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SUMMARY:ACORN holding art build to demand government stop COVID-19 evictions
DESCRIPTION:(Halifax\, NS) Those who couldn’t make rent payments on May 1st are now getting served eviction notices for late rent\, meanwhile other tenants are facing displacement because landlords are selling their homes\, or want to evict them to raise the rent. With the third wave it’s more crucial than ever that we ensure everyone has a roof over their heads. ACORN is calling for the province to reinstate a ban on COVID evictions.  \n\n\n\nInstead of gathering for a protest\, ACORN is holding an art build to demonstrate to the province that we need a ban on evictions during the state of emergency.  \n\n\n\nWHAT: Art Build to Ban COVID Evictions  \n\n\n\nWHEN: Friday\, May 21st from 12pm onwards  \n\n\n\nWHERE: Alderney Landing Parkette (across from Alderney Landing)  \n\n\n\nACORN is encouraging people to drop off signs and banners in support of an eviction ban and drop by the Alderney Landing testing site for a asymptomatic COVID test. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-holding-art-build-to-demand-government-stop-covid-19-evictions/
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SUMMARY:Nova Reads: Charles Saunders
DESCRIPTION:On May 19\, 2021\, remembrances of the late Charles Saunders and passages from his fiction and non-fiction works will be shared by David Woods (multidisciplinary artist and arts organization leader)\, George Elliott Clarke (Canada’s 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate)\, Judy Kavanagh (editor and Saunders’s Daily News colleague)\, Bill Turpin (managing editor of The Daily News)\, Milton Davis (author of 19 books of Black fantastic fiction)\, and Taaq Kirksey (television producer and developer of Saunders’s Imaro novel series for screen). Hosted by journalist Jon Tattrie (author of Peace by Chocolate)\, this edition of Nova Reads is co-presented by Halifax Public Libraries and the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute. \n\n\n\nThis virtual event is free to attend\, but pre-registration is required.REGISTER TO ATTEND \n\n\n\nCharles Saunders (1946 – 2020) was an African-American author and journalist who moved to Ontario in 1969 and then Nova Scotia in 1985. While a copyeditor and writer at Halifax’s The Daily News\, where he worked for nearly two decades\, Saunders penned numerous columns grappling with difficult racial issues\, contributed to The Spirit of Africville (1992)\, and authored the book-length community profile Black and Bluenose (1999). Saunders also pioneered the “sword and soul” literary genre through his Imaro series of fantasy novels\, begun in 1981. His fiction was groundbreaking not merely for its anti-colonial reimagining of figures like Tarzan and Conan the Barbarian but also for its worldbuilding centered on Black characters and cultures. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Charles Saunders in the feature stories “The extraordinary inner world of Charles R. Saunders\, father of Black sword and soul” (Jon Tattrie\, CBC Nova Scotia) and “A Black Literary Trailblazer’s Solitary Death: Charles Saunders” (The New York Times).
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/nova-reads-charles-saunders/
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SUMMARY:RNSHS Public Lecture ~ The Black Refugees and Lord Dalhousie: A Story in Seven Letters
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members and Friends\,Join us Wednesday\, May 19\, 2021 at 7pm (ADT) for the next public lecture available by clicking here for the Zoom link. The public lecture with be followed by the RNSHS member annual general meeting. More to follow in the coming days. The Black Refugees and Lord Dalhousie: A Story in Seven Letters Afua Cooper – Professor of Black and Diaspora Studies\, Dalhousie University  Abstract: Afua Cooper examines the correspondence between Lieutenant Governor Dalhousie and the Earl of Bathurst\, administrator of Britain’s colonies. Setting the historical context of slavery\, war\, and settlement\, Cooper shows how the letters reveal Dalhousie’s biases. His prejudices contributed to the cruel and unjust treatment of one of Nova Scotia’s founding Black communities\, people who had escaped enslavement on American plantations for freedom with the British during the War of 1812.This is a free virtual public lecture and all are welcome to attend. Please pass this notice along to anyone who may be interested.  
