McMaster professor Ingrid Waldron has had quite the journey over the past several years.

Her book on environmental racism in Nova Scotia, There's Something in the Water, became a documentary co-directed by Canadian actor Elliot Page, alongside Ian Daniel. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019. 

The spotlight helped put Waldron at the forefront of discussions in Canada on environmental racism and the author's work was behind the push for a new law requiring the Canadian g…