Illuminate Canada Yellow 2026 (& Beyond)

Welcome & How-It-Works

Welcome to Illuminate Canada Yellow 2026!

You’re in—let’s light up Canada together!

Here’s your game plan for this national and international event!

May 1–12:

Daily prompts in this Discussion tab — share yellow photos in COMMENTS (tap camera icon, no separate posts).

May 1: 4 posts to kick off (landmarks lit yellow + something yellow – your yellow outfit (shirt, hat, scarf near a landmark if possible) + 2 surprise projects).

May 2 to 11: Yellow (photo) themes from your world!

May 2: Photos of something yellow in your world – wear something yellow!

May 3: Yellow flowers/plants (dandelions, sunflowers in your yard)

May 4: Yellow food/drink (banana split, lemonade, mustard)

May 5: Yellow vehicle (taxi, school bus, your car)

May 6: Yellow art, painting, knitting, anything creative sign you made

May 7: Yellow in nature (sunset, sand, leaves)

May 8: Yellow with friends/family (group in yellow shirts)

May 9: Yellow household item (sponge, Post-Its, rubber duck)

May 10: Yellow animal/pet (canary, goldfish, yellow dog, yellow outfit?)

May 11: Yellow recycling (cans, bottles in yellow bag)

May 12: ES/MCS Awareness Day— all projects unite!

May 12 photos: Yellow proclamation (flag waving, “Illuminate Canada Yellow” sign)

May 12 Share a photo of something you are using that is fragrance free

Curated Landmark Photos
More photos will be added soon!

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Two views of the London Life buildings in London, Ontario on May 1, 2026. Contributed by one of Electromagnetic Pollution Illnesses Canada Foundation’s volunteers.

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CN Tower in Toronto by Carol Damioli

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List of over 60 Landmarks Across Canada
 Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast – Shining a Light on Environmental Sensitivities

Calling photographers for Illuminate Canada Yellow 🌟
Over 60 landmarks across Canada will be lit in yellow from May 1–13, 2026, shining a light on Environmental Sensitivities.

We need photographers to capture these glowing landmarks in your city and share them widely.

How you can help:

• Visit your local landmark on its lighting night (for example May 1, May 12, or other listed dates).
• Capture the yellow glow, people, reflections, and atmosphere.
• Upload your best photos to Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), or your website.
• Tag:  #IlluminateCanadaYellow #IlluminateCanadaYellow2026

Selected photos may be shared on the campaign event. Let’s help Canada shine, one yellow light at a time.

You can share in the event on the post for that day.
Link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1B6twYLxca/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Landmarks to be Illuminated Yellow May 1, 2026 

ALBERTA
•The Saline Creek Pedestrian Bridge, Fort McMurray

BRITISH COLUMBIA
•Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (Ceremonial Entrance, Front Fountain, Back Fountain), Victoria
•Ladysmith
Ladysmith City Hall
Aggie Hall
Ladysmith Sign at Bob Stuart Park
Area on 1st Ave above the sidewalk chessboard
•Nanaimo Bastion
•New Westminster City Hall
•Science World in Vancouver
•Municipality of Whistler, Fitzsimmons Creek Bridge

MANITOBA
•Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Winnipeg
•Selkirk Water Tower

NEW BRUNSWICK
•Bathurst Waterfront Tower at Promenade Waterfront

NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR
•Corner Brook City Hall
•Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly/Confederation Building (in St. John’s)

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
•Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, Yellowknife

NOVA SCOTIA
•Halifax City Hall
•New Glasgow Town Hall
•Nova Scotia Legislature, Halifax 
•Truro Library

ONTARIO
•Guelph City Hall and Market Square
•London City Hall in London
•JA Taylor Building at Wellington and Dundas in London
•Canada Life in London
•RBC London in London
•Sifton Properties on Dufferin in London
•Mississauga Civic City Tower, clock tower – including promotional messaging on digital screens at Mississauga Celebrations Square
•Peace Bridge, Fort Erie ON/Buffalo NY
•Seaway International Bridge, international toll bridge system linking Cornwall, Ontario, Akwesasne and Massena, New York

