My name is Robert Patterson (he/him) and I am a lawyer and tenant advocate with the Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (TRAC). The focus of my work is on protecting tenants’ right to safe, adequate, and accessible housing, primarily through direct legal representation at the Residential Tenancy Branch and BC Supreme Court, as well as through systemic advocacy to different levels of government about housing issues that affect residential tenants. TRAC’s recent work with the UBC Centre for Climate Justice has turned our attention towards the intersection of the climate crisis and the housing crisis, which I hope to explore more with the Climate Justice Study Collective.