Right Of Way - Episode 11: Right to Roam

Episode 11: Right to Roam

09/01/24 • 27 min

What would it take to have a right to roam in Nova Scotia? In this episode, we hear about efforts to get people to the coast through legislation and legwork, and contemplate what a right to roam would look like in Atlantic Canada.

Special thanks to our guests in this episode, Dr. Andrew Weaver and Hannah Solway.

In this episode, you heard about:
Bill M 223 - 2017: Right to Roam
Surfrider Atlantic
Surfrider Foundation (Worldwide)

You can learn more about the Coastal Access Project and share your coastal access story with us on our website: www.coastalaccessproject.com.

Special thanks to the Royal Canadian Geographic Society and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for their support of this project. Thanks also to the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie University for additional support, editing and sound design by Podstarter (https://www.podstarter.io/), and cover art from Laura Bonga.

Special thanks to our guests in this episode, Dr. Andrew Weaver and Hannah Solway.

In this episode, you heard about:
Bill M 223 - 2017: Right to Roam
Surfrider Atlantic
Surfrider Foundation (Worldwide)

You can learn more about the Coastal Access Project and share your coastal access story with us on our website: www.coastalaccessproject.com.

Previous Episode

Episode 10: Visited to Death

We've all had the experience of seeing a photo of a beautiful place and thinking, "Wow, I'd like to go there!" But what happens when whole digital cultures develop around visiting natural landscapes in order to get a photo and stake out a piece of it for ourselves? As we lose access to our own coast lines in Nova Scotia, are we recreating the problem of tourism-oriented coastal development in the countries we visit? In this episode, we hear about the benefits and consequences of when treasured coastal spaces are 'liked' to death.

Special thanks to our guests in this episode, Andre Bourgeois and Andre Joseph-Witzig.

In this episode you heard from:
Jamaica Beach Birthright Environment Movement
Vox "What happens when nature goes viral?"
AlJazeera "Why Can't Jamaicans Access Their Own Beaches?"
Grenada Land Actors
Cape Breton Highlands National Park

You can learn more about the Coastal Access Project and share your coastal access story with us on our website: www.coastalaccessproject.com.

Next Episode

Episode 12: The Coastal Conundrum

Less than 6% of Nova Scotia's population owns our coastline. Squeezed between a rapidly changing coastline and the rigidity of an increasingly impermeable wall of private property, Nova Scotia must act now to preserve, maintain, and prioritize coastal access in our province. In this final episode of Right of Way, we talk through the lessons learned in this podcast and hear some listener feedback from the summer.

You can learn more about the Coastal Access Project and share your coastal access story with us on our website: www.coastalaccessproject.com.