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	\| birth_date = May 27, 1990		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|May 27, 1990}}
	\| birth_place = Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India		\| birth_place = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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	\| ~~nationality~~ = ~~Canadian~~		\| alma_mater = [[United World College, USA]]<br>[[College of the Atlantic]] ([[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]])
	\| occupation = [[Activist]]		\| occupation = [[Activist]]
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	'''Anjali Appadurai''' (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian politician and climate activist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Burgess \|first=Steve \|title=Anjali Appadurai: 'A Total Reframing Is Needed' \|url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/08/18/Anjali-Appadurai-Total-Reframing-Needed/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Tyee \|language=English}}</ref>		'''Anjali Appadurai''' (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian politician and climate activist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Burgess \|first=Steve \|date=2022-08-18 \|title=Anjali Appadurai: 'A Total Reframing Is Needed' \|url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/08/18/Anjali-Appadurai-Total-Reframing-Needed/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Tyee \|language=English}}</ref>

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Appadurai's family immigrated to [[Canada]] and settled in [[Coquitlam]], [[British Columbia]] when she was six ~~from [[India]]~~ to access better education.<ref name=":0" />		Appadurai's family immigrated to [[Canada]] from [[India]] and settled in [[Coquitlam]], [[British Columbia]], when she was six, to access better education.<ref name=":0" />

	Appadurai attended [[Gleneagle Secondary School]] in Coquitlam. She formed a global issues club in high school and became interested in trade issues and their relationship to climate justice.<ref name=":0" />		Appadurai attended [[Gleneagle Secondary School]] in Coquitlam. She formed a global issues club in high school and became interested in trade issues and their relationship to climate justice.<ref name=":0" />

	Appadurai attended the [[United World Colleges\|United World College]], a two-year international baccalaureate program in [[Montezuma, New Mexico\|Montezuma]], [[New Mexico]]. She obtained a ~~bachelor~~'s degree in Global Politics, International Trade Law and Climate Policy from the [[College of the Atlantic]] in [[Maine]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Mall \|first=posted by: Rattan \|title=Former federal NDP candidate Anjali Appadurai will give David Eby rough time \|url=https://voiceonline.com/former-federal-ndp-candidate-anjali-appadurai-will-give-david-eby-rough-time/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Indo-Canadian Voice \|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Mckenzie \|first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan \|title=BCBusiness \|url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Leadership-2022-Despite-losing-the-BC-NDP-leadership-race-Anjali-Appadurai-isnt-going-anywhere \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=BCBusiness \|language=en}}</ref>		Appadurai attended the [[United World Colleges\|United World College]], a two-year international baccalaureate program in [[Montezuma, New Mexico\|Montezuma]], [[New Mexico]]. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Global Politics, International Trade Law and Climate Policy from the [[College of the Atlantic]] in [[Maine]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Mall \|first=posted by: Rattan \|date=2022-08-10 \|title=Former federal NDP candidate Anjali Appadurai will give David Eby rough time \|url=https://voiceonline.com/former-federal-ndp-candidate-anjali-appadurai-will-give-david-eby-rough-time/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Indo-Canadian Voice \|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Mckenzie \|first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan \|title=BCBusiness \|url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Leadership-2022-Despite-losing-the-BC-NDP-leadership-race-Anjali-Appadurai-isnt-going-anywhere \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=BCBusiness \|date=December 19, 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

	== Climate activism ==		== Climate activism ==
	In 2011, at 21 years old, Appadurai spoke at the [[United Nations\|UN]] Climate Change Conference in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Citation \|title="Get It Done": Urging Climate Justice, Youth Delegate Anjali Appadurai Mic-Checks UN Summit \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3e6G_7GY4 \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|language=en}}</ref>		In 2011, at 21 years old, Appadurai spoke at the [[United Nations\|UN]] Climate Change Conference in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Citation \|title="Get It Done": Urging Climate Justice, Youth Delegate Anjali Appadurai Mic-Checks UN Summit \| date=December 9, 2011 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3e6G_7GY4 \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|language=en}}</ref>

