About
OUR STORY
PEYA is a regional network of action-oriented students in Peel concerned about environmental issues and determined to make positive change! PEYA is a youth-initiated organization, guided by a student Executive Committee and supported by Ecosource.
Based on our strong student expertise and adult support at Ecosource, PEYA assists students from Grades 9-12 who are looking to create sustained environmental change in their schools and supports students in building their capacity to create positive environmental change in their schools and local communities.
PEYA’s worked is propelled by a youth executive committee from grades 9 through 12 and unites students across Peel working to improve the environment in their schools and neighborhoods through monthly events. PEYA also organizes large-scale events for students across the Region of Peel, including our popular annual EcoBuzz Conference and Amazing Green Race.
We provide a forum for students to learn from one another and form relationships with local environmental organizations.
In the community, PEYA is a catalyst for youth participation in environmental policy-making and is committed to exploring best practices for youth-adult partnerships. PEYA is part of the City of Mississauga’s Environmental Action Committee, the David Suzuki Foundation’s Future Ground Network and the Principal’s Sustainability Advisory Committee at the University of Toronto, Mississauga campus.
For the academic year, PEYA is generously funded by the Peterborough KM Hunter Foundation. For more information about these funders, please click on their names to be directed to their websites.
Deven Sikand – Program Lead
Peel Environmental Youth Alliance
Deven is passionate about rebuilding our connection to the natural world and cultivating healthy and resilient communities.
Deven holds a Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care from the Toronto Metropolitan University. Upon graduating, he was awakened to the inequality in our food system and the importance of growing one’s own food to build self and community resilience and has been growing and foraging food ever since. He believes in honoring ancestral traditions through farming, cooking, and wildcrafting.
MEET OUR…
Executive Committee 2025-2026
Lev Mokhosov
Haniya Murtaza
Yeonji Jung
Shristhi Kaur
Praharsh Voruganti
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