Our environment impacts our health.
WHEN is a non-profit charitable organization that educates the public and policy makers about environmental health as a key determinant of public health, and advocates for the prevention of environmental health harms.
We have been a trusted source of credible tools and information on emerging environmental health topics since 1994.
We teach individuals and communities how to reduce their risk of illness and injury that can occur from the products we use, the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe
We engage in law reform to better protect vulnerable populations from environmental health harms and to relieve the burden of precautionary consumption from individuals
We leverage women and gender diverse people as catalysts for environmental and social change
WHEN advocates for all women, trans, cis, and AFAB (Assigned Female at Birth) individuals. Environmental health harms affect the body differently depending on sex, gender, and other identity factors. We all deserve healthy environments.
Dr. Ingrid Waldron delivering a keynote on Environmental Racism at our 30th Birthday Gala, June 28th, 2024
Women’s health leader Ann Rochon Ford, with WHEN founders Liz Armstrong and Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, pictured with current WHEN member Honour Stahl
On June 28th, WHEN hosted its 30th anniversary gala at the World Urban Pavilion in Regent Park. Together, we reflected on where we have been and where we are going in the environmental justice movement; honoured the women who led us here and championed for change over the last 30 years; and inspired future generations with actionables delivered by experienced leaders.
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Find out about our organization, mission, our methods, and the results of our decades of education and advocacy.
“Over the last three decades, WHEN has provided solid, well-researched information to inform and inspire. I continue to value the amazing work of WHEN in increasing awareness of the links between women’s health and the environment, and between empowering women and the health of the environment itself.
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