•3D Toronto Sign, Toronto
•Welland Canal Bridge 13, Welland

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
•Charlottetown City Hall Tower
•Summerside City Hall
•Three Rivers Town Hall Tower

QUEBEC
•Hotel Le Concorde, Quebec City
•The Montreal Tower, Montreal (they were under construction they were here with us in spirit)

Landmarks to be Illuminated Yellow May 12, 2026

ALBERTA
•Alberta Legislature, Edmonton (yellow and green)
•Calgary Tower (yellow and green)
•High Level Bridge in Edmonton
•Okotoks Municipal Centre (yellow and green)
•Sylvan Lake Lighthouse (yellow and green)

BRITISH COLUMBIA
•Burnaby
 City Hall (yellow and green)
•Maple Ridge Municipal Hall (yellow and green)

NEW BRUNSWICK
•Moncton City Hall
•SAINT JOHN sign, City of Saint John

ONTARIO
•City of Brampton Clock Tower (yellow and green)
•Brant Street Pier in Burlington
•CN Tower, Toronto (yellow and green)
•Hamilton Sign, half hour intervals, parallel organizations lighting for their events
•Kitchener City Hall -Carl Zehr Square

•Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls Illumination Board) time is 10:00pm approx (yellow and green)

QUEBEC
•Hotel Le Concorde – Thank you Danielle C (member of Collectif Sante Sans Produits Parfumes) for securing this location

Other dates for lighting, 2026

April 27 to May 3 – Belleville Bridge and Belleville Sign, Belleville, Ontario

May 1 to May 4 – Regina City Hall in the foyer, Regina, Saskatchewan

May 1 to May 4 – Thunder Bay City Hall fountain lit in white lights

May 1 to 7 – Queen Elizabeth Park, Miramichi, New Brunswick 

May 1 to 12 – Miramichi Town Hall, Miramichi, New Brunswick 

May 1 to 12 – Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Sydney, Nova Scotia

May 1 to 12 – Dauphin City Hall, Dauphin, Manitoba

May 1 to 14 – Fredericton City Hall, Fredericton, New Brunswick

May 1 to 31 – Quinte West Sign, Quinte West, Ontario

May 1 to 31 – Veteran’s Skyway Bridge, Trenton (Quinte West), Ontario

May 2 – BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia

May 2 – Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia

May 6 – Red Deer City Hall – Thank you Kathie Wallace for securing this location

May 6 Commemorative lighting at City Hall, Peterborough, Ontario

May 7 – Riverwalk Commons and Fred A. Lundy Bridge, New Market, Ontario

May 8 to 11 –  Edmundston City Hall, Edmundston, New Brunswick

May 9 – RBC Convention Centre, Winnipeg, MB

May 11 – Surrey Civic Plaza, Surrey, British Columbia

May 13 Esplanade Riel Bridge, Winnipeg, MB (yellow and green)

May 13 Winnipeg Sign, Winnipeg, MB (yellow and green)

Grateful for Community Support
We are deeply grateful to the towns and cities supporting Environmental Sensitivities Awareness during Illuminate Canada Yellow 2026. Your kindness and leadership mean so much, and your recognition helps bring visibility to those of us living with ES and to a community that is too often overlooked.
With over 30 proclamations being shared throughout the day, we are filled with gratitude to see this support growing and spreading.
The proclamations will be posted throughout the day with the full list last, so we can close the day by honouring where this work began and the people behind it.

