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SUMMARY:Environmental Racism
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nEnvironmental Racism\nEnvironmental racism in Canada and the actions needed to address the inequalities. \n\nCanada has an environmental racism problem that is both blatant and systemic. Environmental degradation and the impacts of climate change have and will be felt the strongest by Indigenous and Black communities across Canada. \nOne of the most egregious cases is where a pulp and paper mill dumped toxic effluent directly into Boat Harbour\, on the Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia for over 50 years. Dr. Ingrid Waldron – renowned author\, professor\, researcher\, and advocate – will join eMERGE to discuss environmental racism in Canada and what is necessary to create lasting\, positive\, and equitable change. She will be joined by Guelph Black Heritage Society\, Executive Director\, Kween. Dr. Waldron and Kween will discuss Boat Harbour while looking at the issue of racism locally – environmental and otherwise. \nDr. Waldron’s book: There’s Something in the Water captured the attention of actor Ellen Page who produced a documentary about environmental racism that was featured at TIFF and is now available on Netflix. \nThe Book: There’s Something in the Water \nThe Film Trailer: There’s Something in the Water (now available on Netflix) \nJoin us as we host Dr. Ingrid Waldron and Kween for: \n\nEnvironmental Racism \nDr. Ingrid Waldron \, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor\, Faculty of Health\, Dalhousie University \n7:00 PM Wednesday\, Oct 7 \nResources\nThe Book: There’s Something in the Water \nThe Film Trailer: There’s Something in the Water (now available on Netflix) \n_______________________________________________________________________ \nAbout our speakers:\n \nDr. Ingrid Waldron| Ph.D.\, Associate Professor\, Faculty of Health\, Dalhousie University \nDr. Ingrid Waldron is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University\, the Director of the Environmental Noxiousness\, Racial Inequities & Community Health Project (The ENRICH Project) and the Flagship Co-Lead of the Improving the Health of People of African Descent. Her research\, teaching\, community leadership and advocacy work are examining and addressing the health and mental health impacts of structural inequalities within the environment\, public infrastructure\, health and mental health care\, and child welfare in Black\, Indigenous\, immigrant\, and refugee communities.  \nAs the Director of the ENRICH Project over the last 8 years\, Dr. Waldron has been investigating the socio-economic\, political\, and health effects of environmental racism in Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities. The ENRICH Project formed the basis to Dr. Waldron’s first book There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities\, which received the 2020 Society for Socialist Studies Errol Sharpe Book Prize and the 2019 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing. \nThe 2020 Netflix documentary There’s Something in the Water is based on Dr. Waldron’s book and was co-produced by Waldron\, actress Ellen Page\, Ian Daniel\, and Julia Sanderson\, and co-directed by Page and Daniel.  \nDr. Waldron is currently developing the first national anti-environmental racism coalition that will bring together partners from multiple sectors to address and advocate around environmental racism\, climate change\, health inequities\, and other social inequalities in Canada.  \nFor more information on the work of Dr. Waldron\, follow these links: \n\nAssociate Professor\, School of Nursing\, Faculty of Health\, Dalhousie University.\nDr. Ingrid Waldron on LinkedIn \nDirector\, The Environmental Noxiousness\, Racial Inequities & Community Health Project (The ENRICH Project)\nHealthy Populations Institute Flagship Project Co-Lead\, Improving the Health Outcomes of People of African Descent \n\n\n \nKween| Executive Director\, Guelph Black Heritage Society  \nWithin the BIPOC (Black\, Indegenious and Person of Colour) community in Guelph\, Kween advocates for the rights of African and Caribbean people as Executive Director for Guelph Black Heritage Society and works closely on anti-racism training\, social justice and policy change. She was the leader of Guelph’s June 6th BLM Protest and uses her platform to educate her community and elected officials. Dedicated to Carnival\, helping promote black excellence through Caribana while giving her time back to the high schools during Black History Month.  \nKween is a dance teacher\, business owner\, cannabis educator and activist. She grew up in Guelph attending the University of Guelph. She then migrated to Toronto graduating as Valedictorian from the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. She now owns two businesses: The Heels Academy and The Kween Company\, teaches Soca/Dancehall and Afro at the University of Guelph and is the team coordinator and choreographer for The Guelph Nighthawks Flight Crew. She is honoured to hold an artistic residency for 2020/2021 with Guelph Dance to expand her creative ideas for the Black Community through dance.  \nShe works actively with AHLOT on the Cannabis Curation Committee and Lyte Clinic as a Patient Educator and additionally gives back through her cannabis advocacy for the BIPOC community. \nAnd\n \nBruce Weaver| Retired Teacher \nBruce Weaver is a retired elementary school teacher. He and his wife have lived in Guelph since 1983.  Bruce has been active in indigenous circles since his discovery of his native heritage about 10 years ago.  He currently facilitates a men’s circle\, is a fire keeper for the community and is a member of Seven Generations Forward\, as well as working with the Guelph Public Library to develop stronger relations with the local indigenous community. For the last 4 years\, Bruce has facilitated the Kairos Blanket Exercise with local school boards\, Faith groups and the University of Guelph and Ryerson University.  Bruce is an active member of Nature Guelph and a keen birder. \n_______________________________________________________________________ \nOur Sponsors\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n_______________________ \nAbout eMERGE\neMERGE Guelph Sustainability fights climate change to build a healthier society. It does this by engaging\, and equipping Guelphites to transition to a 100% renewable energy (100RE) economy. It uses the narrative of achieving 100% Renewable Energy by 2050 as a positive goal to win this battle. This is done primarily by helping people reduce energy and water use through an individual residential focus along with community events\, outreach and engagement that promote smart behavior\, policy and improved efficiency to help Guelph build a road map to beat climate change and achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050.
