Environmental Legal Action: A Guidebook to Protecting Environmental Rights in Ontario

CELA is pleased to have partnered with the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights to develop a new resource, titled Environmental Legal Action: A Guidebook to Protecting Environmental Rights in Ontario.

Originally created as an Asper Centre student working group project, this Guidebook is designed to equip community organizations and activists with practical starting points for advocating for environmental justice in Ontario.

The Guidebook covers key tools and avenues for action, including:

  • Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights
  • Nuisance law
  • Charter rights
  • Indigenous rights and governance

It also outlines proposed reforms to strengthen environmental protection at both the provincial and federal levels.

The report is available below, and is also available on the Canadian Environmental Law Archive website; click here to open it in a new tab.

CELA Publication #1638
ISBN #978-1-77842-029-0