	In 2014, she worked for [[West Coast Environmental Law]] where she worked on the Sue Big Oil campaign. She also worked for the [[Sierra Club]] and the [[David Suzuki Foundation]]’s Climate Emergency Unit.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Narwhal \|first=The \|title=How a 32-year-old climate activist is shaking up the race to be B.C.'s next premier \|url=https://thenarwhal.ca/anjali-appadurai-bc-premier-race/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Narwhal \|language=en}}</ref>		In 2014, she worked for [[West Coast Environmental Law]] where she worked on the Sue Big Oil campaign. She also worked for the [[Sierra Club]] and the [[David Suzuki Foundation]]’s Climate Emergency Unit.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Narwhal \|first=The \|title=How a 32-year-old climate activist is shaking up the race to be B.C.'s next premier \|url=https://thenarwhal.ca/anjali-appadurai-bc-premier-race/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Narwhal \|date=August 29, 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

	Appadurai was mentored by [[Martin Khor]] and Yeb Saño, the later of which she met at a UN Climate Conference in [[Warsaw]] in 2013.<ref name=":2" />		Appadurai was mentored by [[Martin Khor]] and Yeb Saño, the later of which she met at a UN Climate Conference in [[Warsaw]] in 2013.<ref name=":2" />

	== Politics ==		== Politics ==
	At age 31, Appadurai ran as the [[New Democratic Party\|federal New Democratic Party]] candidate for [[Vancouver Granville]] in the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Anjali Appadurai nominated as NDP candidate in Vancouver Granville \|url=https://www.straight.com/news/anjali-appadurai-nominated-as-ndp-candidate-in-vancouver-granville \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Georgia Straight \|language=en}}</ref> She lost to [[Liberal Party of Canada\|Liberal]] candidate [[Taleeb Noormohamed]] by 431 votes.<ref name=":1" />		At age 31, Appadurai ran as the [[New Democratic Party\|federal New Democratic Party]] candidate for [[Vancouver Granville]] in the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-08-19 \|title=Anjali Appadurai nominated as NDP candidate in Vancouver Granville \|url=https://www.straight.com/news/anjali-appadurai-nominated-as-ndp-candidate-in-vancouver-granville \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Georgia Straight \|language=en}}</ref> She lost to [[Liberal Party of Canada\|Liberal]] candidate [[Taleeb Noormohamed]] by 431 votes.<ref name=":1" />

