Global Health News

Date: October 7, 2014 @ 5:30 pm
Location: Dalhousie Student Union Building

The ENRICH Project and NSPIRG will be hosting an evening to discuss history and research around environmental injustices in Nova Scotia.

"In Whose Backyard?" is the name for a series of workshops bringing together members of Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities to discuss how they have been and are currently being affected by nearby toxic industries and locally unwanted land uses (LULU’s)—such as landfills, incinerators, sewage treatment plants, refineries, pulp and paper mills, oil and gas extraction, and hazardous waste storage. Participants share their concerns about the health, economic, social, spiritual and environmental effects of such facilities.

Community organizers, policy, and media experts will share their skills and ideas to organize against environmental racism in Nova Scotia.

For more information please visit the NSPIRG Facebook event.