The Heart Behind These Proclamations
In 2017, I was searching for a place to live that I could physically tolerate—before eventually living in a van on my doctor’s recommendation and then crossing to the USA to live in my van in the desert.
During that time, I brought forward research that deeply mattered to both my mom and me. She was serving on a resolution committee, and when I shared it with her, she took it seriously. The committee approved it, and it moved forward to the national level.
On the very day she was on her way to submit the resolution, her hip suddenly broke.
The hospital was just across the street, and she was rushed to Winnipeg. Even through intense pain, she had already given so much of herself to this work. She was heartbroken that she couldn’t be there to defend it—but I saw how much she had already fought.
The committee carried it forward as best they could.
After that, I kept going. I did everything I could to see it—or even a piece of it—come to life.
Around 2018, I approached several parties, I connected with the Manitoba Green Party and arranged a meeting. From there, with the foundation of my mom’s resolution and the help of Jenel from AANM, we created Petition e-2729 and brought it to the House of Commons.
In November 2020, with support from Roberta Bradley, a version of that work—still rooted in my mom’s original resolution—came very close to passing and was advanced into a workshop.
At the same time, I had been holding onto another idea—proclamations.
When I approached Marg Friesen from EHA Manitoba, she didn’t hesitate. She said, “Let’s do it.”
We drafted a proclamation based on my mom’s original resolution, using others as reference, and sent it out to more than 150 mayors and provinces across Canada.
Throughout all of this, my mom was living with chemical sensitivities and mold-related illness that went undiagnosed.
As she was preparing to move—because she could no longer tolerate her home—she developed pneumonia. After a failed thoracentesis, she passed away.
Watching her suffer without answers was incredibly hard.
Sitting beside her before she passed, and before we had to make the decision for a DNR, I made a promise—that I would carry this forward. That somehow, her resolution would live on.
Today, there are over 30 proclamations from mayors across Canada.
But this isn’t the end of the story.
There are still countless people living with chemical and electrical sensitivities and mold-related illness—still searching for safe housing, still going undiagnosed, still being dismissed.
This work is not finished.
If this story moves you, don’t just read it—please act on it.
Please share it. Talk about it. Bring it into your communities. Push for recognition, for safer spaces, for change.
No one deserves this silence. No story—including my mom’s—should fade unheard.
Together, we ensure they’re heard.

Science That Made This Possible
This year marks a historic milestone in Ottawa, where Dr. Meg Sears—author of The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities for the Canadian Human Rights Commission—received an official proclamation recognizing environmental sensitivities.
Years ago, Dr. Sears delivered one of Canada’s first comprehensive medical overviews of ES, moving it from the margins into science and human rights policy. Her work with Prevent Cancer Now continues shaping national conversations on health and inclusion.
Now in the nation’s capital, she’s witnessing her evidence become policy—one of over 30 proclamations across Canada. A true full-circle moment for the scientist whose research made today’s recognitions possible.
Thank you, Dr. Sears.

Over 30 Proclamations!!!!!

Grateful beyond words.
This is what community leadership looks like! 

ALBERTA – PROCLAMATIONS

BRITISH COLUMBIA PROCLAMATIONS

MANITOBA PROCLAMATIONS

NEW BRUNSWICK

NEWFOUNDLAND PROCLAMATIONS

NOVA SCOTIA PROCLAMATIONS

ONTARIO PROCLAMATIONS

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PROCLAMATIONS

SASKATCHEWAN PROCLAMATIONS

Other Locations who approved proclamations

Okotoks, Alberta

Corner Brook, Newfoundland/Labrador

Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Kugluktuk, Nunavut

We have an international flair this year!

Featuring

Let’s Welcome Angelique Ashton (from the USA) who founded The Canary Project’s Illuminate America Yellow Initiative and Ginette Langevin (from Canada) – representing Collectif Santé sans produits parfumés – an international initiative entitled Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Global Empowerment, Awareness, and Reclaim Project and MCS Aware in the UK with their wear yellow and green campaign!

The Canary Project’s
Illuminate America Yellow initiative
founded by Angelique Ashton

This year’s Illuminate Canada Yellow campaign joins The Canary Project’s Illuminate America Yellow initiative, founded by Angelique Ashton in 2015. Born from personal experience after her husband’s diagnosis with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in 2007, Angelique transformed awareness into action.

