Racism and colonialism are deeply entrenched in the field of ecopolitics. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Andil Gosine, professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, and Tzazná Miranda Leal, Workers Rights Organizer and Community Artist with Justice For Migrant Workers about the ways in which racism is woven throughout Canadian environmental history and its impacts on Canadian environmental policy and research.
Episode 1.4: Environmental Racism & Justice in Canada
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Andil Gosine Black Cultural Studies Cheryl Teelucksingh Climate change colonial colonialism decolonization Doug Ford Dr. Benjamin Chavis Dr. Martin Luther King employment standards act environmental justice Environmental Management environmental policy Environmental racism farm farmers farming farmworker organizing hazardous waste immigration indentureship Justice Justice For Migrant Workers labour legislation migrant farmers migrant justice work migrant workers migrants people of colour political collective pollution positionality Queen Elizabeth race racialized RCMP regulation representation Robert Bullard slavery the Caregiver Program the Farm Worker Program Trinidad Tzazná Miranda Leal worker’s rights