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Nursing's Dr. Ingrid Waldron, in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG), recently hosted "In Whose Backyard? Organizing against environmental racism in Nova Scotia" to discuss and strategize against environmental racism - the disproportionate location of toxic industries and other environmental hazards close to racially marginalized communities - in Nova Scotia.听 听
The event, held in the McInnis Room at 黄色直播, was attended by 200 people, including community leaders, health professionals, community-based agencies, students policymakers, faculty and media.听 The event began with a traditional ceremony to honour the unceeded Mi'kmaw territory, which was followed with a screening of "In Whose Backyard?" - a documentary produced by Dr. Waldron's Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health Project (ENRICH).听 Keynote speakers and activists Annie Claire, from Elsipogtog First Nation, and Jonathan Beadle, from Pictou Landing First Nation, then gave an overview of their experiences organizing against environmental racism.听 The event finished with breakout sessions hosted by local experts in law, policy, health, education, media and community organizing which were focussed on next steps and strategies for supporting community members in their efforts to have toxic facilities and other environmental hazards located near racially marginalized communities removed, cleaned up or relocated.
Learn more
- Project website
- Interview with Dr. Ingrid Waldron on Global Halifax - - October 29, 2014 (4:57)
- Interview with Dr. Ingrid Waldron on Talking Radical Radio - - October 15, 2014 (28:25)
- Interview with keynote speaker Jonathan Beadle in the Chronicle Herald - - October 8, 2014
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