Through her creativity as an artist, jewelry and costume designer,
beauty queen, and advocate, she uses the visibility of her crown and platform to shine a light on environmental illness and chemical injury.

The Canary Project’s mission is to build a world that is as safe for the chemically sensitive as it is for everyone else—preventing chemical injuries while preserving consumer freedoms through grassroots education, strategic partnerships, and inspired action.

What began as a single lighting project in Seattle has now grown into a North American movement, Illuminate America Yellow, in collaboration with Illuminate Canada Yellow.

Together, they unite communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast, lighting landmarks in yellow this May to mark Environmental Sensitivities/Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month—a bright symbol of inclusion, prevention, and hope for a healthier future.

Learn more at canary-project.com/illuminate-america.

Florida
City of Tampa City Center, Tampa
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa
Old City Hall, Tampa
Tampa Riverwalk, Tampa
River Tower Park, Tampa
Tampa Bridges, Tampa

Missouri
St. Louis Science Center Planetarium, St. Louis

Washington
Columbia Center, Seattle

#IlluminateAmericaYellow

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Global Empowerment, Awareness, and Reclaim Project
by Ginette Langevin

We are pleased to present, fellow Canadian – Ginette Langevin, representing Collectif Santé sans produits parfumés. Ginette has launched an international initiative entitled Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Global Empowerment, Awareness, and Reclaim Project.

This global collaboration is dedicated to fostering international cooperation and promoting constructive, inclusive outcomes for individuals and communities. The project’s primary focus is on addressing the widespread use of fragranced products within health care institutions and residential buildings — environments that must be accessible and safe for all.

With millions of people worldwide affected by chemical sensitivities, this initiative seeks to reclaim the fundamental right to safe health care and safe housing. Through awareness, empowerment, and collaboration, participants aim to bring lasting change to public health practices and housing standards.

The accompanying photo collection presents individuals from around the world who are uniting under this cause, reminding us that awareness begins with visibility and shared understanding.

MCS Aware in the UK
Wear Yellow and Green Campaign

Each May, culminating on 12 May – MCS Awareness Day, people across the UK and around the world come together to raise understanding, compassion, and visibility for those living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). This year, through our Wear Yellow & Green for MCS campaign, we’re inviting you to help bring that visibility to life.

https://mcs-aware.org/articles/mcs-awareness-2026-photo-gallery/?fbclid=IwY2xjawReYkJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvQlU1VDFjb3FkQXd1azJRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjNbaSipRpDNI8kPYSZKLAid20FkLE7iVgYUrMdQctxxcyl18PssO7vuFqW0_aem_5raKFWQmBePS-5OmSNS1JQ

FEATURED MUSICIANS in the 12 Days of Music (now 13)

We’re deeply honoured to kick off our “12 Days of Music,” featuring incredible musicians from the MCS community who have generously shared their talent with us.

We had 12 musicians, and one more said yes, so now we’ve got a bonus musician!

We invite you to take a moment to listen, support, and celebrate these beautiful musicians.

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Day 1: Featured Musician Susan Abod 

Susan Abod

“One of Santa Fe’s Hidden Gems”

Santa Fe Reporter

Susan Abod, singer and songwriter creates a dynamic intimate show with fresh interpretations of familiar jazz and blues standards and original songs revealing her sense of humor and cabaret sensibilities. She was nominated outstanding female vocalist for excellence by Boston Cabaret’s Encore Awards.

Her most recent CD “What’s Not Wrong?” (2018) was nominated in 4 categories by New Mexico Music Awards. The album aired on KJAZZ, KUNM and other stations. “In the Moment” her first CD, was named outstanding debut album by Out-music. 

In the mid 1970s and 1980s, Susan sang and played bass with the Chicago Women’s Liberation Rock Band. Mountain Moving Day, with the New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Band, was a pioneering feminist album released by Rounder Records, re-released as Papa Don’t Lay That Shit On Me.

