CELA
Canadian Environmental Law Association is a legal aid clinic dedicated to environmental equity, justice, and health.

Founded in 1970, CELA is one of the oldest environmental advocates for environmental protection in the country. With funding from Legal Aid Ontario, CELA provides free legal services relating to environmental justice in Ontario, including representing qualifying low-income and vulnerable or disadvantaged communities in litigation. CELA also works on environmental legal education and reform initiatives.

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Grassy Narrows First Nation and Environmental Injustice

For decades, Grassy Narrows First Nation has been living with a health and environmental crisis caused by industrial contamination. Now, gold mining-related activity upstream of the Grassy Narrows community is making things worse.

Grassy Narrows FN, represented by CELA and Cavalluzzo LLP, is fighting back. At the heart of the cases is a larger question: how environmental decisions are made in already burdened communities, and whether cumulative impacts and Indigenous rights are being meaningfully considered.

Image courtesy of Allan Lisner and freegrassy.net

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