Joint statement on the development of a national strategy respecting environmental racism and environmental justice

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation and partners
Partners: Armstrong Spallumcheen Trails Society, Breast Cancer Action Quebec, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Canadian Partnership on Children's Health and Environment, Canadian Public Health Association, Centre for Environmental Justice, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Ontario Canada Chapter, East Coast Environmental Law, EcoJustice, Ecology Action Centre, Environmental Defence, Federation des femmes du Quebec, Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada, Food Secure Canada, Friends of Fish Society, Friends of Earth Canada, Global Afrikan Congress - NS Chapter, Green Ummah, Institut Sante et societe (QUAM), For Our Kids, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, Legal Advocates for Nature's Defence, Living With The Land Foundation, Manitoba Eco-Network, Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Mères au front, Mikmaq rights holder, MiningWatch Canada, Musical Friends NS, My Sea to Sky, NB Lung, Reseau d'action des femmes en sante et services sociaux, Reseau quebecois d'action pour la sante des femmes (RQASF), Reseau quebecois des groupes ecologistes, Rivers Without Borders, Save Estuary Land Society, Save Record Ridge Action Committee, Shake Up the Establishments, Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, Sunshine Coast Conservation Association, Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice, The ENRICH Project, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition, Women's Healthy Environments Network, Vigilance OGM, West Coast Environmental Law

Environmental rights policy and regulation, human health and wellbeing

In December 2025, the David Suzuki Foundation and allied environmental, community and health organizations sent a letter to Environment and Climate Change’s consultation and Minister Julie Dabrusin to express their support for the important work the department is undertaking to develop Canada’s first national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.