Hi ONEIG members,
Add your name to help protect Ontario's fragile water supplies from over-extraction!
Registered nurse and environmental advocate extraordinaire Sue Munro has put together a comment for the Environmental Registry of Ontario's Draft Water Quantity Management Implementation Guide and is inviting individual nurses and concerned individuals to add their names to the statement she will submit.
Dear ONEIG Members,
A warm wish for a healthy new year to you and your loved ones!
The leadership team is excited to share activities underway, including:
Hello ONEIG members!
Please join us this **Wednesday** December 16th from 730pm to 900pm for ONEIG's quarterly open executive meeting. (Please note that the previous email promoting this meeting mistakenly indicated Tuesday.)
Register here and you will receive a Zoom meeting link.
Hi Toronto ONEIG members,
Join us and the David Suzuki Foundations in supporting Reimagining Yonge so we can tackle the climate emergency and save lives.
Toronto City councillors will soon debate Reimagining Yonge, a proposal to change north Yonge from a congested and unsafe highway to a thriving main street that supports walking and cycling.
It’s a great idea but not everyone at city hall likes it. That’s why we need your help!
Hello ONEIG members!
Please join us on Tuesday December 16th from 730pm to 900pm for ONEIG's quarterly open executive meeting.
Register here and you will receive a Zoom meeting link.
Hello ONEIG Members:
1. Action Alert! Conservation Authorities in Ontario are under threat. Find out more. Take Action TODAY.
Join the conversation THIS Tuesday as the waste reduction webinar series continues.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. ET, we will focus on the topic of Rescuing and Redistributing Nutritious Food.
Kiera Toffelmire, V.P. of Programs and Partnerships for Second Harvest, and chef Jagger Gordon discuss the issue of food loss and waste and practical ways we can work to reduce it.
Join the conversation next Tuesday as the waste reduction webinar series continues.
On Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. ET, we will focus on the topic of Rescuing and Redistributing Nutritious Food.
Kiera Toffelmire, V.P. of Programs and Partnerships for Second Harvest, and chef Jagger Gordon discuss the issue of food loss and waste and practical ways we can work to reduce it.
Dear ONEIG members,
Join us tonight for the first of our two webinars on waste reduction:
Fighting Plastics Pollution
Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. ET
Join us as Ashley Wallis, the plastic program manager at Environmental Defence Canada, discusses how we can fight against today's plastic pandemic during COVID-19. This webinar will be co-hosted by the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Greening Committee.
Dear members,
Mark your calendars and sign up today for our upcoming webinar series on waste reduction:
Fighting Plastics Pollution
Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. ET
Join us as Ashley Wallis, the plastic program manager at Environmental Defence Canada, discusses how we can fight against today's plastic pandemic during COVID-19. This webinar will be co-hosted by the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Greening Committee.
Fighting Plastics Pollution
Thursday, October 22nd @ 7PM EST
Join us as Ashley Wallis, the Plastic Program Manager at Environmental Defence Canada, discusses how we can fight against today's plastic pandemic during COVID-19. This webinar will be co-hosted by the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Greening Committee.
Rescuing and Redistributing Nutritious Food
Tuesday, November 10th @ 7PM EST
Hi members,
Join the conversation this afternoon at 1 p.m. on the lessons and legacy of the contamination of Walkerton Ontario's water supply with E. coli in May 2000. The Walkerton water contamination tragedy claimed seven lives and sickened about half of the town's residents--some of whom never fully recovered..
Hi ONEIG members!
After an amazing webinar with Rachel Arsenault last week, we turn our attention to the lessons and legacy of the contamination of Walkerton, Ontario's water supply with E. Coli in May 2000. The Walkerton's water contamination claimed 7 lives and sickened about half of the town's residents--some of whom never recovered their health.
Hello members,
We need your help to get the word out on this important webinar series. Please spread the word by sharing this email and sharing the event link on Facebook.
On Thursday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m., we will have the first of two webinars on water and health. We are supported in this through an amazing collaboration with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA).
Hello ONEIG members,
A few quick things to bring to your attention as we move into a busy season..
AGM Alert! A friendly reminder for you to join us this Tuesday from 630pm to 830pm for our 2020 AGM! Register here.
Hello members,
A friendly reminder that ONEIG's 2020 AGM is next Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Register here and you will receive a Zoom meeting link.
This an exciting time for ONEIG as we welcome wonderful new members to our leadership team:
Hello ONEIG members!
Please join us on Tuesday September 15th from 630pm to 830pm for ONEIG's 2020 AGM.
Register here and you will receive a Zoom meeting link.
This is a fantastic opportunity to come together to celebrate ONEIG's incredible work over the past year and to plan for the year to come.
This is a chance to get to know your ONEIG executive and also to welcome its newest executive members.
Vote In 3 Easy Steps!
Vote now for your new CANE Rep.
Hello members,
This is a late summer hello and updates as we move into a busy fall season.
Hi ONEIG Members,
Help us speak out now against Omnibus Bill 197 that the Ontario government is trying to quickly and quietly pass without legislative or public hearings.
The process is curtailed to the extent that the consequences of this legislation can’t be discussed and debated.
Access to safe water and sanitation for all is essential to life and a matter of environmental and social justice. Unfortunately, there are over 100 drinking water advisories in First Nations across Canada and no national strategy to address urgent water issues.
The COVID-19 pandemic compounds harms of historically marginalized communities. Our collective recovery must build stronger, healthier communities, including healthy environmental public policy that challenges structural inequities, including environmental racism.
We need our governments to take immediate, future-minded action now to ensure the foundational conditions for human health and wellbeing are sustained for generations to come.