Media release: Statement from Liette Doucet
Media release by NSTU president Liette Doucet on the decision not to pursue job action.
Nova Scotians rise! – A poem by El Jones (and some photos)
Nova Scotians Rise! is a topical poem by El Jones , written on the occasion of today’s Nova Scotians Rise Up! rally. Read El’s take on doctors’ shortages, nurses’ walkouts, the Glaze report, Abdoul Abdi, Alton Gas, poverty, union busting, and much more.
Media release: Nova Scotia Social Workers stand with our teachers
The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers in this news release adds its voice to those opposed to the Glaze Report recommendations.
“Our province consistently fails to truly understand the structural issues that impact child and youth welfare. Nova Scotian children and youth education is profoundly impacted by stressors including income and food insecurity, colonial and racial biases, and our failure to understand trauma.”
News release: Nova Scotia Parents for Public Education stands with Nova Scotia’s teachers
“In the words of Martin Luther King: “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Nova Scotia Parents for Public Education on the the Glaze Report.
Media release: Local disability community commemorates lives of disabled filicide victims
News release: As part of a nation-wide Day of Mourning in Canada and the United States, disability rights advocates in the Halifax area will be holding a vigil on Thursday, March 1, 2018 to honor the lives of disabled people murdered by their families and caretakers.
News release: Dalhousie Board of Governors approve motion regarding fossil fuel divestment
An important victory for the hard working folks of Divest Dal on the road to full divestment at Dalhousie U.
Media release: Black Educators Association – Glaze Report snubs the Black community!
The Black Educators Association of Nova Scotia is unhappy with the Glaze report. In a news release it states “The Black Educators Association was neither invited nor requested to give input into this review. BEA’s membership of teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and community members are appalled to have been omitted from such a process of paramount importance.”
Media release: Environmental assessment legislation contradicts Liberal election promise
News release issued by the Offshore Alliance: “While there are some improvements in overall environmental assessment processes in Liberal legislation tabled today in Ottawa, the draft Bill is a step backwards with respect to offshore oil and gas in Atlantic Canada, appears to give oil and gas boards more authority, and points to federal concessions in response to lobbying from the provinces and oil industry.”
Media release: Atlantic teacher organizations give failing grade to Nova Scotia government′s response to flawed Glaze recommendations
News release issued by the Council of Atlantic Provinces and Territory Teachers’ Organizations. “Of equal interest to the education leaders meeting in St. John’s, NL were the major issues that the Nova Scotia government decided not to address. Notably absent from immediate action are many items that might have led to meaningful changes and improvements in the education system.”
Letter to minister Lloyd Hines: Guysborough does not need a boom and bust economy
Recently the Municipality of the District of Guysborough asked the province to lift the moratorium on fracking. Alexander Bridge has been on a mission to tell the world that the municipal council doesn’t speak on behalf of all its residents, and in fact never bothered to find out what people think about this plan.This is Alexander’s letter to Lloyd Hines, his local MLA and minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.