2022 Environmental Law Toolkit

Thank you for joining us for the 2022 Environmental Law Toolkit!

With contributions from numerous lawyers from CELA, Ecojustice, The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and West Coast Environmental Law, the Toolkit is designed to educate nonprofits active in the environmental field about the legal tools available to protect our air, water, land, and human health.

The recordings and Zoom Panels will help you to understand what laws and policies exist to protect the environment and how to use them effectively as well as the opportunities provided by law to participate in government decision-making. It will also help you to understand where the legal framework for environmental protection is absent, incomplete or otherwise inadequate so that you can work to obtain stronger laws and policies.

Part 1: Video Recordings and Presentation Slides

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Using Access to Information Tools Effectively

Presenters: Ian Miron, Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice and Charlotte Ireland, Paralegal, Ecojustice

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Using Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights

Presenter: Rick Lindgren, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association

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Torts: What They Are and How to Protect the Environment Against Them

Presenter: Rick Lindgren, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association

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Private Prosecutions: Taking the Law Into Your Own Hands

Presenter: Ramani Nadarajah, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association

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Environmental Assessment: The [dead] Letter of the Law

Presenter: Joseph Castrilli, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association

Municipal Planning: PPS, Growth Plans, OPs, and Much More

Presenter: Jacqueline Wilson, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association

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Tribunal Tips

Presenter: Robert Wright, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association

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Submissions on Enforcement Matters to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Presenter: Caitlin McCoy, Legal Officer, Commission for Environmental Cooperation Secretariat

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Advancing Indigenous Rights

Presenters: Kerrie Blaise, Counsel Northern Services, Canadian Environmental Law Association and Petri Bailey, Lakehead University Law Student

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Indigenous Law & Canadian Law: Challenges and Opportunities

Presenters: Kerrie Blaise, Counsel Northern Services, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Peter Hillson, Intern, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Petri Bailey, Lakehead University Law Student

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Fight for Your Right to a Healthy Environment

Presenter: Ian Miron, Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice

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West Coast Environmental Law on Coastal & Ocean Protection Law in BC.

Presenters: Stephanie Hewson, Linda Nowlan, Georgia Lloyd-Smith, Deborah Carlson & Michael Bissonnette.

Video Recording, 2020 (57 minutes).

Please also refer to the GUIDE TO COASTAL AND OCEAN PROTECTION LAW IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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West Coast Environmental Law on Moving Toward Environmental Justice: The Role of Law and Legal Institutions in EJ and Solutions Within the Legal Field.

Presenters: K̓áwáziɫ Marilyn Slett, Chief Councillor, Heiltsuk Tribal Council, Lorene Oikawa, President of the National Association of Japanese Canadians, WCEL Board Member, Rayanna Seymour-Hourie,  WCEL Staff Lawyer and Sunshine Waisman, WCEL Law Student.

Video Recording, 2020 (131 minutes).

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West Coast Environmental Law on Environmental Justice in Action: Links Between Oppression, Law, and Environmental Issues and How to Harness Legal Tools to Challenge Oppressive Systems

Presenters: Anna Johnston, Staff Lawyer, Rayanna Seymour-Hourie, Staff Lawyer & RELAW Program Manager, and Denise Hampden, Regional Education Officer PSAC & Member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.

Video Recording, 2021 (128 minutes).

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Part 2: Presenter Panels

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Registrants will also be invited to join (cameras enabled on Zoom Meetings) to these two live presenter panels:

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November 15th, 2022, 1:00-2:00 PM ET

Topics: Reconciliation, Environmental Assessment, Public Participation and the (Ontario) Environmental Bill of Rights and Petitions

Panelists: Joseph Castrilli (CELA), Rick Lindgren (CELA), Kerrie Blaise (CELA), Peter Hillson and Caitlin McCoy (CEC)

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November 16th, 2022, 1:00-2:00 PM ET

Topics: Rights, Torts, Administrative Tribunals, Land-Use Conflicts

Panelists: Rick Lindgren (CELA), Jacqueline Wilson (CELA), Robert Wright and Danielle Gallant (Ecojustice)

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