	Appadurai was the only challenger to [[David Eby]], until she was disqualified, in the ~~2022~~ [[British Columbia New Democratic Party\|BC New Democratic Party]] leadership race.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=B.C. NDP ousts Anjali Appadurai from leadership race, paving way for David Eby to become premier \|work=CBC \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anjali-appadurai-ndp-leadership-campaign-elections-bc-1.6621526 \|access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The BC NDP executive voted to disqualify her on the grounds of collusion with [[Dogwood BC]], following a report by chief electoral officer [[Elizabeth Cull]].~~<ref name=":1" />~~<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Lewis \|first=Avi \|title=The desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai \|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/10/20/opinion/desperate-disqualification-anjali-appadurai \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Canada's National Observer \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web \|title=BC NDP chief electoral officer recommends disqualifying Anjali Appadurai from leadership race {{!}} Globalnews.ca \|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9208914/bc-ndp-chief-electoral-officer-recommends-disqualifying-anjali-appadurai/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Global News \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=InvestigationReport.pdf \|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f2jWbQjam94dn9LLcfQ9E5nMg4SloCfj/view?usp=embed_facebook \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Google Docs}}</ref> Appadurai's involvement in the leadership race is thought to have prompted an estimated 14,000 individuals to become BC NDP members in 25 days, more than doubling the previous membership of 11,000.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=MacLeod \|first=Andrew \|title=NDP Report Says Appadurai Should Be Kicked Out of Leadership Race \|url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/BC-NDP-Report-Says-Appadurai-Should-Be-Kicked-Out-Race/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Tyee \|language=English}}</ref>		Appadurai was the only challenger to [[David Eby]], until she was disqualified, in the [[2022 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election\|2022 BC New Democratic Party leadership race.]]<ref>{{Cite news \|date=Oct 19, 2022 \|title=B.C. NDP ousts Anjali Appadurai from leadership race, paving way for David Eby to become premier \|work=CBC \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anjali-appadurai-ndp-leadership-campaign-elections-bc-1.6621526 \|access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The BC NDP executive voted to disqualify her on the grounds of collusion with [[Dogwood BC]], following a report by chief electoral officer [[Elizabeth Cull]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Lewis \|first=Avi \|date=2022-10-20 \|title=The desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai \|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/10/20/opinion/desperate-disqualification-anjali-appadurai \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Canada's National Observer \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web \|title=BC NDP chief electoral officer recommends disqualifying Anjali Appadurai from leadership race {{!}} Globalnews.ca \|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9208914/bc-ndp-chief-electoral-officer-recommends-disqualifying-anjali-appadurai/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Global News \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=InvestigationReport.pdf \|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f2jWbQjam94dn9LLcfQ9E5nMg4SloCfj/view?usp=embed_facebook \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Google Docs}}</ref> Appadurai's involvement in the leadership race is thought to have prompted an estimated 14,000 individuals to become BC NDP members in 25 days, more than doubling the previous membership of 11,000.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=MacLeod \|first=Andrew \|date=2022-10-19 \|title=NDP Report Says Appadurai Should Be Kicked Out of Leadership Race \|url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/BC-NDP-Report-Says-Appadurai-Should-Be-Kicked-Out-Race/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Tyee \|language=English}}</ref>

	Appadurai criticized BC NDP executive's decision and Cull's report, calling it: "an investigation to support a predetermined conclusion."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Why B.C.'s NDP disqualified leadership contender, and how she responds - Vancouver Island Free Daily \|url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/why-b-c-s-ndp-disqualified-leadership-contender-and-how-she-responds/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com \|language=en-US}}</ref> She said it was "clearly a new interpretation" of the rules of a leadership contest and also called the decision to disqualify her “undemocratic” and a "nuclear option."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CityNews \|url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/10/19/appadurai-bc-ndp-report/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=vancouver.citynews.ca}}</ref>		Appadurai criticized BC NDP executive's decision and Cull's report, calling it: "an investigation to support a predetermined conclusion."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-10-21 \|title=Why B.C.'s NDP disqualified leadership contender, and how she responds - Vancouver Island Free Daily \|url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/why-b-c-s-ndp-disqualified-leadership-contender-and-how-she-responds/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com \|language=en-US}}</ref> She said it was "clearly a new interpretation" of the rules of a leadership contest and also called the decision to disqualify her “undemocratic” and a "nuclear option."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CityNews \|url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/10/19/appadurai-bc-ndp-report/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=vancouver.citynews.ca\|date=October 19, 2022 }}</ref>

			==Electoral history==
			{{2021 Canadian federal election/Vancouver Granville}}

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	Appadurai attended [[Gleneagle Secondary School]] in Coquitlam. She formed a global issues club in high school and became interested in trade issues and their relationship to climate justice.<ref name=":0" />		Appadurai attended [[Gleneagle Secondary School]] in Coquitlam. She formed a global issues club in high school and became interested in trade issues and their relationship to climate justice.<ref name=":0" />

