This interview is part of a series conducted by Maryjane Sexton—a law student at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University—who volunteered with East Coast Environmental Law during the 2024-2025 academic year and supported our environmental rights advocacy in Nova Scotia.

This interview is part of a series conducted by Maryjane Sexton—a law student at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University—who volunteered with East Coast Environmental Law during the 2024-2025 academic year and supported our environmental rights advocacy in Nova Scotia.

This interview is part of a series conducted by Maryjane Sexton—a law student at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University—who volunteered with East Coast Environmental Law during the 2024-2025 academic year and supported our environmental rights advocacy in Nova Scotia.

This interview is part of a series conducted by Maryjane Sexton—a law student at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University—who volunteered with East Coast Environmental Law during the 2024-2025 academic year and supported our environmental rights advocacy in Nova Scotia.

This summer, I had the invaluable opportunity to work as a Summer Legal Intern with East Coast Environmental Law (ECEL), funded by the Schulich Academic Excellence Internship Award. With a strong passion for environmental and human rights law, I entered law school eager to develop practical skills for navigating the legal system, implementing policy goals, and advocating for individuals whose rights may be threatened.

Today we released an evaluation of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s performance under its provincial species at risk law, the Endangeed Species Act.

On December 7, 2023, Bill No. 19: An Act Respecting the Right to a Healthy Environment was introduced to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Tabled as a Private Member Public Bill by David Coon of the provincial Green Party, the Bill proposes to recognize a substantive human right, shared by all persons living in New Brunswick, to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment.