Jane McArthur

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.

4 Articles

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.

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

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 Against Climate Change

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.