	Appadurai attended the [[United World Colleges\|United World College]], a two-year international baccalaureate program in [[Montezuma, New Mexico\|Montezuma]], [[New Mexico]]. She obtained a ~~Bachelor~~'s degree in Global Politics, International Trade Law and Climate Policy from the [[College of the Atlantic]] in [[Maine]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Mall \|first=posted by: Rattan \|title=Former federal NDP candidate Anjali Appadurai will give David Eby rough time \|url=https://voiceonline.com/former-federal-ndp-candidate-anjali-appadurai-will-give-david-eby-rough-time/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Indo-Canadian Voice \|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Mckenzie \|first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan \|title=BCBusiness \|url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Leadership-2022-Despite-losing-the-BC-NDP-leadership-race-Anjali-Appadurai-isnt-going-anywhere \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=BCBusiness \|language=en}}</ref>		Appadurai attended the [[United World Colleges\|United World College]], a two-year international baccalaureate program in [[Montezuma, New Mexico\|Montezuma]], [[New Mexico]]. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Global Politics, International Trade Law and Climate Policy from the [[College of the Atlantic]] in [[Maine]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Mall \|first=posted by: Rattan \|title=Former federal NDP candidate Anjali Appadurai will give David Eby rough time \|url=https://voiceonline.com/former-federal-ndp-candidate-anjali-appadurai-will-give-david-eby-rough-time/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Indo-Canadian Voice \|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Mckenzie \|first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan \|title=BCBusiness \|url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Leadership-2022-Despite-losing-the-BC-NDP-leadership-race-Anjali-Appadurai-isnt-going-anywhere \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=BCBusiness \|language=en}}</ref>

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	At age 31, Appadurai ran as the [[New Democratic Party\|federal New Democratic Party]] candidate for [[Vancouver Granville]] in the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Anjali Appadurai nominated as NDP candidate in Vancouver Granville \|url=https://www.straight.com/news/anjali-appadurai-nominated-as-ndp-candidate-in-vancouver-granville \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Georgia Straight \|language=en}}</ref> She lost to [[Liberal Party of Canada\|Liberal]] candidate [[Taleeb Noormohamed]] by 431 votes.<ref name=":1" />		At age 31, Appadurai ran as the [[New Democratic Party\|federal New Democratic Party]] candidate for [[Vancouver Granville]] in the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Anjali Appadurai nominated as NDP candidate in Vancouver Granville \|url=https://www.straight.com/news/anjali-appadurai-nominated-as-ndp-candidate-in-vancouver-granville \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Georgia Straight \|language=en}}</ref> She lost to [[Liberal Party of Canada\|Liberal]] candidate [[Taleeb Noormohamed]] by 431 votes.<ref name=":1" />

	Appadurai was the only challenger to [[David Eby]], until she was disqualified, in the 2022 [[British Columbia New Democratic Party\|BC New Democratic Party]] leadership race.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=B.C. NDP ousts Anjali Appadurai from leadership race, paving way for David Eby to become premier \|work=CBC \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anjali-appadurai-ndp-leadership-campaign-elections-bc-1.6621526 \|access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The BC NDP executive voted to disqualify her on the grounds of collusion with [[Dogwood BC]], following a report by chief electoral officer [[Elizabeth Cull]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Lewis \|first=Avi \|title=The desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai \|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/10/20/opinion/desperate-disqualification-anjali-appadurai \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Canada's National Observer \|language=en}}</ref~~><ref name=":1" /~~><ref name=":4">{{Cite web \|title=BC NDP chief electoral officer recommends disqualifying Anjali Appadurai from leadership race {{!}} Globalnews.ca \|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9208914/bc-ndp-chief-electoral-officer-recommends-disqualifying-anjali-appadurai/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Global News \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=InvestigationReport.pdf \|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f2jWbQjam94dn9LLcfQ9E5nMg4SloCfj/view?usp=embed_facebook \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Google Docs}}</ref> Appadurai's involvement in the leadership race is thought to have prompted an estimated 14,000 individuals to become BC NDP members in 25 days, more than doubling the previous membership of 11,000.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=MacLeod \|first=Andrew \|title=NDP Report Says Appadurai Should Be Kicked Out of Leadership Race \|url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/BC-NDP-Report-Says-Appadurai-Should-Be-Kicked-Out-Race/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Tyee \|language=English}}</ref>		Appadurai was the only challenger to [[David Eby]], until she was disqualified, in the 2022 [[British Columbia New Democratic Party\|BC New Democratic Party]] leadership race.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=B.C. NDP ousts Anjali Appadurai from leadership race, paving way for David Eby to become premier \|work=CBC \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anjali-appadurai-ndp-leadership-campaign-elections-bc-1.6621526 \|access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The BC NDP executive voted to disqualify her on the grounds of collusion with [[Dogwood BC]], following a report by chief electoral officer [[Elizabeth Cull]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Lewis \|first=Avi \|title=The desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai \|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/10/20/opinion/desperate-disqualification-anjali-appadurai \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Canada's National Observer \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web \|title=BC NDP chief electoral officer recommends disqualifying Anjali Appadurai from leadership race {{!}} Globalnews.ca \|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9208914/bc-ndp-chief-electoral-officer-recommends-disqualifying-anjali-appadurai/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Global News \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=InvestigationReport.pdf \|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f2jWbQjam94dn9LLcfQ9E5nMg4SloCfj/view?usp=embed_facebook \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=Google Docs}}</ref> Appadurai's involvement in the leadership race is thought to have prompted an estimated 14,000 individuals to become BC NDP members in 25 days, more than doubling the previous membership of 11,000.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=MacLeod \|first=Andrew \|title=NDP Report Says Appadurai Should Be Kicked Out of Leadership Race \|url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/BC-NDP-Report-Says-Appadurai-Should-Be-Kicked-Out-Race/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=The Tyee \|language=English}}</ref>