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rnshs-public-lecture-the-black-refugees-and-lord-dalhousie-a-story-in-seven-letters/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210518T190000
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SUMMARY:Free Palestine: Teach In
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/162190625855992?ref=newsfeed \n\n\n\nlink will be posted 30 min before event
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/free-palestine-teach-in/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210515T160000
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SUMMARY:Nakba Catastrophe: 73 years of Palestinian resistance
DESCRIPTION:Here is the link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nakba-catastrophe-73-years-of-palestinian-resistance-tickets-154422119717  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent to your email once you register. \n\n\n\nYou can also watch on our FB live stream at https://www.facebook.com/ACPalestinianSociety \n\n\n\nJoin us for an afternoon discussing the historical context of the Nakba and the ongoing effects of Israeli-settler colonialism on the Palestinian people. We will cover recent events In Sheikh Jarrah and Al-Aqsa compound\, Canada’s involvement in the Israeli-Palestinan conflict\, and ways you can take action. \n\n\n\nStay tuned for more updates on our guest speakers!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/nakba-catastrophe-73-years-of-palestinian-resistance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210513T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for WHAT REALLY COUNTS: The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy by Ronald Colman
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/292593835694598 \n\n\n\nWe are very pleased to host the PEI book launch for Nova Scotia author\, Ronald Colman’s new book WHAT REALLY COUNTS: The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy on Thursday\, May 13th at 7 PM. This event is FREE and a link to access the event is available by contact Bookmark at 902-566-4888 or charlottetown@bookmarkreads.ca. \n\n\n\nPoliticians and economists fixate on “growing the economy”—measured by a country’s gross domestic product. But this yardstick counts harmful activities such as greenhouse gas emissions\, plastic waste\, and cigarette sales as gains\, and it ignores environmental protection\, voluntary community work\, and other benefits. What we measure is a choice\, and what is and isn’t counted determines what sorts of policies are enacted. How can we shift the focus to well-being and quality of life?“This is an important book that deserves the attention of politicians\, business leaders\, activists and concerned citizens. As we look forward to life beyond the Covid-19 pandemic there is an opportunity to re-think how we as a society view development\, equity and the economy. This is a very timely and accessible book that offers clues as to what a sustainable future could look like.” says Bookmark co-owner\, Dan MacDonald. \n\n\n\nWhat Really Counts is an essential\, firsthand story of the promise and challenges of accounting for social\, economic\, and environmental benefits and costs. Ronald Colman recounts two decades of working with three governments to adopt measures that more accurately and comprehensively assess true progress. Chronicling his path from Nova Scotia to New Zealand to Bhutan\, Colman details the challenge of devising meaningful metrics\, the effort to lay the foundations of a new economic system\, and the obstacles that stand in the way. Reflecting on successes and failures\, he considers how to shift policy priorities from a narrow economic-growth agenda toward a future built on sustainability and equity.Colman has taken the critique of GDP outside the academy and attempted to realize an alternative. The lessons he offers in What Really Counts are vital for anyone interested in how we can measure what matters—and how better measures can help build a better world. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\n\n\nRonald Colman is the founder and former executive director of GPI Atlantic\, a nonprofit research group that built an index of well-being and sustainable development in Nova Scotia. He has worked with New Zealand government bodies and communities on measures of well-being and spent ten years in Bhutan assisting the government’s development of holistic progress measures\, a new global economic paradigm\, and other initiatives.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/book-launch-for-what-really-counts-the-case-for-a-sustainable-and-equitable-economy-by-ronald-colman/
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SUMMARY:Journey to the Zone
DESCRIPTION:FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/events/ \n\n\n\nIn the year 3000\, Earth has crossed over into the DIGITAL REALM\, a digital purgatory in which humanity’s online personas are trapped in an endless cycle of fear and distraction. As humanity wanes in its new existence\, Jax\, an unlikely hero\, must journey deep into cyberspace to unlock the secrets of the Perfect Pixel\, the energy source of the Digital Realm. Alongside a social media android\, Robopal\, Jax must overcome their fears and bias in order to free humanity and bring peace to the Digital Realm. A Sci-Fi Synthesizer Space Musical\, Journey to the Zone examines our relationship to our online world\, as well as the possibilities and limitations of our digital existence. \n\n\n\nWritten and directed by Peter Sarty \n\n\n\nWith Dramaturgy by Taylor Olson \n\n\n\nFeaturingBRETON LALAMA | STEVEY HUNTER | PETER SARTY | NATHAN SIMMONS \n\n\n\nAvailable for download from May 13th to 16th
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/journey-to-the-zone/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210512T190000
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SUMMARY:Atlantic Book Awards Festival — Understanding Our Past: Exploring Nova Scotia’s history
DESCRIPTION:Writers have historically played an essential role in helping us understand our past\, allowing us to see who we are and how we got here. Author Lindsay Ruck (Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians: Inspiring stories of courage and achievement) will lead a discussion of this tradition through the lens of marginalized communities. Featured authors: \n\n\n\n– shalan joudry (Waking Ground)– Tyler LeBlanc (Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion)– Rebecca Rose (Before the Parade: A History of Halifax’s Gay\, Lesbian\, and Bisexual Communities\, 1972–1984) \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia.Time 7 pm \n\n\n\nTo register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_–kBcFAUQNKhdmchfaQ3gA?t=1620391389489
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/atlantic-book-awards-festival-understanding-our-past-exploring-nova-scotias-history/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210511T180000
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SUMMARY:NS Acorn: Halifax-Mainland Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403302386699913 \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Halifax-Mainland chapter meeting!  \n\n\n\nThe second Tuesday of each month. \n\n\n\nWe’re getting organized for the next steps in our rent control and landlord licensing campaigns\, as well as the minimum wage and raising assistance rates! \n\n\n\nJoin at https://bit.ly/NSACORNQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/ns-acorn-halifax-mainland-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210510T190000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Stop the federal subsidy for Goldboro LNG!
