Preventing ecocide: Canada's potential role in change
An in-person event at the Valour Building, Room 228, 151 Sparks St. Ottawa. Click here to read more and RSVP.
Environmental Racism: A story of colonization and ecocide
The purpose of this webinar series, co-hosted by RAVENTrust and Stop Ecocide Canada, is to educate and raise awareness on using international law, and specifically a crime of ecocide, to uphold Indigenous rights and environmental protection.
In this third discussion, we will hear stories from the frontlines, centered on environmental racism, the ongoing impacts of colonisation and it connects with ecocide, the mass destruction of nature.
Guest speakers:
Grassy Narrows First Nation and long-time activist of mercury justice
Strong advocate opposed to Site C dam
Member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and long time leader and activist in the peace movement.
Moderated by:
Climate justice creative, campaigner, researcher, lecturer in environmental justice and trainer in creative strategies for decolonisation
Co-hosts:
* RAVENTrust
* Stop Ecocide Canada
* Environmental Defence Canada
* Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
* Shake Up the Establishment
The shared vision for this series is to provide a space for Indigenous and non-Indigenous legal scholars and activists to unpack the potential (and the pitfalls) of this emerging instrument, an international crime of ecocide.
Webinar: From the Grassroots to the Courts
How criminalizing ecocide could benefit frontline defenders?
Webinar featuring Sleydo (Molly Wickham) and Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm.
Crimes against Nature through the lens of Indigenous Sovereignty
Webinar featuring Robert Morales, Leah Gazan, Merle Alexander and Jojo Mehta. 3 pm PST | 6 pm ET