	Appadurai criticized BC NDP executive's decision and Cull's report, calling it: "an investigation to support a predetermined conclusion."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Why B.C.'s NDP disqualified leadership contender, and how she responds - Vancouver Island Free Daily \|url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/why-b-c-s-ndp-disqualified-leadership-contender-and-how-she-responds/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com \|language=en-US}}</ref> She said it was "clearly a new interpretation" of the rules of a leadership contest and also called the decision to disqualify her “undemocratic” and a "nuclear option."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CityNews \|url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/10/19/appadurai-bc-ndp-report/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=vancouver.citynews.ca}}</ref>		Appadurai criticized BC NDP executive's decision and Cull's report, calling it: "an investigation to support a predetermined conclusion."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Why B.C.'s NDP disqualified leadership contender, and how she responds - Vancouver Island Free Daily \|url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/why-b-c-s-ndp-disqualified-leadership-contender-and-how-she-responds/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com \|language=en-US}}</ref> She said it was "clearly a new interpretation" of the rules of a leadership contest and also called the decision to disqualify her “undemocratic” and a "nuclear option."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CityNews \|url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/10/19/appadurai-bc-ndp-report/ \|access-date=2023-03-28 \|website=vancouver.citynews.ca}}</ref>

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| name = Anjali Appadurai
| image = Appadurai speaking with press 2069.jpg
| caption = Anjali Appadurai speaking with press
| birth_date = May 27, 1990
| birth_place = Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation = [[Activist]]
| spouse =
| children =
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'''Anjali Appadurai''' (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian politician and climate activist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Burgess |first=Steve |title=Anjali Appadurai: 'A Total Reframing Is Needed' |url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/08/18/Anjali-Appadurai-Total-Reframing-Needed/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=The Tyee |language=English}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Appadurai's family immigrated to [[Canada]] and settled in [[Coquitlam]], [[British Columbia]] when she was six from [[India]] to access better education.<ref name=":0" />

Appadurai attended [[Gleneagle Secondary School]] in Coquitlam. She formed a global issues club in high school and became interested in trade issues and their relationship to climate justice.<ref name=":0" />