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/210694777199631/ \n\n\n\n*** Register here ***: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcqcu6gqz0sHdYzvkk8Iv9vNJ… \n\n\n\nPieridae Energy\, the company behind Goldboro LNG\, has asked the federal government for nearly one billion dollars to get their dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) project off the ground. \n\n\n\nThe company has been aggressively lobbying key ministers\, MPs\, and government staff to secure a financing agreement that could kickstart further investment in the project. \n\n\n\nWe still have time to stop that financing agreement — but we need to act together\, and quickly. \n\n\n\nJoin us virtually on May 10th (7pm Atlantic Time) to learn more about this project and the risks it poses to our climate\, communities\, and democracy. \n\n\n\nAt this online meeting you will: Hear from experts and activists working to stop Goldboro LNG Learn about how Pieridae is lobbying multiple ministers\, Atlantic MPs\, and government staff to get this billion-dollar subsidy Be invited to take action to stop this subsidy Get connected to other activists and organizers in the Atlantic who are working to stop this dangerous LNG project \n\n\n\n*** Register here ***: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcqcu6gqz0sHdYzvkk8Iv9vNJ…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/webinar-stop-the-federal-subsidy-for-goldboro-lng/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210506T170000
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SUMMARY:AFX 10 Animation Festival of Halifax-This World's Not Done (Helen Hill and Her Legacy)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our opening event and visit our website for full festival schedule. \n\n\n\nOnline: anifx.ca \n\n\n\nExperimental animator Helen Hill was known for the bright hand-crafted aesthetic she brought to so much of her work and life. Her films blend an exuberance for life and care for others with personal stories and themes of mortality. This program embraces the whimsy\, the sadness\, the fun\, and the contemplation in Hill’s films as intertwining threads that encourage us to cushion our pain with love\, and celebrate the brevity of our time on earth by demonstrating love and care to one another and our communities. Join us in celebrating and remembering an icon of our local film and animation community! \n\n\n\nCurated by Becka Barker \n\n\n\nCo-presented with Mayworks https://l.facebook.com/l.php…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/afx-10-animation-festival-of-halifax-this-worlds-not-done-helen-hill-and-her-legacy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210504T110000
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SUMMARY:Rein in REITs! MP Picket
DESCRIPTION:Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/466865584640422/ \n\n\n\nAndy Fillmore constituency office\, 1888 Brunswick Street\, Halifax \n\n\n\nJoin us across Canada as we picket MPs offices to demand they Rein in the REITs!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rein-in-reits-mp-picket/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210501T130000
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SUMMARY:The 4th Annual Critical Indigenous\, Race and Feminist Studies Student Conference – Precarity of Racialized Students’ Labour
DESCRIPTION:Saturday May 1\, 2021 from 1pm to 5:30pm ASTConference KeynoteHarsha Walia is a South Asian activist and writer based in Vancouver\, unceded Coast Salish Territories. She is the Executive Director of The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. Walia has been involved in community-based grassroots migrant justice\, feminist\, anti-racist\, Indigenous solidarity\, anti-capitalist\, Palestinian liberation\, and anti-imperialist movements for over a decade. She is formally trained in law\, and is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013)\, and Border and Rule (2021).Panel: Labour Precarity on Racialized Students’ Well-Being (Panelists: Tina Renier\, Shreetee Appadu\, Fallen Matthews and Sahana Kanabar)Conference Registration required by April 28 2021: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/148423774505 \n\n\n\nUnceded Mi’kmaq TerritoryFree Conference!Conference Organizers: Racialized Students Academic NetworkConference Sponsors: Saint Mary’s University\, Social Justice & Community Studies\, Women & Gender Studies\, Anthropology\, Atlantic Canada Studies\, International Development Studies\, NSPIRGFor more information: cirfsconference@gmail.com
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-4th-annual-critical-indigenous-race-and-feminist-studies-student-conference-precarity-of-racialized-students-labour/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210501T120000
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SUMMARY:May Day phone zap for Paid Sick Leave and $15/hour!
