The distribution of air pollution in Canada: Exploring injustices

The environmental justice movement initiated an interest amongst academics to explore this topic empirically. Researchers attempted to determine if harms attributed to pollution and toxic wastes were disproportionately distributed to poor minority groups. This thesis explores air pollution exposure and its relationship to socioeconomic status in a Canadian context. A brief discussion on current social, economic, and political factors and its relationship to corporate violence and environmental victimization is also included. This study asked two questions: Who are the victims of environmental injustices and does current Canadian policy have any effect on the distribution of air pollution. Using exploratory spatial data analysis and multiple regression, environmental injustices were not found. However, data shortcomings prevent certainty to such conclusions. The power that corporations have on agenda setting influences cw-rent data quality. Therefore, further research is needed.