Nature's Past Episode 004: Environmental Justice on the Hamilton Waterfront

Date

2009-03-16

Authors

Kheraj, Sean

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Volume Title

Publisher

Network in Canadian History and Environment

Abstract

The typical model of the environmental justice literature has focused on cases in which local communities fought to have government recognize their neighbourhoods as environmentally hazardous and fix the problem. Ken Cruikshank and Nancy Bouchier’s research on the environmental history of the Hamilton, Ontario waterfront since 1955 turns this story around by looking at who determines the environmental health of a community.

Also, we speak with Graeme Wynn and Emily Jane Davis about NiCHE’s Forest History Cluster.

Description

The typical model of the environmental justice literature has focused on cases in which local communities fought to have government recognize their neighbourhoods as environmentally hazardous and fix the problem. Ken Cruikshank and Nancy Bouchier’s research on the environmental history of the Hamilton, Ontario waterfront since 1955 turns this story around by looking at who determines the environmental health of a community. Also, we speak with Graeme Wynn and Emily Jane Davis about NiCHE’s Forest History Cluster.

Keywords

Environmental justice, health ontratio, Nature's past

Citation

Kheraj, Sean. “Episode 4: Environmental Justice on the Hamilton Waterfront.” Nature’s Past: Canadian Environmental History Podcast. 16 March 2009.

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