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/122441853207642/ \n\n\n\nJoin the Fight for $15 and Fairness on zoom on May Day as we do a phone zap for a $15 minimum wage and employer-paid paid sick days for all workers. May Day is International Workers’ Day\, and we’re going to honour this history by carrying on the struggle for better wages and working conditions for all workers. \n\n\n\nOn May Day\, join us in calling provincial politicians to demand ten employer-paid sick days for all workers\, and a $15 minimum wage. \n\n\n\nHere is a loose script that you can follow in calling or emailing politicians. Feel free to put your own unique spin on it! \n\n\n\nHello\, my name is ________ and I live ________. \n\n\n\nI’m calling because I am very frustrated that your government has not already implemented ten paid sick days and a $15 minimum wage for all workers. \n\n\n\nWhether it is workers in part-time employment trying to string together multiple jobs in order to make ends meet and accidentally spreading COVID-19\, or workers without paid sick days who can’t stay home from work at the first sign of symptoms because they can’t afford to lose pay\, fair wages and paid sick days must be central in curbing COVID now and recovering from it. \n\n\n\nThe evidence shows paid sick days are effective at curbing transmission of infectious disease\, including COVID-19. \n\n\n\n• Yet\, 58% of workers across Canada have no paid sick days\, and that jumps to over 70% of low-income workers \n\n\n\n• Even 75% of workers in the service sector\, including food services\, and 50% in health & social services sectors where the risk of exposure is highest\, have no paid sick days. \n\n\n\n• No one should have to choose between staying home sick & paying the bills \n\n\n\n• Black\, Indigenous\, and workers of colour are over-represented in low-wage\, frontline work & are most at risk of becoming infected \n\n\n\n• We hear a lot about thanking essential workers\, but why is the government not protecting them with paid sick days? \n\n\n\nThe CRSB has been widely criticized as inadequate to meeting the challenges presented by COVID-19. Ten employer-paid sick days a year are needed to ensure that no worker experiences a disruption in their pay by staying home when sick. \n\n\n\nI’m calling on you to use the substantial power that you have to make paid sick leave and a $15 minimum wage a reality for Nova Scotians now. \n\n\n\nThank you. \n\n\n\nContact Information: \n\n\n\nCall Iain Rankin\, Premier: \n\n\n\n902-404-7036 \n\n\n\nEmail: info@iainrankin.ca \n\n\n\nCall Lena Metlege\, Minister of Labour and Advanced Education \n\n\n\n902-455-1610 \n\n\n\nEmail: lena@metlegediab.ca \n\n\n\nCall Zach Churchill\, Minister of Health and Wellness \n\n\n\nPhone: 902-742-4444 \n\n\n\nEmail: ca@zachchurchill.com
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/may-day-protest-for-paid-sick-leave-and-15-hour/
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SUMMARY:Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/181425807130398/ \n\n\n\nSMU Patrick Power Library in collaboration with: Fernwood Publishing\, SMU Women and Gender Studies\, and Racialized Students Academic Network present the launch celebration of ‘Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students’. Join us for a panel discussion with Ahrthyh Arumugam\, Fallen Matthews\, Diane Obed\, & Benita Bunjun\, as well as poetry by Tammy Williams. Dr. Sailaja Krishnamurti will be the discussant for the panel.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/academic-well-being-of-racialized-students-book-launch/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T200000
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SUMMARY:Info Session: New Permanent Residency Program for Migrant Students
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/175041597802176/ \n\n\n\nCurrent & former international students! Questions about the new Permanent Residency program? What to do if you don’t qualify?Join our information session to get answers and invite your friends! \n\n\n\nREGISTRATION REQUIRED! When you register\, you will have the chance to ask your questions. We will address all shared concerns and inquiries. \n\n\n\nREMEMBER! You can use our free & confidential tool to get information and assess whether you meet the eligibility requirements: https://MigrantWorkersAlliance.org/NewPR2021
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/info-session-new-permanent-residency-program-for-migrant-students/
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SUMMARY:Panel two: The Bay of Fundy: Natural Wonder or Nuclear Industry Test Site?
