CELA's Latest Activities

Guest Blog – PFAS and the Great Lakes: The Need for Binational Action
Posted by Michael Murray, Ph.D., U.S. Co-chair, Toxics-Free Great Lakes Binational Network; Staff Scientist, National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center and
John Jackson, Canadian Co-chair, Toxics-Free Great Lakes Binational Network

Guest Blog – Zero Discharge & Virtual Elimination of Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Posted by John Jackson, Canadian Co-chair, Toxics Free Great Lakes Binational Network and Michael Murray, Ph.D., U.S. Co-chair, Toxics Free Great Lakes Binational Network and Staff Scientist, National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center

March 2021 Bulletin
Inside CELA Law Society of Ontario Awards CELA’s Kathleen Cooper CELA is proud to announce that Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher, Paralegal, and Communications Coordinator, has recently been awarded the William J. Simpson Distinguished Paralegal Award from the Law Society of Ontario. This award

Media Release: Federal pesticide regulator flip-flops on proposed neonics ban after years of delay
Canada failing to protect the environment from harmful pesticides, groups say

Blog: Faces of CELA with Kristen Lowitt
Blog posted by Pelly Shaw, CELA Communications Intern What is your role, and how long have you been with CELA? I’ve been a member of the Healthy Great Lakes Advisory Committee since late 2020. What inspired you to get involved

Blog: Faces of CELA with Julie Cayley
Blog posted by Pelly Shaw, CELA Communications Intern What’s your role and how long have you been involved with CELA? I’m currently a member of the Healthy Great Lakes Advisory Committee, and though it’s been less than a year that

Blog: Faces of CELA with Rhonda Gagnon
Blog posted by Pelly Shaw, CELA Communications Intern What is your role and how long have you been involved with CELA? My professional role is as a policy analyst for the Anishinabek Nation, and have been in that role for

Blog: Why CELA Intervenes in National Test Cases
Blog authored by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel As a specialty legal aid clinic in Ontario, CELA is often involved in precedent-setting appellate cases which involve the interpretation or application of the province’s environmental laws. For example, in the Canadian

Speak Up on How and Where to Grow Ontario’s Greenbelt – Guelph-Wellington, Webinar
Speak Up on How and Where to Grow Ontario’s Greenbelt – Information Session for Guelph-Wellington Webinar originally aired March 25, 2021 Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on ways to grow the size of the Greenbelt.
Budget Action Alert
The next federal budget must eliminate the injustices of vulnerable communities being disproportionately impacted by both the social and economic consequences of the pandemic and by pollution, climate change, and resource extraction.