An interview with Dr. Ingrid Waldron – Executive Director, and Sarah Kazanowski – Project Coordinator of The ENRICH Project on conversations they hosted as part of the Green Resilience Project (GRP). The mission of the Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health Project (The ENRICH Project) is to examine and address the social, environmental, political, and health effects of environmental racism and climate change in Indigenous, Black, and other marginalized communities across Canada. Supported by GRP, the conversation concluded with several calls to action, including resources for participants to contact the local municipality to call for recognition and an apology for environmental racism in Shelburne, and development of a formal relationship between ENRICH and the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ).

In this two part video, Dr. Ingrid Waldron – Executive Director, and Sarah Kazanowski – Project Coordinator of The ENRICH Project, answer the following questions:

Part 1
1. Can you please introduce yourselves?

2. Can you tell us about the Solidarity Talk hosted by The ENRICH Project?

3. How has the legacy of environmental racism in communities like Shelburne’s South End shaped the way residents understand and respond to climate change and environmental justice today?

Conversation Spotlight – The ENRICH Project (Part 2)

Part 2

1. What role do community-led conversations and storytelling play in transforming awareness into meaningful policy change and collective action against environmental injustices?

2. In your view, how can solidarity across Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities strengthen the fight for environmental justice and ensure that solutions are equitable and inclusive?
3. What’s next for The ENRICH Project?