Crim 3703 -- Toxic In/Justice Winter 2023/24 MW2.30-3.50    outline     gradesheet     index   myproposal2020  sampleproject     resourcepage

week1 jan 08-12 foundations I mon: orientation & introduction to issues wed: noclass	week5 feb 05-09 transgression II mon: ch06notes wed: issue: enviro racism Q5	week9 mar 04-08 reading week Uni closed noclasses	week13 apr 1-5 project work -- noclasses mon -- easter no class wed: available for inclass help on projects... fri: no inclass, for work on projects
week2 jan 15-19 foundations II mon: ch01notes pdf Q1 xtra: Kingsnorth protest wed: noclass,  issue: climate on fire Q2	week6 feb 12-16 proposals due mon: chs7/8notes Q6 wed: xtra: Sydney; Boat Harbour Q7 issue: enviro racism, cont.	week10 mar 11-15 intervention II mon: ch11/12notes wed: xtra Exxon Valdez	week14 8-12 11 last class mon: wrapping up; xam preview wed: projects due
week3 jan 22-26 foundations III mon: chs 2/3notes pdf xtra: Love Canal wed: noclass, issue: local/global Q3	week7 feb 19-23  transgression III mon: Family Day, noclass wed: video Climate Chaos 8 politics and protest link	week11 mar 18-22 intervention III mon: ch13; ch14notes Q9 wed: xtra Muskrat Falls Q10	apr 15-19 exam period course exam, short answer essay 4.19@2pm
week4 jan 29-02 transgression I mon:  noclass  pdf  Q4 wed: chs 4/5notes, issue: noclass	week8 feb 26-01 intervention I mon: noclass :( wed: chs 9/10notes xtra: issue: activism, propaganda	week12 mar 25-29 intervention IV mon: noclass :( wed: ch15 prevention	xtra: Rexton protests

Engagement exercises: [are due Friday of the week they are assigned, 1-2 single-spaced pages, with subtitles, and a picture. Links to videos are below]
Q1: 1.15. Which enviro-news article from the list is most important and why?
Q2. 1.19. Using the chapter supplied, review Naomi Klein's Willy Brandt lecture, and identify the issues. Due 19th by email.
Q3: 1.26. A challenge for modern political movements is to make the local/global connection. Review the Nature of Things doc, Rebellion, link below.
Q4: 2.02. Discuss the harm involved in the Boat Harbour incident  and how power was an issue. Watch Environmental Racism, link below
Q5: 2.07. What is your favourite video and why? #1.I  #2.IIIII  #3.  #4. excuseable but not makeupable
Q6. 2.12. "The danger of silence," Clint Smith TED Talk, 4mins, link excuseable but not makeupable
Q7. 2.14. Should these 'events' be called a crime? Excuseable but not makeupable.
Q8. 2.21. Create an action plan, based on the evidence and of those affected, of climate change. Excuseable but not makeupable.
Q9. 3.18. Connect the local and the global in Autumn's UN talk. Excuseable but not makeupable.
Q10. 3.20. What is your overall assessment of the Muskrat Falls topic? Excuseable but not makeupable.

Answer #8: 1. "More peaceful protest need to be done so that the governments start to notice these issues. The meeting that are hosting all over the world for climate change need to be taken way more serious." 2. "Additionally, individuals like Sophia Mathur are compelled to take legal action against governments for failing to address climate concerns adequately, reflecting a growing sense of urgency among youth and communities impacted by environmental degradation." 3. "Reproducing mass marches may be the proper way to get attention... designing a march can be more effective. If we take of example the 2019 march it did create a lot of wave." 4. "I would design a rally because it would be an effective way to spread awareness, without being violent. I would use signs as well as people expressing their opinions." 5. "In a protest, there would be visual information, and a group of people. Discuss how nothing had been done, make noise and be seen." 6. "I would create a documentary of real people and their stories." 7. "A protest in a place known for using fossil fuels, and also to vote out people in power who do not care about the future of people and the earth." 8. "As well as a demonstration, I would use social media as everyone is on there and set up campaigns." 9. "I would keep people on sidewalks of busy places like down town London, with signs to get the message across, in entirely legal means, ie standing in pubic places so they would not be arrested." 9. "Find an issue, make connections, research the topic, prepare for a peaceful protest, and make sure that you know your rights and the legality of what you can and cannot do."