Appadurai attended the [[United World Colleges|United World College]], a two-year international baccalaureate program in [[Montezuma, New Mexico|Montezuma]], [[New Mexico]]. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Global Politics, International Trade Law and Climate Policy from the [[College of the Atlantic]] in [[Maine]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mall |first=posted by: Rattan |title=Former federal NDP candidate Anjali Appadurai will give David Eby rough time |url=https://voiceonline.com/former-federal-ndp-candidate-anjali-appadurai-will-give-david-eby-rough-time/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Indo-Canadian Voice |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mckenzie |first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan |title=BCBusiness |url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Leadership-2022-Despite-losing-the-BC-NDP-leadership-race-Anjali-Appadurai-isnt-going-anywhere |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=BCBusiness |language=en}}</ref>

== Climate activism ==
In 2011, at 21 years old, Appadurai spoke at the [[United Nations|UN]] Climate Change Conference in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Citation |title="Get It Done": Urging Climate Justice, Youth Delegate Anjali Appadurai Mic-Checks UN Summit |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3e6G_7GY4 |access-date=2023-03-28 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2014, she worked for [[West Coast Environmental Law]] where she worked on the Sue Big Oil campaign. She also worked for the [[Sierra Club]] and the [[David Suzuki Foundation]]’s Climate Emergency Unit.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Narwhal |first=The |title=How a 32-year-old climate activist is shaking up the race to be B.C.'s next premier |url=https://thenarwhal.ca/anjali-appadurai-bc-premier-race/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=The Narwhal |language=en}}</ref>

Appadurai was mentored by [[Martin Khor]] and Yeb Saño, the later of which she met at a UN Climate Conference in [[Warsaw]] in 2013.<ref name=":2" />

== Politics ==
At age 31, Appadurai ran as the [[New Democratic Party|federal New Democratic Party]] candidate for [[Vancouver Granville]] in the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anjali Appadurai nominated as NDP candidate in Vancouver Granville |url=https://www.straight.com/news/anjali-appadurai-nominated-as-ndp-candidate-in-vancouver-granville |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}</ref> She lost to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate [[Taleeb Noormohamed]] by 431 votes.<ref name=":1" />

Appadurai was the only challenger to [[David Eby]], until she was disqualified, in the 2022 [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|BC New Democratic Party]] leadership race.<ref>{{Cite news |title=B.C. NDP ousts Anjali Appadurai from leadership race, paving way for David Eby to become premier |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anjali-appadurai-ndp-leadership-campaign-elections-bc-1.6621526 |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The BC NDP executive voted to disqualify her on the grounds of collusion with [[Dogwood BC]], following a report by chief electoral officer [[Elizabeth Cull]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Avi |title=The desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai |url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/10/20/opinion/desperate-disqualification-anjali-appadurai |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Canada's National Observer |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=BC NDP chief electoral officer recommends disqualifying Anjali Appadurai from leadership race {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9208914/bc-ndp-chief-electoral-officer-recommends-disqualifying-anjali-appadurai/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=InvestigationReport.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f2jWbQjam94dn9LLcfQ9E5nMg4SloCfj/view?usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Google Docs}}</ref> Appadurai's involvement in the leadership race is thought to have prompted an estimated 14,000 individuals to become BC NDP members in 25 days, more than doubling the previous membership of 11,000.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=MacLeod |first=Andrew |title=NDP Report Says Appadurai Should Be Kicked Out of Leadership Race |url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/BC-NDP-Report-Says-Appadurai-Should-Be-Kicked-Out-Race/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=The Tyee |language=English}}</ref>

Appadurai criticized BC NDP executive's decision and Cull's report, calling it: "an investigation to support a predetermined conclusion."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why B.C.'s NDP disqualified leadership contender, and how she responds - Vancouver Island Free Daily |url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/why-b-c-s-ndp-disqualified-leadership-contender-and-how-she-responds/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com |language=en-US}}</ref> She said it was "clearly a new interpretation" of the rules of a leadership contest and also called the decision to disqualify her “undemocratic” and a "nuclear option."<ref>{{Cite web |title=CityNews |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/10/19/appadurai-bc-ndp-report/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=vancouver.citynews.ca}}</ref>

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