Press release: Rent Control Now rally set for this Saturday
Press release: ACORN is holding a rally on Saturday, November 7th at 2pm on the Grand Parade outside of City Hall to demand the Province enact Rent Control.
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Press release from Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia’s moose country blockade
News release: We are in complete agreement with the demand now being put forward by groups across the province for a moratorium on all even-aged harvests on crown and other public land.
Our specific demand is for an immediate moratorium on all proposed and current logging on Crown lands from Fourth Lake south to the Napier River in Digby County.
Clearcutting must stop –Healthy Forest Coalition alarmed by ‘cutting frenzy’
Medi release: Convinced that the government has abandoned its commitment to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review of Forest Practices, the Healthy Forest Coalition is calling for ‘a moratorium on all even-aged harvests’ on public lands.
ACORN takes aim at Trudeau government’s failure to regulate internet affordability
On Wednesday. October 28th, ACORN will be holding actions in nine cities across the country calling out the Federal Government’s affordable internet program. ACORN will be highlighting that low participation rates in the much publicized Connecting Families Program means very few low-income families actually are benefiting from the program. Further, ACORN will be showing that during a global pandemic its campaign for that and $10 Internet for low-income families is increasingly needed.
Media release: DFA and Dal Board of Governors agree to Conciliation Board
The Dalhousie Board of Governors (The Board) and the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) have been in discussion and recognize that…
PSA: Film Screening El Contrato + Q and A
PSA: Join us for a screening of the groundbreaking documentary “El Contrato” (The Contract), directed by Min Sook Lee. This film follows the story of Teodoro and other migrant workers who come from Mexico to work in tomato greenhouses in Leamington, Ontario. We’ll also hear the story of Shavan, a father of three from Jamaica who’s been coming to Nova Scotia as a migrant farm worker for 8 years (through a pre-recorded interview). This will be followed by Q & A discussion.
PSA: Criminal Justice Speakers Series – Social justice advocacy in women’s prisons
Join us Tuesday, Oct 27 at 6 pm ADT for our second event in the Criminal Justice Speakers Series – Social Justice Advocacy in Women’s Prisons.
Media release: Faculty members reject offer from Dalhousie Board of Governors
Media release: More than 95% of the members of the Dalhousie Faculty Association have voted to reject the offer made by the Dalhousie Board of Governors during conciliation last week.
Dalhousie Feminist Seminar Series: Dr. Lynn Jones, Archiving as a means of liberation
First event of the 2020-2021 Series! 23 October 2020, 1-12pm. Please feel free to email admin@feministseminarseries.org for a direct link to join, or follow the link on the poster! Hope to see you there!!
PSA: Blockade to stop clearcutting mainland moose habitat!
PSA: Acting on information received this morning that Irving forestry crews from New Brunswick are in transit to crown land in New France, Digby County, Extinction Rebellion forest protectors are currently blocking access to the cut area.