Halifax

Connecting the Dots: Confronting Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia

6:00pm
- 8:45pm
Tuesday July 28 2015

The Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities & Community Health Project (Dr. Ingrid Waldron, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University) and the Halifax Central Library would like to invite you to "Connecting the Dots: Confronting Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia". This free event will take place at the Halifax Central Library (Paul O'Regan Hall) on Tuesday, July 28 from 6 pm - 8:45 pm. 

Join Dr. Ingrid Waldron and a community panel to learn about and participate in a discussion on environmental racism research and community work that is happening to fight against the placement of toxic facilities and other environmentally hazardous activities in communities with historically marginalized voices.

Although environmental racism has been a long-standing issue in Nova Scotia and is a term that is becoming more well-known, we are still far away from a collective understanding of how this form of oppression manifests itself in the province we live in.

This free event will increase awareness and spark more critical discussions about the importance of incorporating “race” as a core element of environmental justice initiatives in Nova Scotia. It also hopes to increase community engagement in environmental racism initiatives across the province. 

The event will feature five panelists who will share their challenges, successes and strategies for mobilizing on environmental racism in Mi'kmaw and African Nova Scotian communities. 

Long-time activist Lynn Jones will moderate the panel discussion.

Panelists will include:

1) Dorene Bernard (Indian Brook)

2) Mary Desmond (Lincolnville)

3) Irvine Carvery (Africville)

4) Carolann Wright-Parks, Director, Community Economic 
Development & Strategic Engagement, Halifax 
Partnership

5) Lenore Zann, NDP Deputy House Leader; NDP Critic for Aboriginal Affairs; Education; Community Services; Communities, Culture & Heritage; and MLA for Truro-BibleHill-Salmon River-Millbrook.

Free refreshments will be provided

This event will include performances by:

All Nations Drummers
Umoja Cultural Diversity Drummers

The event is being funded by an Open Academy Grant from the Royal Society of Canada.

The event is being organized by:

• Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities & 
Community Health Project (ENRICH): 

• Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG)

• Ecology Action Center (EAC)