Course Curriculum

    1. Acknowledgements

    2. A message from your instructor Keara Allen, M.A.

    3. Pre-course survey

    4. Course disclaimer

    5. Critically engaging with our own positionality

    6. Reflection and journal activity: Critically engaging with our own positionality

    7. "Power Flower" positionality activity

    8. "Power Flower" image for printing

    9. Gratitude practices and taking some time for yourself

    1. Beginning with gratitude

    2. Introduction to Module One

    3. Glossary of relevant terms

    4. Film Trailer: "There's Something in the Water"

    5. Unveiling the fundamentals with Dr. Ingrid Waldron

    6. "Roots and Branches" activity - Connecting environment and health

    7. Food and water security with Dr. Deborah McGregor

    8. Anti-Indigenous environmental racism with Melina Laboucan-Massimo

    9. Gender-based violence and environmental racism

    10. Linking violence against the land with gender-based violence with Melina Laboucan-Massimo

    11. Reflection and journal activity: Stories of people affected by environmental racism

    12. Land-art-heart activity: Degraded ecosystems and health

    13. Taking some time for yourself...

    1. Beginning with gratitude

    2. Introduction to Module Two

    3. Social justice is a fundamental condition for health

    4. Nurses' ethical mandate for social justice

    5. Read: "The necessity of social justice nursing" by Dr. Cheryl Van Daalen-Smith

    6. Reflect: Taking the pulse of social justice in Canadian nursing

    7. Dr. Bukola Salami on racism in nursing

    8. Read: Declaration against anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism in nursing and health care

    9. The racist history of professional nursing

    10. Explore: Becoming an accomplice in decolonizing nursing knowledge

    11. Revisiting "Roots and Branches" - Connecting nursing's social mandate to environmental racism

    12. Land-art-heart activity: Healthy ecosystems

    13. Gathering In: Social justice, equity, nursing, and environmental racism

    14. Taking some time for yourself...

    1. Beginning with gratitude

    2. Introduction to Module Three

    3. Land and arts-based activity: Holding the paradox

    4. Understanding environmental justice

    5. Environmental justice atlas

    6. Indigenous environmental justice with Dr. Deborah McGregor

    7. Exploring climate justice

    8. Climate change atlas of Canada

    9. Climate justice with Melina Laboucan-Massimo

    10. What is Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing)?

    11. Etuaptmumk and environmental justice with De-Ann Sheppard

    12. Reflecting on environmental and climate justice: Exploring perspectives and pathways

    13. What nurses can do with Dr. Ingrid Waldron

    14. 3 ways to address environmental racism in nursing practice

    15. Explore: Moving from ally to accomplice (scroll down for this 5 minute video)

    16. Reflect: Moving from ally to accomplice

    17. Your action and accountability plan

    1. Resources For You

    2. Before you go: Post-Course Survey

Learn about environmental racism in our course tailored for Canadian nurses. Understand its health impacts and learn strategies to advocate for equitable and healthier environments.

An Introduction to Environmental Racism for Nurses

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