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Maintaining Supernatural BC for Your Children: An Environmental Law Reform Agenda

Creating a sustainable society requires laws which consistently reward green behaviour and discourage destructive behaviour.  The UVic Environmental Law Clinic has been working with environmental groups and others from around the Province to develop a comprehensive law reform agenda for British Columbia.  Recommendations cover a breadth of legislative priorities including endangered species, forest practices, environmental assessment, funding and protection of parks. It is hoped that this comprehensive, long-term agenda will help government, the public, and political parties have a more meaningful discussion of exactly how our laws need to be changed to ensure that SuperNatural BC stays that way.

This one evening session, led by Calvin Sandborn and students of the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Victoria will provide participants with an overview of the reform agenda and invite the audience to provide input. This class will appeal to lawyers, environmental practitioners and community members who are interested in learning more about environmental law and current related initiatives in the province.

Instructors:

Calvin Sandborn is Legal Director of the UVic Environmental Law Clinic and 2011 recipient of the Thompson Award, British Columbia’s top award for environmental advocacy.  UVic’s Environmental Law Clinic is Canada’s first environmental law clinical program which is training the next generation of Canada’s public interest environmental lawyers.

 

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