Tag: Canada
Environmental Justice with Tina Oh
Community Forests International’s Environmental Justice intern Mia Tran had the opportunity to interview award-winning environmental justice activist, Tina Oh, to talk about what the movement means to her and what she sees for its future. Tina Oh is a migrant justice organizer with No One is Illegal – Halifax/Kjipuktuk (NOII-Hfx) and a master’s candidate in […]
Towards Indigenous Reconciliation
In Canada and across the globe, there is increasing recognition of Indigenous leadership as essential to both the environmental movement and the interconnected demands for Truth and Reconciliation. In this second blog of the Environmental Justice series, we explore further the connection between environmental justice, forests, and reconciliation. Patterns of Injustice The costs of environmental […]
What is Environmental Justice?
Environmental issues affect all of us — but not all of us equally. Marginalized groups and communities face disproportionate impacts of the climate crisis — while being the least responsible for its causes. Yet for as long as environmental harms and impacts have been made, environmental activists and communities have fought back. Today, that movement is […]
The Wabanaki Forest
You may have noticed that over the past year, we have begun to refer to the forest in the Maritimes as the Wabanaki-Acadian Forest, or simply the Wabanaki Forest. You may be wondering where this name comes from or why we’ve made this change. In Canada, climate justice cannot be separated from Indigenous reconciliation and […]
How might climate change affect the Wabanaki forest?
The Wabanaki forest—also referred to as the Acadian forest—roughly spans Wabanakik, a region that encompasses the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and parts of New England. This unique forest type is an eco-region transition zone, boasting tree species found in both the boreal forest, to the north, and the […]
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
On September 30th we come together to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families, and their communities. Reconciliation is a complex process. It means Indigenous history education for all. It means food and land security, clean drinking water, and basic human rights […]
A Movement for Environmental Rights
Community Forests International is very excited to join the Coalition for Environmental Rights. The Coalition is a diverse group of organizations and partners working towards environmental justice in Canada and to secure the right to a healthy environment, including clean air, water and soil, and a safe and stable climate. What are Environmental Rights? The […]
Forests & Floods
Updated May 2023 to include new research from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo. Community Forests International’s new report, Forests and Floods: Natural Infrastructure for a Green Recovery, highlights the important role that forests could play in reducing flood risk in New Brunswick and similarly impacted regions in Canada. The […]
Climate Justice is Resilience
The climate crisis affects us all — but not all of us equally. Marginalized and underprivileged individuals, groups, and communities face disproportionate impacts of the climate crisis — while being the least responsible for its causes. These struggles are often compounded by unequal access to the resources needed for urgent adaptation and mitigation efforts. Some […]