We analyse the effects of constructions and mobilisations of childhood, generation and girl heroism in 30 Canadian editorials written in response to 2019 climate change protests. We discuss how the editorials strategically position—and sometimes dismiss—young activists through discourses of childhood innocence, becoming and social participation. Second, we focus on how the editorials mobilise generation to emphasise either generational division or cross‐generational solidarity. Finally, we problematise the editorials' concentration on individualised girl heroism. We thus contextualise and deconstruct truth statements around age, generation and heroism, emphasising instead their effects and the potential for certain narratives to better recognise the diversity and solidarity in climate change activism.

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青年气候变化行动主义社论中的童年，一代和英雄主义建构：动员和影响

我们在针对2019年气候变化抗议活动撰写的30篇加拿大社论中分析了童年，一代和女孩英雄主义的建设和动员的影响。我们将讨论社论如何通过童年天真，成为人和社会参与的话语在战略上定位（有时是解雇）年轻的激进主义者。其次，我们关注社论如何动员一代人，以强调代际分裂或跨代团结。最后，我们质疑社论对个性化女孩英雄主义的关注。因此，我们围绕年龄，世代和英雄主义对现实陈述进行情境化和解构化，而是强调其影响以及某些叙事的潜力，以更好地认识到气候变化行动主义的多样性和团结性。