Celebrating a Milestone: Environmental Justice Strategy Act (Bill C-226) & Next Steps
Join us for an upcoming event to celebrate the recent enactment of Canada’s first environmental justice law, the Environmental Justice Strategy Act (previously Bill C-226). This historic milestone has been years in the making!
Dear Community,
Join us in celebrating the recent enactment of Canada’s first environmental justice law, the Environmental Justice Strategy Act (previously Bill C-226). This historic milestone has been years in the making! Together, we will mark this achievement and discuss next steps.
🗓️ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: Thursday, August 22, 2024
⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 6:00 – 9:00 pm EST
📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Hybrid Event — Toronto (CSI Spadina, 192 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5T 2C2) + Zoom
💲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁: Free
🔗 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://forms.gle/4BcgiPPcQ9NHEA6N9
(𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘙𝘚𝘝𝘗 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘰)
Enjoy a celebratory gathering featuring music, spoken word, community conversation on sustaining momentum for the new law, dinner with drinks. The Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice (CCECJ) & The ENRICH Project give special thanks to the Sustainability Network for providing additional funding for this event. Everyone is welcome, we look forward to seeing you there!
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