Susan recorded and toured with Casse Culver, Willie Tyson and Robin Flowers at the infamous Michigan Women’s Music Festival. She produced concerts for Casse, Meg Christian and Margie Adam, and was music director for Willie Tyson’s albums: Debutante and Willie Tyson. 

She produced and wrote music for two award-winning video documentaries:  “Funny You Don’t Look Sick: Autobiography of an Illness” and  “Homesick- Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS)” about her own experiences living with CFS and MCS. 

Reviews

Susan Abod is a singer with a genuine smile in her voice. And I confess, “You’d Look Swell in Nothing” is one of those hook lines I wish I had written.      – Holly Near, singer/songwriter

The first time I heard Susan Abod sing, her honest, sumptuous voice carried me.         – Mary Jo Palumbo, Boston Herald

Fresh and innovative songwriting. Understated emotional power.  A gift for the listener.  

   – Rebecca Parris, jazz singer

Watch music videos

www.susanabod.com
susangabod@gmail.com

We’re deeply honored to kick off our “12 Days of Music” with Susan Abod in Illuminate Canada Yellow 2026!

Susan’s soulful jazz and heartfelt lyrics capture the heart, reflection, and beauty of living with environmental sensitivities and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS)— helping us express what words alone can’t.

Thank you, Susan, for lending your voice and artistry to our shared fight for visibility, compassion, and hope!

Homesong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDwviyJcN50

Susan’s film Homesick: Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities is available on Kanopy.com thru public  libraries as well https://www.kanopy.com/en/santafelibrary/video/341630?frontend=kui

Her film Funny You Don’t Look Sick: An Autobiography of an Illness is available on Kanopy.com thru public  libraries as well https://www.kanopy.com/en/santafelibrary/video/341632?frontend=kui

A few graphs about Susan: https://susanabod.com/about/

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Day 2: Featured Musician  Olivia di Khetaa

Fellow canary Olivia di Khetaa—director of Canary Refuge, is a deeply talented artist, musician, and recent curator of art shows in Athens, Ohio. Experience her music meditation and explore the work of Canary Refuge:

https://canaryrefuge.org

Listen to Gloria Alleluia (from The Still Point [Disc 2] & The Still Point Meditation): https://canaryrefuge.org/music-meditation

You can also visit the homepage to learn more and sign up for her mailing list to stay connected.

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Day 3 Featured Musician Maria Rizzo and Michael Tsangaris 

Maria and Michael come together at the intersection of art and breath, creating work that speaks for those too often unheard. Through Let Me Breathe, Michael’s raw vocals, guitar, and lyrics intertwine with Maria’s evocative visual storytelling, forming something both intimate and urgent.

Their collaboration is rooted in lived experience and quiet resilience — a shared commitment to illuminating Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and the invisible barriers it imposes. Each note, each frame, carries a clear and unwavering message: the right to breathe freely is not a privilege, but a necessity.

Together, they transform vulnerability into voice, and voice into something that lingers — a call for understanding, for change, and for the simple right to exist.

Maria Rizzo and Michael Tsangaris were creative collaborators who used music and visual storytelling to bring awareness to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).

Their project, Let Me Breathe, weaves Michael’s vocals, guitar, and lyrics with Maria’s visual direction into a powerful and deeply human expression of advocacy.

Though Maria has passed, her vision and spirit continue to resonate through their work — a lasting echo of resilience, artistry, and the enduring call to be seen, heard, and able to breathe.

You can watch Let Me Breathe here https://youtu.be/fUoyHd_qBHw? si=44EBZCwoKBIQi6cq

MCS Awareness Video by Maria Rizzo

https://seriouslysensitivetopollution.org/2021/05/12/mcs-awareness-video-bymaria-rizzo

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Day 4 Featured Musician  Dianna Suslo 

Dianna Suslo is a medically retired social worker who lives in AZ and plays flute as a later in life hobby. Her music is inspired by the natural beauty of the high desert environment. She enjoys the quiet, meditative aspect of the solo native american style flute.

