‘Short-Talks’ Call for Proposals

1. Assessing Environmental Racism: Understanding approaches to measure environmental racism, including the tools, data, framings and techniques which can help assess environmental racism (both quantitative and qualitative) within the Canadian context, and exploring how environmental racism might be measured across groups including the federal context, industry and at the community level. 

2. Preventing Environmental Racism: Past or current success stories across civil society and exploring measures to prevent environmental racism such as possible amendments to federal laws, policies and programs and involvement of community groups in environmental policy making. 

3. Addressing Environmental Racism: 
   • When environmental racism and injustice occur, what does a just response look like?
   • Are there alternatives to traditional criminal or compliance-based processes such as restorative justice, and/or community-led resolution processes?
   • What is the federal government’s role in responding to environmental racism and are there existing federal mechanisms which may present opportunities? What are the opportunities and/or barriers related to the involvement of community groups in environmental policy-making?

4. Advancing Environmental Justice – How Does Change Happen: 
   • When it comes to racism and environmental injustice, what does a just response look like?
     
   • What it means to advance environmental justice at a national level vs community level, the distinct qualities which will be meaningful within the Canadian context, and how different communities or demographics might articulate advancement.
   • Discussions around next steps from a civil society perspective, and Youth-specific perspectives on advancing environmental justice.

• Quality of the proposed talk (50%): Quality will be determined by the applicant's ability to clearly articulate their proposed topic; a clear and concise description, including key messages, objectives and outcomes. 

• Importance and relevance of the topic (30%): Importance and relevance will be determined by the applicant's ability to show why this topic should be discussed at this venue, with linkages or relevance between their topic and the symposium themes; reflecting an understanding of the key audiences and the grassroots and/or policy context.

• Diversity and quality of the speakers (20%): The selection will aim for representation of people coast-to-coast-to-coast, with a diversity of lived experiences, identities and perspectives. Quality will be determined by demonstrated experience or expertise on environmental justice topics, including, but not limited to, work experience, activism, and academic background. 

• August 30, 2024: Call for Proposals Submission Deadline
• September 3, 2024: Notification of Successful Submissions
• September 9, 2024: Presenter Bios and Finalized Materials Due
  
  

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