Time to Clear the Air: Art on Environmental Racism by Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian Youth.

A group of students working in partnership with Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Nursing, Dalhousie University) and the ENRICH project (Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities, and Community Health) invite you to participate in a youth based art project entitled Time to Clear the Air: Art on Environmental Racism by Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian Youth. The goal of the project is to engage Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian youth in creating art that communicates their experiences of environmental racism. Art exists in many forms including painting, drawing, storytelling, theatre, spoken word, comics, dance, music and poetry.

There are many benefits to participation, including a chance for artists to build relationships with other young artists, mentors and other individuals. Youth (aged 15-26) will have artistic freedom to create their art and will be reimbursed or partially-reimbursed for the cost of art supplies. Youth will have a chance to win a variety of cash prizes just for participating! This project will also provide an exciting opportunity for youth to share their art in a traveling showcase and through social media, bringing province-wide attention to their art and to the issues of environmental racism.

Youth can get in contact with the project through on Facebook at Time to Clear the Air and by email at To view the full story, you must be a subscriber. Click here for information on how to subscribe.