CELA is co-hosting a webinar with CALC about legal perspectives on social determinants of health.
Webinar: Justice & Health Community Forum: An Environmental Law Lens on the Social Determinants of Health
Tag: environmental justice
Supplementary Submissions of CELA to Alberta Court of Appeal
Supplementary submissions of the Canadian Environmental Law Association to Court of Appeal of Alberta RE: HMQ in right of Alberta (A) v. HMQ in right of Canada (R); Attorney General of Ontario (I) - Court of Appeal File Number 1901-0276…
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CELA Northern Services Presents: “Making the Links” in Northern Ontario
This webinar highlights the connections between environment, health and industry in Northern Ontario, and demonstrates how you can use the law to prevent harm to you, your community, and the environment.
Workers’ Environmental Rights in Canada report
The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) are releasing a report that explores the presence of, and potential for, workers’ environmental rights in Canada. The report looks at existing laws in Canada and identifies opportunities for advancing these rights.
Time to End the Carbon Capture of Climate Policy
500+ Organizations Call on US and Canadian Leaders to Reject Carbon Capture and Storage as a False Solution to Climate Crisis
Blog: Environmental Justice in a Nuclear Age
In the quest to produce greener and more efficient energy, we cannot overlook the lifecycle impacts of energy production and their potential interactions with existing systemic inequities. Case in point, is nuclear power, which has been largely presented as a clean form of energy. However, the entire life cycle of nuclear energy production—from uranium mining to radioactive waste storage—must be considered. There are health risks and costs along the way, and already vulnerable people risk continue to risk bear them under the status quo.
