Everyday Exposure: Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada’s Chemical Valley (Hardcover)

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Surrounded by Canada’s densest concentration of chemical manufacturing plants, members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation express concern about a declining male birth rate and high incidences of miscarriage, asthma, cancer, and cardiovascular illness. Everyday Exposure uncovers the systemic injustices they face as they fight for environmental justice. Exploring the problems that conflicting levels of jurisdiction pose for the creation of effective policy, analyzing clashes between Indigenous and scientific knowledge, and documenting the experiences of Aamjiwnaang residents as they navigate their toxic environment, this book argues that social and political change requires a transformative “sensing policy” approach, one that takes the voices of Indigenous citizens seriously.

About the Author


Sarah Marie Wiebe is an assistant professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, where she teaches in the Community Development program. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, a co-founder of the Feminist Environmental Research Network, and the author of Everyday Exposure: Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada’s Chemical Valley.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780774832632
ISBN-10: 0774832630
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication Date: September 15th, 2016
Pages: 280
Language: English