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June 15, 2023

Families demand urgent action to clean up radioactive mine waste found beneath homes, push for accountability

This post originally appeared as a media released, released on June 15, 2023. Blaise Law along with the Canadian Environmental Law Association are legal counsel to the families. Families in ...

March 13, 2023

Racism, traditional food access, and industrial development across Ontario: Perspectives from the fields of environmental law and environmental studies

New publication by Kerrie Blaise (JD, MSc), Kristen Lowitt (PhD) and Jane Cooper (MSc) with contributions from Dr. Sue Chiblow and Michel Koostachin, in Canadian Food Studies Vol. 10 No. ...

March 9, 2023

Ontario’s recent mining announcements undermine consent, leave lasting impacts on Northern communities

Living up to the promise of reconciliation means taking action to prevent further violations of Indigenous rights. It also means judging the past week’s mining announcements, against the history of ...

March 1, 2023

Local planning process highlights need for environmental co-operation among all levels of government

Concerns about the generational and environmental impacts of a proposed gold mining project in northeastern Ontario dominated public meetings last week, in communities near Kirkland Lake, Ont.