Snake Slithers  by Dianna Suslo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQsHgzANy_I

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Day 5 Featured Musician  Heather Elisabeth 

 “I was born on a Marine base in Virginia and was four when my Dad retired from the Marine Corps and moved us to Japan as a businessman. I was raised mostly in Tokyo, although Pepsi transferred us to a suberb of Montreal for three and a half lovely years. I include this here because living outside of your native country influences a person profoundly. Culturally it’s an incredible experience, but can also be very challenging, as you lack a true native identity.

Music was and is my constant. My mother was an accomplished pianist and string player, and an amazing composer. She played her Steinway a lot when I was growing up, and introduced all four of her daughters to music at a young age, all of us singing in harmonies and taking music lessons. After two years of piano lessons, I knew I just wanted to write and sing and play songs that resonate with my creative flow. 

I also knew at age four after performing on the ship to Japan that performing is my passion, especially with other strong singers like my sisters and now my kids. I sang in choirs and musicals and at university received my degree in vocal performance.

All my life, I’ve expressed my joys, my pains and my beliefs through my songs, and professionally recorded about a dozen of my fifty plus compositions. Now in my mid sixties, living in southern Vermont, I am working on a musical and dramatic presentation of what it’s like to live with the daunting condition that is Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, with some humor in there as well. It’s been slow going, but I intend to finish the project after I move in 2026-27. Take Me Home is one of the songs in this endeavor, which I need to re-record when I am able. I also wrote a song about our beloved Earth which is not yet recorded, as it requires more than just myself in its presentation. It is called This Lovely Earth.”

Check out Heather’s song The Winds of Vermont:
https://youtu.be/BxEp-6v_ja0

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Day 6 Featured Musician Paul D. Turgeon 

Paul D. Turgeon, a multi-instrumentalist with several years’ (apologetically) formal training on the accordion, has performed on stage with his band Idyll Eyes, as well as a number of other groups in the New England area. Paul has also done recording in his home studio for his projects and for projects of other musicians since the early 1980s. While no longer able to perform in public due to living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Paul continues to be involved in a variety of multi-media projects from his home studio.

In My Dreams 
https://youtu.be/WNdImyy1qWw

Melodrama, performed with Idyll Eyes
https://youtube.com/watch?v=I6ymtrwsBBw&si=qcfqC1Vq7z5Ht9NC

Iceberg
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pVDiwLlfFLg&si=2Te8ChYvTVBHcBmz

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Day 7 Featured Musician Treesha de France 

Treesha de France is an artist, advocate, and former town council member who helped incorporate her community and played a key role in securing a federal Superfund designation to clean up local mine pollution. 

She wrote monthly MCS  research profiles for Chemical Injury Information Network for 20 years until they closed. 

Treesha continued her work through creative expression and advocacy, especially around multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Her life and art reflect resilience, purpose, and the spirit of a “Miss Understood Survivor.”

Treesha de France Miss Understood Survivor

https://treeshadefrance.bandcamp.com/track/miss-understood-survivor

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Day 8 Featured Musician Chagall Sierra from the band Kirrivath! 

The song Seal Woman is inspired by Inuit legend via the storyteller Clarissa Pinkola Estés. The story is about a magical woman who becomes sick when her seal skin is stolen, and she can only become whole again by returning to the Ocean, her true nature. This song urges her to return to herself, to Nature, and is itself composed to feature a meditative ambience of healing sounds. I feel it’s a fitting song for MCS because in order to be healthy we have to live in a more natural way than others, without a lot of the products that are considered to be normal. We have to return to Nature to be whole. https://kirrivath.bandcamp.com/track/seal-woman

My musical project of Kirrivath was inspired by my childhood fantasy world. To me it represents hope for a better world, and the music I compose for this project reflects that. As someone who suffers from MCS myself, I hope to raise money for a safe place to live, not only for myself but for others.

https://kirrivath.bandcamp.com

The album is available on a “pay what you can” basis for those who love it.

