DATA COLONIALISM IN CANADA'S CHEMICAL VALLEY - Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the Failure of the Pollution Notication System

— Vanessa and Beze Gray, Aamjiwnaang First Nation Introduction “Generations of community members have and continue to live alongside the operations of Chemical Valley and have expert knowledge and countless stories of the impacts of pollution exposure from unknown levels of unknown chemicals.” THE LANDS of Aamjiwnaang First Nation are known members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation are sacred for the bl. [...] smoke in the sky, the bright ares on top of stacks, the pipelines crisscrossing the land, the railways cutting is report began with the work of Aamjiwnaang First across roads, and the hundreds of rusty unlabelled Nation community members Vanessa and Beze Gray, tanks. [...] You can see the plumes of smoke in the sky, the bright ares on top of stacks, the pipelines crisscrossing the land, the railways cutting across roads, and the hundreds of rusty unlabeled tanks. [...] What this notication does tell us, however, is that Occasionally, community members are given no notice when it comes to elevated aring, the safety of of an incident and are forced to call the Ministry of facilities is prioritized and protected over the well- the Environment, Conservation and Parks’ public being of residents and the land. [...] oil company While section 201 of the Canadian Environmental • Nova Chemicals, currently owned by Protection Act of 1999 (CEPA) and Ontario Regulation Mubadala Investment Company of the 675/98 of the Ontario Environmental Protection Act Emirate of Abu Dhabi, owned by the ruler of require companies to report spills and releases to the United Arab Emirates the public, it does not specify the process.