Environment and Climate Change Canada is hosting a free series of webinars to build capacity on environmental justice and environmental racism to inform the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent, and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.
These webinars are for you if you’re:
doing work to advance environmental justice.
interested in learning more about environmental justice and environmental racism.
seeking to contribute to the development of the national strategy.
The webinars incorporate presentations from federal officials and subject matter experts, discussion and sharing opportunities as well as question periods. Each webinar will consist of one session of up to two hours in length at the following times:
Newfoundland Daylight Time
Atlantic Daylight Time
Eastern Daylight Time
Central Daylight Time
Mountain Daylight Time
Pacific Daylight Time
2:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Title
Description
Date
Links
Unpacking Environmental Justice
This webinar will explore the foundational principles and concepts of environmental justice and provide an overview of the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act (C-226). Environmental justice is considered a concept that can be applied in various contexts. It is a movement seeking to ensure fair and meaningful inclusion of affected peoples and equal sharing of benefits and costs when making decisions about the environment. It aims to recognize and seek to address the existing inequalities faced by Indigenous, racialized, or otherwise marginalized communities throughout the decision-making process.
what systemic racism in environmental decision-making means
how un/intentional decisions can result in environmental racism and
how strengthening the role of equity, diversity, inclusion, and the consideration of the environmental justice principles can advance equitable outcomes.
Environmental racism is a form of systemic racism. When it comes to the environment, environmental racism occurs when environmental decision-making, policies, and practices overly disadvantage some people due to their race. This outcome can be intentional or unintentional.
Environmental justice is a new policy area for the federal government, as environmental justice has typically been pursued at a localized, grassroots level. This webinar will provide an overview of Canada’s history of environmental racism, including the history, policy drivers, demographics, Indigenous considerations, and jurisdictions in environmental governance and decision-making.
This webinar explores application of procedural and recognitional justice in the context of environmental justice, including:
acknowledging and respecting, community-level differences, linking environmental pollution to the exacerbation of existing social vulnerabilities; and,
accessing information and meaningful participation of affected communities in environmental decision-making processes.
This webinar explores the application of distributive justice in the context of environmental justice and environmental racism. Recognizing that certain populations face disproportionate environmental burdens and demystify the potential drivers and mechanisms to improve environmental outcomes for impacted communities in Canada from an equity perspective.
This webinar will explore the concept restorative justice and consider potential applications in the Canadian approach to assess, prevent, and address environmental racism. Restorative justice is a concept that seeks to repair harm. It provides an opportunity for those harmed and those who take responsibility for the harm to communicate about and address their needs. In Canada to date, principles related to restorative justice have mostly been considered in the context of the criminal justice system. However, it can serve as a useful model to apply in the context of environmental harm that prioritizes relationship building and repair for affected communities.
This webinar will provide a brief overview of qualitative and quantitative data methods and principles. Participants will learn about the complex sources of data that may be used (or needed) to assess environmental hazards and affected populations. They will be introduced to existing data mapping tools that have been developed in other jurisdictions and the importance of grassroots and community-led data. They will also learn about the federal government’s approach to using qualitative and quantitative data sources to inform the development of a national strategy.
This webinar explores the various mechanisms and frameworks that the federal government uses to measure environmental outcomes, and potential approaches to evaluate ongoing progress related to assessing, preventing, and addressing environmental racism and advancing environmental justice. It will examine how various types of data may be used to track key indicators.
Environment and Climate Change Canada is hosting a free series of webinars to build capacity on environmental justice and environmental racism to inform the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent, and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.
These webinars are for you if you’re:
doing work to advance environmental justice.
interested in learning more about environmental justice and environmental racism.
seeking to contribute to the development of the national strategy.
The webinars incorporate presentations from federal officials and subject matter experts, discussion and sharing opportunities as well as question periods. Each webinar will consist of one session of up to two hours in length at the following times:
Newfoundland Daylight Time
Atlantic Daylight Time
Eastern Daylight Time
Central Daylight Time
Mountain Daylight Time
Pacific Daylight Time
2:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Title
Description
Date
Links
Unpacking Environmental Justice
This webinar will explore the foundational principles and concepts of environmental justice and provide an overview of the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act (C-226). Environmental justice is considered a concept that can be applied in various contexts. It is a movement seeking to ensure fair and meaningful inclusion of affected peoples and equal sharing of benefits and costs when making decisions about the environment. It aims to recognize and seek to address the existing inequalities faced by Indigenous, racialized, or otherwise marginalized communities throughout the decision-making process.
what systemic racism in environmental decision-making means
how un/intentional decisions can result in environmental racism and
how strengthening the role of equity, diversity, inclusion, and the consideration of the environmental justice principles can advance equitable outcomes.
Environmental racism is a form of systemic racism. When it comes to the environment, environmental racism occurs when environmental decision-making, policies, and practices overly disadvantage some people due to their race. This outcome can be intentional or unintentional.
Environmental justice is a new policy area for the federal government, as environmental justice has typically been pursued at a localized, grassroots level. This webinar will provide an overview of Canada’s history of environmental racism, including the history, policy drivers, demographics, Indigenous considerations, and jurisdictions in environmental governance and decision-making.
This webinar explores application of procedural and recognitional justice in the context of environmental justice, including:
acknowledging and respecting, community-level differences, linking environmental pollution to the exacerbation of existing social vulnerabilities; and,
accessing information and meaningful participation of affected communities in environmental decision-making processes.
This webinar explores the application of distributive justice in the context of environmental justice and environmental racism. Recognizing that certain populations face disproportionate environmental burdens and demystify the potential drivers and mechanisms to improve environmental outcomes for impacted communities in Canada from an equity perspective.
This webinar will explore the concept restorative justice and consider potential applications in the Canadian approach to assess, prevent, and address environmental racism. Restorative justice is a concept that seeks to repair harm. It provides an opportunity for those harmed and those who take responsibility for the harm to communicate about and address their needs. In Canada to date, principles related to restorative justice have mostly been considered in the context of the criminal justice system. However, it can serve as a useful model to apply in the context of environmental harm that prioritizes relationship building and repair for affected communities.
This webinar will provide a brief overview of qualitative and quantitative data methods and principles. Participants will learn about the complex sources of data that may be used (or needed) to assess environmental hazards and affected populations. They will be introduced to existing data mapping tools that have been developed in other jurisdictions and the importance of grassroots and community-led data. They will also learn about the federal government’s approach to using qualitative and quantitative data sources to inform the development of a national strategy.
This webinar explores the various mechanisms and frameworks that the federal government uses to measure environmental outcomes, and potential approaches to evaluate ongoing progress related to assessing, preventing, and addressing environmental racism and advancing environmental justice. It will examine how various types of data may be used to track key indicators.
