Environmental Racism and Climate Change: Determinants of Health in Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian Communities

Author(s): Ingrid Waldron

Description: Structural determinants of health in Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian communities are shared as a means of illustrating racism, health inequality, and climate change impacts in and beyond Nova Scotia.

Theme: Environmental justice and the climate crisis
Region: Atlantic Canada
Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
Type of Resource: Online article

Keywords: well-being, health equity, climate change, criminalization, discrimination, environmental racism, Mi’kmaw, Indigenous, African Nova Scotian

Link: https://climateinstitute.ca/publications/environmental-racism-and-climate-change/

Date Published: 22 July 2021
Date Added to Database: 26 January 2025