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Making the Links: A Northern Ontario Toolkit for Environmental Protections, Health, and Equity

by Julia HambletonAugust 25, 2022February 22, 2023

This Toolkit has been created to pair critically urgent environmental issues with legal mechanisms for change and public advocacy. It has been developed with and for Indigenous and settler communities, and individuals throughout Northern Ontario. It is meant to be a foundational resource so that both individuals and practitioners can have ready access to solutions for environmental health issues.

Blog: Day 4 – Consultation and Consent: Indigenous Nations Speak on the Proposal to Place a Near Surface Disposal Facility on their Unceded Territory

by April WepplerJune 2, 2022January 30, 2023

This is the fourth in a series of blogs by CELA’s summer law students, Rebecca Waxman and Adam Meadows, live from the CNSC hearing room. Check back every day as they share reflections and reactions from the nuclear licensing hearing. Read the full series here

Blog: Day 3 – “Wrong Place, Wrong Plan, Wrong Timing”: Community Members Continue to Object During Radioactive Waste Dump Hearing

by April WepplerJune 1, 2022January 30, 2023

This is the third in a series of blogs by CELA’s summer law students, Rebecca Waxman and Adam Meadows, live from the CNSC hearing room. Check back every day as they share reflections and reactions from the nuclear licensing hearing.

Blog: Day 2 – Concerns of Accidents and Safety Dominate Radioactive Waste Dump Hearing

by Julia HambletonMay 31, 2022January 30, 2023

This is the second in a series of blogs by CELA’s summer law students, Rebecca Waxman and Adam Meadows, live from the CNSC hearing room. Check back every day as they share reflections and reactions from the nuclear licensing hearing. Read the full series here

Blog: Day 1 – Hearing for Radioactive Waste Dump Commences for Chalk River Laboratories Site

by Julia HambletonMay 30, 2022January 30, 2023

This is the first in a series of blogs by CELA’s summer law students, Rebecca Waxman and Adam Meadows, live from the CNSC hearing room. Check back every day as they share reflections and reactions from the nuclear licensing hearing. Read the full series here

Final Environmental Impact Statement for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ Proposed Near Surface Disposal Facility

by Julia HambletonApril 11, 2022January 30, 2023

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has submitted an application to amend its nuclear research and test establishment operating licence for the Chalk River Laboratories site to authorize the constructcion of the proposed near-surface disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste (“NSDF”). CELA submitted an intervention to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission commenting on the adequacy of CNL’s final Environmental Impact Statement for the NSDF and opposing the licencen amendment request. The hearing will begin on May 31, 2022 and the public is invited to watch.

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