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LOCATION:Online\, eMERGE  \, ON\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Clearing the Air
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nCan we save lives with electric vehicles? And results of the Guelph Attitudes on EVs Survey \nAir pollution causes more than 3\,000 premature deaths every year in the GTHA – and that affects Guelph\, too. One of the biggest sources of this air pollution is vehicle traffic.  \nThis estimate is based on exposure to 3 pollutants – fine particulate matter (PM2.5)\, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and Ozone (O3). Air pollution is linked to lung cancer\, respiratory conditions like asthma\, allergies and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases\, and cardiovascular conditions like angina\, heart attack\, hypertension and stroke. \nClearing the Air: How Electric Vehicles And Cleaner Trucks Can Reduce Pollution\, Improve Health And Save Lives \nAnd what about Guelph? We can learn a lot from this report and look at it with the lens of another new study by the University of Guelph – CESI (Community Engaged Scholarship Institute) with eMERGE: ‘Guelph Attitudes on EVs’. \nWhat does a shift to cleaner vehicles look like? \nFive scenarios in the report compare the health benefits of reducing traffic pollution from cars and SUVs\, trucks\, and transit buses. Each scenario explores a specific mix of cleaner vehicles\, and how this shift impacts air pollution\, health\, and greenhouse gas emissions in the region. \nClearing the Air \nThursday \, Oct. 22\, 2020\n7:00 PM – 8:30 PM\neMERGE Guelph was honoured to be part of the review committee on Clearing the Air by the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) Environmental Defence Canada and the University of Toronto. \nWe are also grateful for the expertise and guidance by CESI on the Guelph Attitudes on EVs. \n_______________________________________________________________________ \nJoin us as we host:\n \nHelen Doyle| BSc\, CPHI(C)\, Ontario Public Health Association( OPHA) \nHelen Doyle is chair of the Ontario Public Health Association’s (OPHA) Environmental Health Work Group\, working with public health partners to promote and advocate for action on environmental health issues including: climate change\, air quality\, water quality\, housing\, built and natural environments and children’s environmental health. She is a member of the OPHA Board of Directors. Helen is also on the Board of Directors for the Windfall Ecology Centre\, a Green Communities Canada non-profit organization that delivers environmental programs and services in York Region and Toronto. Helen is a certified Public Health Inspector and retired from York Region Public Health in 2018 following a very rewarding and exciting 30 year career in environmental health and public health management. \nAND \n \nLaura Minet | Ph.D.\, Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Toronto \nLaura is a PhD Candidate in Transportation Engineering at the University of Toronto (UofT) and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences at UofT. passionate by the issues related to the environment. She works on a variety of projects ranging from the presence of chemical compounds in food packaging to the impacts of traffic emissions on urban air quality\, population exposure and health. She is thrilled to be part of the The Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP) and is excited to share her passion for science and engineering. In her spare time\, Laura loves hiking\, camping and traveling! \n\nThe sponsors of this event: \n \n \nThe University of Guelph Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) brings together community and campus skills and resources in order to advance community-identified research goals. They work in collaboration\, honour diverse forms of knowledge\, and leverage university resources for community benefit. \n________________________________ \nAbout eMERGE\neMERGE Guelph Sustainability fights climate change to build a healthier society. It does this by engaging\, and equipping Guelphites to transition to a 100% renewable energy (100RE) economy. It uses the narrative of achieving 100% Renewable Energy by 2050 as a positive goal to win this battle. This is done primarily by helping people reduce energy and water use through an individual residential focus along with community events\, outreach and engagement that promote smart behavior\, policy and improved efficiency to help Guelph build a road map to beat climate change and achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050.
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