In 2019, the Environmental Data Justice Lab at UofT’s Technoscience Research Unit (TRU) released their project Pollution Reporter. It’s a mobile app that offers community members in the Aamjiwnaang First Nation—and others who live near Chemical Valley, a major region for Ontario’s petrochemical processing industry—the opportunity to report pollution events directly to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Developed by TRU’s Indigenous-led team, the app also provides accessible information about pollution from the refineries, including research on known health impacts. Pollution Reporter falls under TRU’s broader project, The Land and the Refinery, an Indigenous-led research project focused on the region, developed to be in service of members of the Aamjiwnaang community.
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Turning the Tables on Research: A Q&A with Kristen Bos of U of T’s Technoscience Research Unit