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/823584965173430/ \n\n\n\nPanel Two: The Bay of Fundy:Natural Wonder or Nuclear Industry Test Site? \n\n\n\nFree • Registration is required. \n\n\n\nhttps://raven-research.org/April-webinars \n\n\n\nOrganized by the RAVEN project at the University of New Brunswick \n\n\n\nThe Bay of Fundy is one of the 7 Natural Wonders of North America\, one of the richest marine ecosystems on the planet and feeding ground for millions of migratory birds.The governments of Canada and New Brunswick have funded two start-up companies to develop experimental nuclear projects beside the Bay of Fundy on the site of the Point Lepreau CANDU nuclear reactor. \n\n\n\nCanadian regulatory agencies have no experience with these technologies and experts have raised many safety concerns. After nuclear industry lobbying\, the Canadian government exempted these projects from a federal environmental impact assessment. \n\n\n\nPoint Lepreau is located on the shared traditional and unceded territories of the Peskotomuhkati and Wolastoq Nations.The panel features Indigenous leaders and academic and medical experts as presenters followed by Q&A with registrants. \n\n\n\nPanel Two:Dr. Janice Harvey\, St. Thomas UniversityIntroduction • moderator \n\n\n\nDr. M.V. Ramana\, University of British ColumbiaThe sodium-cooled and molten salt experimental nuclear reactors planned for the Bay of Fundy site \n\n\n\nDr. Edwin Lyman\, Union of Concerned Scientists (United States)The experimental “recycling” of used nuclear fuel planned for the Bay of Fundy site \n\n\n\nChief Ron Tremblay\, Wolastoq Grand CouncilResolution on Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Waste on Traditional Wolastoq Territory \n\n\n\nFree • Registration is required. https://raven-research.org/April-webinars \n\n\n\nOrganized by the RAVEN project at the University of New Brunswick
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/panel-two-the-bay-of-fundy-natural-wonder-or-nuclear-industry-test-site/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210410T143258Z
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SUMMARY:UnSpoken Truth\, umuted and unfiltered - a poetry reading with Angela Bowden
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/461769618391055/ \n\n\n\nAll are welcome to join us this evening (online via ZOOM or by phone) for a sharing of poetry\, with Nova Scotian author\, Angela Bowden\, and her newly published\, “UnSpoken Truth\, unmuted and unfiltered”. \n\n\n\nPlease click the link below to join the ZOOM webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81003629398…Passcode: 326994or by phone – please dial\, 1(800) 974-5902\, and then enter the Conference ID\,6217271. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book:With strength and resilience\, Africans have persevered through the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and were able to rebuild a life after slavery while enduring the inhumane conditions of the civil rights Jim Crow era forced upon them by the African diaspora. The lack of acknowledgement of the generational trauma these events have had on their descendants continues to create further injury. Even today\, barriers prevent their healing and transition from survival to a thriving existence. \n\n\n\nUnspoken Truth is a bold collection of poetry highlighting the generational pain of Africans living in the diaspora. Through her poems\, Bowden creates a panoramic view of the terrible conditions they endured for centuries. Deliberately\, with dignity\, she brings the trauma stories of African Nova Scotians told around kitchen tables for decades to the homes of readers while restoring the balance of humanity and royalty from which the African journey began. Despite all odds\, they were able to preserve their lineage and lean on the resilience buried deep in their souls while passing this pride\, culture\, and strength on to future generations so they may one day fulfill the hopes and the dreams of the former slaves. \n\n\n\nThis collection seeks to spark the necessary conversations the larger society needs to engage in around the perseverance of systemic racism\, a society now grappling to make the connections between historical trauma and current-day conditions of inequality. It summons the conscience of every reader to acknowledge the truth and reconcile it with their own dissonance. The poems pay homage to the ancestors\, honour the elders\, and provide inspiration for the youth so they can heal from this historical inheritance and build upon their own narratives. \n\n\n\nAbout the author: \n\n\n\nTEDx speaker\, writer\, and activist\, Angela Bowden is a descendent of the stolen Africans sold through the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Angela’s roots were preserved through the Black Loyalists arriving in Birchtown\, migrating to Guysborough County\, and later moving to New Glasgow\, Nova Scotia\, where she was born and raised.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/unspoken-truth-umuted-and-unfiltered-a-poetry-reading-with-angela-bowden/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210425T201726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T201727Z
UID:20612-1619719200-1619724600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Autism Arts Digital Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/919552775529764/ \n\n\n\nAutism Nova Scotia in partnership with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Goose Lane Editions will co-host the digital book launch of 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨. This book showcases the collaborative nature and profound impact of the Autism Arts program by featuring interviews with participants and their families\, facilitators\, and therapists and autism support specialists. The event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝘆:– Dale Sheppard\, Curator of Education and Public Programs at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia– Cynthia Carroll\, Executive Director of Autism Nova Scotia– Susanne Alexander\, Publisher at Goose Lane Editions… & more featured guests to be announced. \n\n\n\n𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁The event will take place online\, broadcast via YouTube at https://www.gooselane.com/AutismArts on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆\, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟵\, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭\, 𝗮𝘁 𝟲 𝗽.