Check out her music!

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Day 9 Featured Musician Christian Marc Gendron 

Christian Marc Gendron, a well-known singer and pianist, shares how he became electro-sensitive, how he manages the condition, and his goal to raise awareness and compassion. As spokesperson for Rassemblement électrosensibilité Québec, he and others discuss how daily life changes with electro-sensitivity.

He has also spoken publicly about his experience on TV and in interviews, while continuing a successful career in music, radio, and touring.

Link to the site his music is on:

https://www.electrosensibilitequebec.com/fr/notre-porte-parole

Next, click on electrosensible (in green) 

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Day 10 Featured Musician Kim Palmer 

We’re honored to share the music and story of Kim Palmer as part of this event.

Kim Palmer was an award-winning singer, songwriter, and keyboardist originally from Toronto, Canada. After developing Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) following a gas leak, pesticide exposure, and other environmental triggers, Kim’s life changed dramatically. She spent her later years living in the desert in a porcelain trailer, seeking a safer environment.

Kim passed away on October 23, 2006 after a long and difficult journey—but her voice, creativity, and message live on through her music.

Her work continues to resonate deeply within the environmental illness community, offering both comfort and awareness.

Explore Kim’s music and story:

• “Kim Palmer Was Allergic to the 20th Century”  

https://seriouslysensitivetopollution.org/2014/05/10/kim-palmer-was-allergic-to-the20th-century

• Kim Palmer Facebook Page  

https://www.facebook.com/share/18k4ArPbpL/?mibextid=wwXIfr

• Post from Kim Palmer’s Facebook  

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KrqtwhwCF/?mibextid=wwXIfr

• Music & Recordings (Google Drive)  

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-xIvroNndiEb2plUVc0aW0zWnc?usp=sharing

• “Allergic to the 21st Century” (Audio/Content)  

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-xIvroNndiEUXRvY3I4Sldjekk

• Kim Palmer’s Story (EI Wellspring)
  https://www.eiwellspring.org/stories/KimPalmer.htm

Kim may no longer be with us physically, but her music continues to speak—raising awareness, validating lived experiences, and reminding us we are not alone.

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Day 11 Featured Musician Johnny Ray Hudson 

Johnny Ray Hudson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Spain, creating work that blends sound, mood, and visual depth into a deeply personal experience. His music is shaped by his reality—living with environmental sensitivities and mold illness— transforming those challenges into emotionally rich, atmospheric pieces. While residing in the Spanish wilderness, he channels isolation and resilience into his art, offering quiet, reflective works that feel both grounded and hauntingly intimate.

I Woke up Choking on the Morning Light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Z5pZsCnWg

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Day 12 Featured Musician Dr. Ann McCampbell 

Dr. Ann McCampbell is trained in internal medicine. She has been a leading chemical sensitivity (MCS) and disability advocate for the past 30 years. After developing severe MCS in 1989, she became a leading consultant and activist. She formed and was chair of MCS Task Force for a long time, currently co-Chair of the Task Force. Link to Dr. Campbell’s website: http://www.annmccampbellmd.com/

Link to the song Quarantine Hair by Dr. Ann McCampbell and Susan Abod another talented musician with MCS  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M849c3Xr1v0

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Bonus Musician – Featured Musician Jonathan Mirin and Carrie Ferguson

Today we’re honored to feature the powerful and creative work of Jonathan Mirin and Carrie Ferguson of Piti Theatre Company.
Their music blends heart, storytelling, and advocacy—bringing attention to environmental health, EMR sensitivity, and the lived experiences of those navigating these challenges.

