Canada's Environmental Justice and Racism Symposium
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Location: Online and in-person at the John G. Diefenbaker Building in Ottawa, ON.
As a part of theefforts related to advancing environmental equity, Environment and Climate Change Canada is facilitatingCanada's Environmental Justice and Racism Symposium (the Symposium). If you are already working in this space, you are invited to participate in this pre-consultation to inform the development a national strategy to assess, prevent, and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.
The Symposium will encourage discussions from a diversity of perspectives, experiences and identities such as:
youth
advocacy groups
environmental non-governmental organizations
academics
Ways to participate
Attending the Symposium online or in person:You can register for the Symposium here.
Please note that in person participation is limited, and that registration is open until August 30, 2024.
Registration for virtual participation is open until September 6, 2024.
Apply to present at the Symposium:You can deliver ‘Short Talks’ presentations (8-minutes in length with 2-minutes for questions and answers), meant to encourage a diversity of perspectives and discussion in a condensed format. Interested applicants are invited to applyhereby August 30, 2024.
Assessing environmental racism:
Understanding approaches to measure environmental racism, including the tools, data, framings and techniques which may help assess environmental racism (both quantitative and qualitative) within the Canadian context,and;
Exploring how environmental racism might be measured differently across groups including the federal context, industry and at the community level.
Preventing environmental racism:
Discussing current or past success stories, 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.
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 to involving community groups in environmental policy-making?
Advancing environmental justice – How does change happen:
What it means to advance environmental justice at a national level vs community level, which distinct qualities 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.
Location: Online and in-person at the John G. Diefenbaker Building in Ottawa, ON.
As a part of theefforts related to advancing environmental equity, Environment and Climate Change Canada is facilitatingCanada's Environmental Justice and Racism Symposium (the Symposium). If you are already working in this space, you are invited to participate in this pre-consultation to inform the development a national strategy to assess, prevent, and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.
The Symposium will encourage discussions from a diversity of perspectives, experiences and identities such as:
youth
advocacy groups
environmental non-governmental organizations
academics
Ways to participate
Attending the Symposium online or in person:You can register for the Symposium here.
Please note that in person participation is limited, and that registration is open until August 30, 2024.
Registration for virtual participation is open until September 6, 2024.
Apply to present at the Symposium:You can deliver ‘Short Talks’ presentations (8-minutes in length with 2-minutes for questions and answers), meant to encourage a diversity of perspectives and discussion in a condensed format. Interested applicants are invited to applyhereby August 30, 2024.
Assessing environmental racism:
Understanding approaches to measure environmental racism, including the tools, data, framings and techniques which may help assess environmental racism (both quantitative and qualitative) within the Canadian context,and;
Exploring how environmental racism might be measured differently across groups including the federal context, industry and at the community level.
Preventing environmental racism:
Discussing current or past success stories, 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.
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 to involving community groups in environmental policy-making?
Advancing environmental justice – How does change happen:
What it means to advance environmental justice at a national level vs community level, which distinct qualities 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.
