The Government of Canada is currently collecting survey responses to help shape key factors of the upcoming National Environmental Justice Strategy, including: 

• Foundation 1: Environmental Justice 
• Foundation 2: Assessing, preventing and addressing environmental racism 
• Foundation 3: Examining the link between race, socio-economic status and environmental risk 
• Foundation 4: Indigenous Environmental Justice 

You have until December 12 2025 to share your insights and the priorities of your community with the federal government. 

Shake Up The Establishment has spent years advocating for the development of a National Environmental Justice Strategy. Below we have collected some key resources to help support you in providing feedback.

Introduction to Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism  

• Study Guide of Dr Ingrid Waldron’s There’s Something In The Water Book – Online Resource – 1 hour 
• Eco-Justice as Climate Action and Equality – SUTE Learning Centre Post – September 2019 – 2 min  
• Environmental Justice: Racism and the Climate Crisis – SUTE Learning Centre Post – June 2020 – 4 min
• Introduction to Queer and Trans Perspectives on Climate Justice – Podcast Episode – September 2023 – 30 min
• Climate Change Forum #1: Environmental Racism by Experiences Canada – Youtube Video – February 2023 – 1 hour 

Environmental Injustices in so-called Canada 

• Righting History Timeline – SUTE Learning Centre Post – 30 min 
• Ending Long-Term Drinking Water Advisories for Indigenous Communities – SUTE Learning Centre Post – August 2019 – 3 min  
• Up-to-date statistics – 2 min 
• Wet’suwet’en and the Approval of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline: One Year Later – SUTE Learning Centre Post – February 2020 – 3 min 
• Access to Nature is an Equity Issue – Instagram Reel – June 2022 – 1 min

Advancing Environmental Justice Policy 

• Recapping Progress on Bill C-226 – SUTE Learning Centre Post – April 2024 – 12 min
• Opportunities to Advance Environmental Justice in Canada: National EJ Strategy & Right to a Healthy Environment Implementation Framework, Under CEPA – SUTE Learning Centre Post – February 2024 – 11 min 
• Youth-led Environmental Organizations Published Community Feedback on the Draft Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act – SUTE Learning Centre Post – March 2025 – 11 min
• Updates on Process to Set up a National Environmental Justice Strategy – Instagram Post –  April 2024 – 4 min