Speaking for Ourselves

by Agyeman, Julian; Cole, Peter; Haluza-DeLay, Randolph; O'Riley, Pat

• ISBN13: 9780774816199
• ISBN10: 0774816198
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-15
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Summary

The concept of environmental justice has offered a new direction for social movements and public policy in recent decades, and researchers worldwide now position social equity as a prerequisite for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and environmental sustainability has been little studied in Canada. This book draws together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars and activists who bring equity issues to the forefront by considering environmental justice from a multiple perspectives and in specifically Canadian contexts.

Author Biography

Julian Agyeman is a professor in and chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Peter Cole is an associate professor of Aboriginal and Northern Studies at the University College of the North. Randolph Haluza-DeLay is an assistant professor of sociology at King's University College. Pat O'Riley is an associate professor in the Department of Equity Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Prologue. Notes from Prison: Protecting Algonquin Lands from Uranium Mining	p. ix
Introduction. Speaking for Ourselves, Speaking Together: Environmental Justice in Canada	p. 1
Honouring Our Relations: An Anishnaabe Perspective on Environmental Justice	p. 27
Reclaiming Ktaqamkuk: Land and Mi'kmaq Identity in Newfoundland	p. 42
Why Is There No Environmental Justice in Toronto? Or Is There?	p. 65
Invisible Sisters: Women and Environmental Justice in Canada	p. 81
The Political Economy of Environmental Inequality: The Social Distribution of Risk as an Environmental Injustice	p. 97
These Are Lubicon Lands: A First Nation Forced to Step into the Regulatory Gap	p. 111
Population Health, Environmental Justice, and the Distribution of Diseases: Ideas and Practices from Canada	p. 123
Environmental Injustice in the Canadian Far North: Persistent Organic Pollutants and Arctic Climate Impacts	p. 144
Environmental Justice and Community-Based Ecosystem Management	p. 163
Framing Environmental Inequity in Canada: A Content Analysis of Daily Print News Media	p. 181
Environmental Justice as a Politics in Place: An Analysis of Five Canadian Environmental Groups' Approaches to Agro-Food Issues	p. 203
Rethinking "Green" Multicultural Strategies	p. 219
Coyote and Raven Talk about Environmental Justice	p. 233
Contributors	p. 253
Index	p. 259
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