𝗺. 𝗔𝗗𝗧. \n\n\n\n𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸In 2006\, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Autism Nova Scotia partnered to develop a recreational art program that provided a safe and supportive environment for participants to express themselves creatively. In these classes\, artists work in collaboration with autism support specialists and volunteers to provide meaningful and positive art experiences for children and young adults on the autism spectrum. \n\n\n\nRichly illustrated and accompanied with real-life stories\, curriculum choices\, and lesson plans\, 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨 invites the reader both to celebrate and to share in the optimism and promise inclusive programming holds for all of us.Autism Nova Scotia\, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia\, and Goose Lane Editions would like to recognize and give special thanks to Joan Craig for her incredible financial and visionary support\, as well as The Craig Foundation\, The Chawkers Foundation\, Halifax Youth Foundation\, and the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia for the funding provided for this publication.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/autism-arts-digital-book-launch/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210425T201358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T201359Z
UID:20610-1619719200-1619724600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Halifax-Peninsula Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/799044944377955/ \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Halifax-Peninsula chapter meeting! \n\n\n\n getting organized for the next steps in our rent control and landlord licensing campaigns\, as well as the minimum wage and raising assistance rates! \n\n\n\nJoin at https://bit.ly/NSACORN \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/halifax-peninsula-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210428T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210428T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210425T201032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T201033Z
UID:20608-1619611200-1619614800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Bringing Down Barriers: Black and Indigenous Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/145396244124416/ \n\n\n\nOnline: us02web.zoom.us \n\n\n\nAdvance registration required. Register at the Zoom link provided in this event posting. April 2021 is the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month\, a time to honour the voices and experiences of victims and survivors\, and to bring awareness to issues relating to sexualized violence. Everyone has a role to play in ending sexual assault\, harassment\, and abuse. This year\, Avalon has partnered with other community organizations working to support survivors of sexualized violence\, to bring people together for conversation\, learning and strategizing on bringing down barriers to service access. “Black & Indigenous Survivors” is the first of these conversations. \n\n\n\nThis panel discussion will highlight the experiences of Black and Indigenous survivors of sexualized and gender-based violence\, the barriers to accessing services and supports\, and ideas on how to offer inclusive and culturally responsive services. \n\n\n\nThe panel will feature:Debra Paris Perry\, who has been the senior peer outreach worker at the YWCA for almost 5 years\, servicing young people who have experienced sexual violence in workshops and circle groups. She is an active voice in the community with lived experience\, which makes her a strong leader. She spends her free time crafting\, enjoys spending time with puppies\, but most of all she loves being with all her family. \n\n\n\nDenise John\, who is Mi’kmaw from Conne River First Nation\, a Mi’kmaw community on the South coast of Newfoundland. She is a woman’s traditional dancer who enjoys traveling to many First Nations communities to attend the Mawiomi’ (gatherings). She takes pride in her Mi’kmaw culture and shares many of her teachings with others. Denise works at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre as a Victim Support Navigator. \n\n\n\nJustine Colley-Leger\, who is a wife\, mother\, community advocate\, and is the African Nova Scotia Sexual Violence Community Engagement Coordinator with the East Preston Daycare and Family Resource Centre. \n\n\n\nThe panel will be moderated by Shianne Gordon. For the last 5 years Shianne has been an outreach worker at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Halifax and is currently the Community Navigator for Avalon. She works in targeted communities supporting women and young people in overcoming barriers to accessing services. She believes that everyone has the right to heal\, not just survive. Her hobbies are creating poetry & music\, watching scary movies\, and fishing in the summer. \n\n\n\nThe Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is a feminist organization working to eliminate sexual assault/abuse\, and to change the current socio-political culture that fosters sexism\, social injustice and other forms of oppression.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bringing-down-barriers-black-and-indigenous-survivors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210425T200628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T200629Z
UID:20606-1619550000-1619555400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Free webinar: Workplace accessibility and accommodations
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3651486538297070 \n\n\n\nHuman rights law in Nova Scotia protects workers from discrimination at work\, including disability-based discrimination. \n\n\n\nAt this upcoming webinar\, law student and WAC volunteer\, Yazan\, will discuss how workers can have their disabilities accommodated at work and what to do if your boss fails to meet their legal obligations. \n\n\n\nOnline: us02web.zoom.us
