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Speaking for Ourselves

Environmental Justice in Canada

edited by Julian Agyeman, Peter Cole, Randolph Haluza-DeLay & Pat O'Riley

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2010
Category
Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Native American Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774816199
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774816182
    Publish Date
    May 2009
    List Price
    $87.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774858885
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

The concept of environmental justice has offered a new direction for social movements and public policy in recent decades, and researchers worldwide now position social equity as a prerequisite for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and environmental sustainability has been little studied in Canada. Speaking for Ourselves draws together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars and activists who bring equity issues to the forefront by considering environmental justice from multiple perspectives and in specifically Canadian contexts.

About the authors

Julian Agyeman's profile page

Peter Cole is associate professor, Indigenous education, University of British Columbia.

Peter Cole's profile page

Randolph Haluza-DeLay's profile page

Pat O'Riley's profile page

Editorial Reviews

Authors and editors are to be commended for bringing together several areas of inquiry, including environmental sociology, First Nations politics, race and ethnicity, urban sociology, rural sociology, and social movements. The collection will prove valuable to a broad range of students and researchers.

Canadian Journal of Sociology 35 (3)

This collection is the first major examination of the multidimensionality of environmental equity and injustice in Canada. It should appeal to scholars across a wide range of disciplines in the social and environmental sciences, to activists, and to citizens who want to make Canadian society more just and sustainable.

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