The Canadian Environmental Law Foundation is holding a blog writing contest for the next generation of environmental advocates.
Open to current students or recent graduates of a post-secondary program in Canada, participants are asked to answer the question “What systemic changes are needed to ensure equitable community engagement in environmental decision-making?”.
The Canadian Environmental Law Foundation is the charitable arm of Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). This blog contest is made possible thanks to support from the Tremaine-Britannia Citizens Group (TBCG), a community group active in the 1970’s that raised funds to oppose the use of lands known as Site F in rural Milton. In the decades following the landfill site dispute the TBCG continued to maintain a bank account, the interest from which was used on a yearly basis to fund an award for adult learners in Milton who were returning to school. The funds from that account were turned over to the Canadian Environmental Law Association with the same intention in mind: that the community can benefit and become stronger through education and recognition of the need for responsible land use.
Click the button below to submit your entry to the blog contest. Please contact April Weppler via email at april@cela.ca with any questions.
Contest details:
– Contest is free to enter
– Deadline is Friday, July 14, 2023 by 8:00pm ET
– Winners will be announced Friday, August 25, 2023
– Blogs should be a maximum of 750 words. The audience is a mix of legal professionals and students, environmental advocates, decision-makers and community groups.
– Blog submissions will be reviewed by a panel composed of Canadian Environmental Law Foundation and Canadian Environmental Law Association staff, board members and supporters.
– Prizes: There will be three prizes of $200 each.
The Canadian Environmental Law Foundation does not own the intellectual property rights to blogs submitted. Blogs will be reviewed/edited before posting. Blogs may be used for promotional purposes, with author attribution, by the Canadian Environmental Law Foundation and/or Canadian Environmental Law Association. Examples could include, but are not limited to website, social media, communications and fundraising materials.