Answer #7: "Corporations need to f*** off with their colonial attitude. The land and nature does not belong to us, but rather is to be respected and protected; this should be considered a moral/ethical crime because they are putting their employees in these risky situations; furthermore, these corporations do not provide their employees with the proper knowledge to mitigate the harm; most of the time people are not fully aware of what is going on or they get lied to; overall what is happening to our planet is just not right at all; yes these are 100% crimes; ...especially when peoples lives and livelihood are on the line, that is where the line is crossed; ... just as the environment cannot speak for itself doesn't mean it is less deserving of rights.

Resources:
"Boiling Point: Climate Chaos," CBC. 2024, https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.7118212
"TESTING THE LINE. Canada Considers What Makes a Terrorist," article, https://theintercept.com/2019/05/12/animal-rights-activism-canada/
"Misery and Slow Death for Pigs Crated in Filthy Factory in British Columbia," 2019, 2mins, Misery, Slow Death for Pigs Crated in Filthy Canadian Factory | PETA
"Spraying Glyphosate on our Forests - Stop the Spray!," 4 mins, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpRWLayXhlM
"Why care about climate migrants in an era of loss and damage," LAUREN GRANT | TEDxLimassol, 2023, 17mins, www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE4xRb1rjEg
**"Climate Change is a Social Justice Issue | Adriana Laurent | TEDxUBC," 2018, 14mins, www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmHp0VC4K4
"Environmental Justice in Mi'kmaq & African Nova Scotian Communities," Ingrid Waldron | TEDxMSVUWomen, 19mins, 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=itRiNmo3hq8
**"What Does "Environmental Racism" Look Like in Canada?," (interview with Ingrid Waldron), 5mins, 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhOq-Ya8AlU
"Animal rights -- birth of an activist | Simone Reyes | TEDxOrangeCoast," 11mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erg8sDIYjmw
"Why Capitalism is Killing Us," 24mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YEeeu-LKo
"Naomi Klein – On Fire (Willy Brandt Lecture 2019)," 49 mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx9XiLMiugU
The Nature of Things: Rebellion, 44mins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1_BuAQ8GFU
Environmental Racism: There's Something in the Water, 1.32 hr. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeZw5dsAw2M
Gaslands (the movie, 1.42 hrs videolink
The Social Dilemma, 3mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0
Sacred land, unholy uranium: Canada's mining industry in conflict with First Nations, 3.30.16, link
Three Seconds: link
The Reason: "W5: Alleged animal abuse at an Ontario pig farm," 23mins, link *trigger warning*
The Response: "A global rebellion: millions of young people fighting for a livable planet | The Nature of Things," 40mins, link
... and this article: "Jury acquits Extinction Rebellion protesters despite ‘no defence in law’," The Guardian, 4.23.21, link     
Clayoquot resources including video: link
"Testing the Line. As Animal Rights Activists Push Legal Boundaries, Canada Considers What Makes a Terrorist," The Intercept, 5.12.19. link
"Pesticides - DDT - Rachel Carson - Silent Spring," 11mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipbc-6IvMQI


Engagement exercise: One to two pages single-spaced, max, writing style flexible with refs, emailed by Friday, can be done with a friend.
Exercise ch02/03 (for submission): Write an introductory paragraph about the chapters, and then watch the study video above, and with the resources below, discuss the 'harm' involved in the Boat Harbour incident and how power was an issue in the toxic crime and in getting anything done about it. 
Study video: Boat Harbour, 45mins, link