Watch My New Phone:
https://vimeo.com/232413190?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

Explore more music videos (scroll down):
https://www.hilltownhealth.org/music-videos/

Learn more about Piti Theatre Company:
https://ptco.org
They are also working to create an East Coast EMR-Safe Sanctuary, a vital initiative supporting those affected by electromagnetic radiation sensitivity.
If you’re able, please help amplify this effort by sharing:
https://ptco.org/bloom/community/
Let’s continue lifting up voices, art, and solutions that bring awareness and hope! 

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#IlluminateCanadaYellow2026 #IlluminateCanadaYellow

#IlluminateAmericaYellow #MCSawareness #ESMCSawareness #EHSAwareness

#moldillness #fragrancefree #12DaysMCSMusic #12DaysofMusic

 Thank You for Illuminating Canada Yellow 2026! 

What an inspiring sight across Canada, the United States, and beyond.  This May, landmarks lit up in brilliant yellow to raise awareness for Environmental Sensitivities (ES), including Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), and mold-related illness.

From coast-to-coast-to-coast, around 70 Canadian landmarks — alongside a growing number of American partners — stood in solidarity, shining a shared vision of a fragrance-free, inclusive world.

This impact was further strengthened by over 30 official proclamations recognizing ES/MCS Awareness across cities and regions. 

 Our Heartfelt Gratitude
To everyone who helped bring Illuminate Canada Yellow 2026 to life —  thank you. 

With special appreciation to:
Marg Friesen (Environmental Health Association of Manitoba), Dr. Meg Sears (Prevent Cancer Now), Ginette Langevin (Collectif Santé Sans Produits Parfumés), Angelique Ashton (The Canary Project – Illuminate America Yellow), Musicians and MCS Aware (UK).

We are also grateful to the organizations and networks who shared this initiative through newsletters and mailing lists, including Manitoba Eco-Network, Melinda from EHB bulletin, C4ST, MCS Aware and others who helped amplify the message.

Musical contributors who shared their voices and talents:
Olivia di Khetaa, Kim Palmer, Heather Elisabeth, Susan Abod, Maria Rizzo and Michael Tsungaris, Treesha de France, Dianna Suslo, Paul D. Turgeon, Chagall Sierra, Christian Marc Gendron, Johnny Ray Hudson, Dr. Ann McCampbell and Jonathan Mirin and Carrie Ferguson of Piti Theatre Company.

Community champions and supporters: 
Patrycia Rodríguez, Jon Mason, Wendy Kearley, Nancy Goodridge, Jenel Shaw (Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba), Paul D. Turgeon, Shelley Petit, Murielle Pitre, Lynda LeMesurier-Boshcoff, EI Wellspring, Linda Sepp (Seriously ‘Sensitive’ to Pollution), Tom Freeman, Liz Smentowski, Kathie Wallace, Danielle C (Collectif Santé Sans Produits Parfumés), Barb Hopkins Payne, Kim Goldberg, Diane Cz, Sylvie from Rassemblement Electrosensibilite Quebec, @teribellarts, and @UnconveniEnceStore.

We also extend our thanks to the many mayors, city staff, organizers, and volunteers across both countries who helped light landmarks yellow and supported more than 30 ES/MCS Awareness proclamations.

Media and awareness opportunities included:
C4ST (Planet Thrive), CKUW 95.9FM (Wooden Spoons, April 24, 2026), and Michael Welch for raising MCS awareness in his radio program, CBC in BC did a story on lighting yellow.

To everyone who attended, supported, and helped spread the word — your involvement made a meaningful difference.

Special thanks to photographers who captured these powerful moments along with many others whose yellow photos and contributions helped bring this story to life.

With gratitude to Paul Morrissette, Connie Jensen, Luc Langevin, JoAnne Tatone, Kae Donais, the Rende Family, Madison Thorne, Carol Damioli, S. Ramsurran, Marc and Electromagnetic Pollution Illnesses Canada Foundation volunteer.

 Keep the Light Growing

Though the lights dim, the message continues to shine. Together, we are building safer, fragrance-free spaces for everyone.

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 Together, we’ve illuminated two nations and captured faces from around the world — and one shared light of compassion.