day, 34-hour workweek almost since its inception, and it's been incredibly successful," David Suzuki wrote on the Foundation's site in 2021, in a column arguing that shorter hours benefit workers, employers and society. It is still on offer: that September 2026 posting's list of what the Foundation offers opens with "Four-day workweek", and its permanent part-time role is 25.5 hours a week, Monday to Thursday, three quarters of a 34-hour week.
Perks and Benefits
- A four-day, 34-hour workweek
- Competitive salary and a "generous benefits package"
- Hybrid work from Vancouver, Toronto or Montréal
- A unionized workplace, with the salary and pay class published on postings
- A "chance to make a difference and help improve the health of our planet and all life on it"