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/free-webinar-workplace-accessibility-and-accommodations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210418T163257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T163548Z
UID:20471-1619548200-1619555400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Anti-Black Racism in workplaces and Trade unions
DESCRIPTION:A discussion of how employers and unions perpetuate anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination\, and how people fight back. \n\n\n\nThe forum will examine the Black class action lawsuit recently filed against the federal public service for decades of systemic discrimination\, and will shed light on current research into the path-breaking 1990s case (documented in the Lynn Jones Heritage Collection) against intersecting grounds of discrimination in the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)\, which are unresolved into the present. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat you can expect \n\n\n\nYou can participate with video and/or microphone on\, or sit back and watch. Stay for the Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to attend \n\n\n\nRegister 1 attendee per participant. You will be emailed an invitation link to Zoom and instructions on the day of the event.  \n\n\n\nhttps://halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/search/index/event/60788eee90c24e2400fb7967 \n\n\n\nTech Requirements: All devices are accepted. \n\n\n\nNew to Zoom? No problem. Instructions will be emailed to you\, and we’ll be there to guide you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration ends at 4:00 PM on April 27.  The registration link will be sent shortly after 4:00 PM. Latecomers can also email anthony.gracey@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/anti-black-racism-in-workplaces-and-trade-unions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210326T151208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T151209Z
UID:20073-1619541000-1619546400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Equity Watch webinar: Inequity by Design\, How Designers\, Architects and City Planners Exclude So Many of Us
DESCRIPTION:To register for this webinar\, go to:https://zoom.us/j/97159466203?pwd=M3IzQUk1aXdwVlAyb3ZxWWV5MzRKQT09
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/equity-watch-webinar-inequity-by-design-how-designers-architects-and-city-planners-exclude-so-many-of-us/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210426T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210426T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210425T200403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T200404Z
UID:20604-1619422200-1619467200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Panel One: The Bay of Fundy: Natural Wonder or Nuclear Industry Test Site?
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/189754902780724 \n\n\n\nPanel One: The Bay of Fundy: \n\n\n\nNatural Wonder or Nuclear Industry Test Site? \n\n\n\nFree • Registration is required.https://raven-research.org/April-webinars \n\n\n\nOrganized by the RAVEN project at the University of New Brunswick \n\n\n\nThis event date is the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.The Bay of Fundy is one of the 7 Natural Wonders of North America\, one of the richest marine ecosystems on the planet and feeding ground for millions of migratory birds.The governments of Canada and New Brunswick have funded two start-up companies to develop experimental nuclear projects beside the Bay of Fundy on the site of the Point Lepreau CANDU nuclear reactor.Canadian regulatory agencies have no experience with these technologies and experts have raised many safety concerns. After nuclear industry lobbying\, the Canadian government exempted these projects from a federal environmental impact assessment. \n\n\n\nPoint Lepreau is located on the shared traditional and unceded territories of the Peskotomuhkati and Wolastoq Nations.The panel features Indigenous leaders and academic and medical experts as presenters followed by Q&A with registrants. \n\n\n\nPanel One:Dr. Susan O’Donnell\, University of New BrunswickIntroduction • moderatorChief Hugh Akagi\, Peskotomuhkati NationThe Bay of Fundy and Peskotomuhkati peoplesDr. Gordon Edwards\, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear ResponsibilityThe Point Lepreau reactor vs. the experimental reactors for the Bay of Fundy siteDr. Dale Dewar\, Former Executive Director\, Physicians for Global Survival \n\n\n\nChernobyl: What we learned about the health impacts from a nuclear disaster \n\n\n\nFree • Registration is required.https://raven-research.org/April-webinars \n\n\n\nOrganized by the RAVEN project at the University of New Brunswick
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/panel-one-the-bay-of-fundy-natural-wonder-or-nuclear-industry-test-site/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210424T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210414T151455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T151456Z
UID:20419-1619280000-1619287200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:All Tongues: Online Gathering for 2SLGBTQ+ Immigrants
DESCRIPTION:The Halifax Pride Immigrant Committee will celebrate a new online gathering\, creating a space for 2SLGBTQ+ immigrants to connect before (and beyond) the festival in July. This is a closed and safer space for anyone identifying as an immigrant and a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community\, in Halifax\, Nova Scotia.We’ll be meeting online over Zoom\, where those who wish to remain anonymous can be\, by deactivating their cameras and/or changing their username. Access to the event will be supervised\, and disruptive or abusive behaviour won’t be tolerated.We want to have an open discussion about our experiences as 2SLGBTQ+ immigrants living in Halifax. We want to share what made us leave our home country\, and create a safe space where we can share the struggles\, challenges\, successes and accomplishments around the settlement process\, not just as immigrants but also as 2SLGBTQ+ individuals.Registration via the FB event
