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David vs. Goliath
Author(s)

Poh-Gek Forkert

Publisher

Between The Lines

Publication Year

2017

ISBN: 9781771133241-02

Categories:

  • Sociology & Anthropology → Activism & Social Movements → Canada
  • Indigenous Studies → Environment
  • Law → Environmental
  • Environmental Studies → Justice
  • Political Science → Political Activism
  • Environmental Studies → Pollution

 
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David vs. Goliath

From: Fighting Dirty

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This chapter explores how, as the public consultation process developed, so did opposition from local citizens. In this instance, Goliath is the dump currently owned by Waste Management of Canada Corporation, and David is the core group of activists that fought this company.

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Poh-Gek Forkert

Poh-Gek Forkert is a research scientist and toxicologist and has published more than eighty papers and book chapters on the metabolism of toxic chemicals. She has worked with environmental lawyers and citizen groups, and testified at hearings of the Environmental Review Tribunal, most recently at the Paris Pit case. She is professor emerita at Queen's University.

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Canada Council for the Arts
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Nova Scotia

This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

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