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About Jane McArthur

Jane E. McArthur is toxics campaign director with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). Jane has a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Justice and her work over the last 30 years has been in communications, research, and advocacy on environmental and occupational health issues.

10 Articles

The life cycle of plastic is a death spiral

It is time to shift our lens and bring into focus that our society’s plastic addiction has become a matter of life and death.
Opinion | August 18th 2022

‘The air we breathe, I don’t feel like I have any control over that’

The legal right to a healthy environment and environmental justice is fundamental as we work towards a future of improved environmental and human health.
Opinion | May 9th 2022

A rights-based approach can address environmental threats to Canadians

In a historic move, the United Nations Human Rights Council recently voted in favour of recognizing the right to a healthy environment. This right has already been recognized by 156 countries. Canada is not yet one of them.
Opinion | March 30th 2022

Admit it, you don’t know what CEPA reform means

For communities that are marginalized, a strengthened CEPA will be the backbone of a just transition. 
Opinion | March 18th 2022

Meditation won’t fix environmental, public health problems

Leading environmental and health groups in Canada are calling on all federal parties to prioritize CEPA modernization in this session of Parliament and to pass a strengthened bill before the end of the year.
Opinion | February 11th 2022

Connecting the dots on climate health

To address climate change, toxic exposures, and environmental racism, it's time to get out our crayons, connect the dots, and bring the bigger picture of planetary health into view.
Opinion | November 23rd 2021

Breast Cancer Awareness Month deserves action, not ‘blah, blah blah’

Improved science communications are needed on the role of environmental and workplace hazards in breast cancer causation, writes Jane McArthur.
Opinion | October 18th 2021

Voters deserve a commitment to strong environmental health protections

Canada's cornerstone environmental protection law hasn't been updated since 1999, and modern-day exposures, including those in some workplaces, are inadequately addressed under the legislation in its current form, write Atanu Sarkar and Jane McArthur of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
Election 2021
Opinion | August 19th 2021

Not the mid-life crisis I expected

Jane McArthur, toxics campaign director with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, sits on the edge of half a century on this planet, but as a mother of two, can't help feeling like she shouldn't have to do this job.
Race to a Safer World
Opinion | August 3rd 2021

Health workers must help write a happy ending for Canada's environmental protection law

While ongoing delays feel like the same old story for Canada's main environmental law, we cannot let this setback spell the end of Bill C-28, write Larry Barzelai and Jane McArthur of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
Opinion | July 15th 2021

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