Canadian Association of
Nurses for the Environment
Association canadienne des infirmières
et infirmiers pour l'environnement
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Canadian Association of
Nurses for the Environment
Association canadienne des infirmières
et infirmiers pour l'environnement
This dynamic short course is designed to empower nurses across Canada with essential knowledge on the critical issues of environmental racism and environmental justice. By incorporating storytelling, and land-and-arts-based activities, this course aims to foster empathy and critical reflection so that nurses will not only gain insight into the systemic injustices perpetuating and perpetuated by environmental racism but also develop strategies to advocate for equitable health outcomes for all communities.
This course is open access for Canadian educators to use, and for all nurses whether student, educator, or practicing.
This course is brought to you by CANE-ACIIE with deep gratitude to the H.E.A.L (Hearts-based Education and Anti-Colonial Learning) Healthcare Project for funding this course. The H.E.A.L. Healthcare Project is funded through the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH).
Project funded in part by
Indigenous Services Canada
Alysha is a white settler community health nurse and nurse educator. Alysha has a Master’s degree in Holistic Science from Schumacher College in the UK and is currently completing a Masters in Nursing at the University of Northern BC focusing on planetary health, environmental justice, and Canadian nursing. She co-chairs the Environmental Justice and Reconciliation Committee of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment. Alysha is passionate about connecting health, justice, and the environment in the interest of wellness for all.
Keara received her Master’s in Globalization at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, where her research — grounded in anti-racist and anti-colonial principles —investigated the intersections between environmental racism, climate change inequities, and health in Indigenous and historical Black communities in Canada. Currently, she is a project coordinator working within the non-profit sector at the Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities, and Community Health (ENRICH) Project founded by Dr. Ingrid Waldron. She is coordinating the “Time to Clear the Air” project which aims to support the development of anti-racist school curricula reflecting the lived and unique experiences of Black youth with environmental, climate change, and urban planning inequities in Windsor-Essex, Ontario.
Shona has a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Victoria (UVic) British Columbia focusing on the social, structural, and political factors influencing the health of populations. She held a faculty position for 15 years and has a strong background in curriculum and course development. She has extensive experience in health promotion, and community and population health. Her nursing practice has focused on promoting the health of equity-denied populations in both inner-city and rural settings. Shona is currently engaged in projects with the Canadian Association of Nurses and the Environment, and professional nursing organisations. Her areas of interest are planetary health, health equity, and nursing education.
Jack is a professor at the School of Nursing of the Université de Saint-Boniface, in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, and a doctoral student at the School of Nursing of the University of Ottawa, Ontario. Their research and clinical interests include critical theory, critical health geography, health equity, ecological determinants of health and planetary health, sexual diversity, and the transition to parenthood. They are the current past-president of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment/l’Association Canadienne des Infirmiers et Infirmières pour l’Environment.
Lindsey is a doctoral candidate in the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She is a practicing Registered Nurse in the areas of reproductive and sexual health, and public health. Her doctoral studies focused on community-based food production through technology and innovation in a northern food system. The broad foci of her research interests include public and community health, reducing health inequities, climate change, and systems thinking. Through her clinical and research experiences, Lindsey is driven to work upstream and advocate for equity in health. Lindsey was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan.
Anna-Liza is an organizational consultant, un-learner, and inclusive storyteller working at the intersection of health, environment, and social justice. Through the lenses of empathy and intersectionality, her decolonized approach helps organizations identify how systemic discriminatory structures are embedded into their ways of working and co-designs strategies to raise awareness and dismantle barriers. Her work uncovers how colonial, capitalist, heteronormative, and ableist systems harm equity-denied communities. Her lived experience as a queer, Indo-Caribbean, neurodiverse woman brings a valuable perspective to her work.
