Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) has been part of the environmental law sector from the very beginning, and is one of the few organizations with a deep understanding of how rights and privileges we enjoy today came into being. CELA knows how hard-won those victories were.
CELA also knows how fragile gains are and how easily they can be lost. One of the driving forces behind the creation of the CELA Foundation was a desire to protect and document the history of environmental law and environmental decision-making.
Today, the CELA Foundation maintains digital and physical collections that document the history of environmental protection across the country. Some come from CELA’s historical records. Other collections were rescued when their original online homes were shuttered. The archive reflects work by government agencies, watchdog authorities, nonprofit organizations, lawyers, and many of the country’s most influential environmental advocates.
This Month’s Feature from the Foundation…
This month’s feature from the Canadian Environmental Law Archive is a 2005 publication from the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy, titled “Teachers’ Guide to the National Pollutant Release Inventory”. Prepared for PollutionWatch, the guide’s purpose was to help junior high and high school teachers understand what information they could find in the inventory, how and where to access the data and how to use it in the classroom.
Resource Library
Click through to search the Library Catalogue and for information on how to visit the library.
CELA Archive
The Foundation hosts the CELA Archives, which preserve CELA’s history for the environmental community in digital format.
The fonds reflect CELA’s traditional areas of focus and include CELA’s publication series.
Environmental History Program
The Environmental History Program reflects the Foundation’s work to curate and make available environmental law history and resources to the public.
Click through to access the following collections:
- Environmental Beginnings
- Reports of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario’s office
- Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
- Ontario Drinking Water Advisory Council Annual Reports
