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4 Nov 2019

Le racisme environnemental et les droits de la personne/ Environmental Racism – A Human Rights Perspective

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Les membres du Comité des droits de la personne du Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce (TUAC) d’un bout à l’autre du pays se sont réunis pour participer à l’atelier Green is not White Environmental Racism. Human Rights Committee members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) came together from across Canada to engage in the Green Is Not White Environmental Racism workshop.

21 Oct 2019

It takes a community to build Racial Justice

by Shanice Badior | posted in: Environmental Racism, Featured, Posts | 0

How can we stop environmental racism within our workplaces, Unions and communities?

28 Aug 2019

Who is included in a Just Transition?

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New report finds that although coal workers are at greatest direct risk of job losses, many other workers in those communities are also threatened.

20 Aug 2019

United to stop environmental racism

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Over 150 Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) delegates came together to expose the disproportionate impact of climate change upon racialized and Indigenous communities.

4 Jul 2019

Our Times magazine’s union exchange on “Green is not white”

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How to get more people involved in environmental justice work? Change the face of it.

13 Jun 2019

Heating Up, Backing Down: Evaluating recent climate policy progress in Canada

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Canadian governments have been unwilling to introduce supply-side energy policies designed to restrict the production of fossil fuels.

30 May 2019

Steelworkers Union Tackles Climate Change in Workshop Guide

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Workshop educates about the impact of climate change on jobs, and better prepares workers to ensure government policies create a just transition

3 May 2019

UK’s Greener Jobs Alliance Heralds Committee on Climate Change Report

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The UK must end its contribution to global warming with a new target of net zero emissions by 2050, the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) told the government on 2 May

29 Mar 2019

ACW Mourns Passing of Green Built Environment Expert, Prof. Colin Patrick Gleeson

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Colin Gleeson was a Reader at the University of Westminster’s School of Architecture and the Built Environment (UK)

14 Mar 2019

Just Transition and Beyond Just Transition: Canada in Action

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Roundtable Summary Report. Six groups active in the field invited the broadest range of Canadian groups involved in Just Transition to a daylong roundtable on August 27, 2018, in Ottawa.

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