For decades, the city of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, housed the Morvan Road Landfill where residential, industrial, and medical waste had been burned until its closure in 2016. The dump was located in the South End of Shelburne, the primary home of African Nova Scotian residents.

Health Canada estimates that there are 15,300 premature deaths, 2.7 million asthma symptom days, and 35 million acute respiratory symptom days linked to air pollution each year. Environmental burdens in Canada are not distributed equally amongst its residents, which disproportionately fall on the most vulnerable members of society.

Without information on the impacts of emissions, the government will not be able to effectively protect vulnerable populations.

Angela Lee, Marissa Caldwell, Glenford Jameson, and Amelie Gouin each touched on important updates in Canadian Food Law and Policy.

On March 7, ELSA organized an Environmental Law Career Panel with four leaders in the sector.