Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada - Tapa dura

"Speaking for Ourselves is one of the most important books I have read in a long time. It has profoundly shaped my thinking about the scholarly and political work being done on environmental justice issues and about the world we live in and share with other beings... This book will extend the fields of environmental justice studies and indigenous studies in new and productive ways. - David Pellow, author of Resisting Global Toxics: Transnational Movements for Environmental Justice"

The concept of environmental justice has offered a new direction for social movements and public policy in recent decades, and researchers worldwide now position social equity as a prerequisite for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and environmental sustainability is only dimly understood in Canada. "Speaking for Ourselves" draws together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars and activists who bring equity issues to the forefront by considering environmental justice from multiple perspectives and in specifically Canadian contexts. As the first major examination of environmental equity and injustice in Canada, this book will appeal to scholars, activists, and citizens who want to make our country and global society more just, equitable, and sustainable.