Zoom link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/87642153188Facebook Live  2021 ELGA Webinar Series on Ecological Law & Governance

Ecological law case studies help bring ecological law principles and theory down to Earth – literally!   First, cases are analyzed  to reveal the legal and policy realms involved, and then they are reconstructed using principles of ecological law. This webinar provides an update and preliminary results on 5 studies initiated in 2020. A question and comment period will follow brief presentations of each case.  The case studies examine the application of ecological law to:

1. The history and future prospects of the St. Lawrence Seaway in relation to the Mohawks of Kahnawake reserve near Montreal, whose traditional ways of life and relationship to the river have been greatly affected by the shipping channel (McGill Prof. Kirsten Anker and McGill law students Larissa Parker and Gabriel d’Astous).

2. A proposal by the subsidiary of a Florida-based mining company…