Over the past year, ELC staff and students have continued to work extensively to develop strategies to deal with plastics pollution. Our contributions have started to generate action at the political level, including a commitment this summer from the federal >
In the last year, our work in documenting the lack of enforcement of drinking water contamination led to province-wide improvements to control agricultural waste. This result means better drinking water protections for the entire province. It started in 2016 when >
This year, the ELC joined with project partners, organizations, and community groups throughout the province to officially launch a comprehensive mining law reform platform, which consists of nine reports that target specific mining law reform opportunities in BC. Although mining >
In September, we were deeply saddened by the passing of Janet Person. Many people connected to UVic Law shared our sorrow. As an Admissions Officer for the faculty, Janet had recruited students to UVic Law for 30+ years, but her >
Melinda Skeels has come a long way from the windowless office she occupied as one of the ELC’s first articled students. But her ELC memories focus more on the daily walking meetings she had with Calvin (which is still a >
On March 13, the ELC will partner with FNWARM (First Nations Women Advocating for Responsible Mining) and Amnesty International to sponsor a special Stand For Water event in Victoria at UVic’s First Peoples House. The event will include a screening >
I couldn’t ask for a better co-op experience than being immersed in the world of public interest environmental law at the ELC. It’s been great to work on a variety of projects, to meet others doing inspiring environmental work, and >
Courtenay’s interest in India was peaked in her first year of law school when she attended the Public Interest Environmental Law Centre in Eugene, Oregon and learned about India’s National Green Tribunal. Courtenay’s interest in India was peaked in her >
The ELC work makes it so easy for me to promote UVic Law as the “best” school to attend if you want to study environmental law and gain practical public interest advocacy skills along the way. Janet Person is not >
Working with staff and students from the ELC has benefited me immensely. I have enjoyed, the professionalism, the ability of understanding a concept, research skills, questions and explanation of how laws apply to our projects, reports, presentations to councils and >