Calling All Nurses - S3, Episode 5: Alysha Jones, Keara Allen, and Shona Lalonde: Creating Education about Environmental Racism for Nurses through Collaboration

Send a textAn Introduction to Environmental Racism for Nurses is an online heart, arts, and land-based continuing education course for nurses. This course is designed to empower nurses across Canada with essential knowledge on the critical issues of environmental racism and environmental justice. Listen as our guests describe how they translated their collaboration, evidence, and advocacy to action.Alysha T. Jones (she/her) is a second-generation white settler nurse educator and community health nurse, grateful to live on the lands of the T’Sou-ke and Sc’ianew Nations, and to teach and practice on the lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ and lək̓ʷəŋən Nations. She has a background in ecopsychology and teaches in undergraduate nursing studies at Camosun College, as well as an online course on environmental justice and planetary health at the University of Northern BC. Alysha co-chairs the Environmental Justice and Reconciliation Committee of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment. Keara Allen, M.A., received her Masters in Globalization at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, were her research - grounded in anti-racist and anti-colonial principles - investigated the intersections between environmental racism, climate change inequities, and health in Indigenous and historical Black communities in Canada. As an environmental and climate justice researcher, consultant, and advocate, Keara dedicates her work towards advancing equity for historically marginalized groups, and promoting healthier communities and ecosystems.Shona Lalonde RN, BScN, MN (she/her) obtained a Masters degree in Nursing from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, focusing on the structural factors determining the health of equity-denied populations. She held a nursing faculty position for 15 years at Camosun College, and has a strong background in course and curriculum development. Shona has extensive experience in health promotion, community, and population health. Her nursing practice has focused primarily on promoting the health of equity-denied populations in both rural and inner-city settings. Her areas of current engagement are nursing education and planetary health, social justice, and advocacy. Links from the podcast:https://cane-aiie.ca/environmental-racism-course/ Instagram: @calling.all.nursesComments and feedback can be sent to our email: [email protected]