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/all-tongues-online-gathering-for-2slgbtq-immigrants/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210423T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210423T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210418T232339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T232339Z
UID:20480-1619170200-1619175600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Sentencing Decision SHawn Wade Hynes
DESCRIPTION:I am writing today to confirm that the sentencing decision for Shawn Wade Hynes scheduled for April 23rd at 9:30 will be broadcast by Webcast.You can access same by this link: The Courts of Nova Scotia – Live WebcastsThe website is publicly accessible\, thus can be shared with all of those who love and wish to support Nhlanhla.I have also included the copyright statement regarding webcasts as per The Courts of Nova Scotia Website (the statement in full can be accessed at the link above):“The webcasts of court proceedings may not be broadcast or re-broadcast by embedding them in another website or by any other means. However\, portions of the webcasts (audio and video) may be re-broadcast as part ofconventional news coverage. Hyperlinks to the live webcast page and the page of archived videos on the Courts of Nova Scotia website are permitted”
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/sentencing-decision-shawn-wade-hynes/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210422T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210418T162014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T162015Z
UID:20469-1619118000-1619123400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖! Live Book Launch with author Stephen Kimber
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/195011795489098 \n\n\n\nJoin us for the digital launch of Stephen Kimber’s new book 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖!: 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨\, co-hosted by Goose Lane Editions and the Alexa McDonough Institute for Women\, Gender and Social Justice at Mount Saint Vincent University. All are welcome.The book tells the story of ground-breaking Canadian political leader\, champion of women\, and human rights advocate Alexa McDonough\, OC\, ONS\, DHumL. \n\n\n\nAn advocate for women in politics\, Alexa was the first woman to lead a recognized political party in Canada. In the 2006 federal election\, she became the first woman to win four consecutive terms representing Nova Scotia in Parliament and the second MP to represent Halifax for four consecutive federal terms. That year\, she was also the only woman elected among 32 Members of Parliament in Atlantic Canada. \n\n\n\n𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝘆:– Stephen Kimber\, Author\, 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖!: 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨– and more special guests\, TBA \n\n\n\n𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗤&𝗔Questions for author Stephen Kimber should be submitted in advance by emailing digital [at] gooselane.com. Please use the subject line “Alexa Q&A.” \n\n\n\n𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻The event will be streaming on YouTube Live.https://youtu.be/MnHXT2h1Fao \n\n\n\nYou can register in advance through Eventbrite to receive a notification before the event goes live.https://www.eventbrite.ca/…/alexa-live-book-launch-with… \n\n\n\n𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸In this authorized biography\, veteran author Stephen Kimber chronicles Alexa’s life and political career and with it\, weaves a narrative of the changing attitudes towards women in politics\, from her early battles as the lone female MLA in a hostile Nova Scotian legislature to her leadership of the federal NDP to her role as senior stateswoman in Jack Layton’s shadow cabinet. Along the way\, Stephen delves into Alexa’s personal life to uncover the origins of her political career: her upbringing in a wealthy family committed to progressive politics\, her tightknit circles of female friends\, her personal metamorphosis from “wife-of” to “leader-of\,” and her emergence as a political leader whose importance goes beyond partisan politics. The result is an engrossing story of one of Canada’s most beloved politicians\, whose common touch and lifelong advocacy of progressive causes made her a significant player in Canadian public life. \n\n\n\nThe book is available for pre-order now online at gooselane.com. It will be available starting April 20\, 2021 at King’s Co-op Bookstore\, your local independent bookseller\, and wherever fine books are sold. \n\n\n\nAbout Stephen KimberStephen Kimber\, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax and co-founder of the university’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program\, is an award-winning writer\, editor\, and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and 10 non-fiction books\, including What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five. Stephen worked for Alexa McDonough as a freelance speechwriter in the early days of her NDP leadership in Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\n𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮 𝗠𝗰𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻\, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲The Alexa McDonough Institute for Women\, Gender\, and Social Justice aims to achieve equity and improve lives through feminist initiatives that extend knowledge and understanding of issues related to women\, girls\, gender\, and social justice for the Mount Saint Vincent University community and beyond.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/%f0%9d%98%bc%f0%9d%99%a1%f0%9d%99%9a%f0%9d%99%ad%f0%9d%99%96-live-book-launch-with-author-stephen-kimber/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210421T122818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T122820Z
UID:20543-1619035200-1619038800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Poetry and conversation: Sue Goyette in conversation with El Jones\, Rebecca Thomas and Angela Bowden
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 21\, 8pm\, as Halifax Poet Laureate Sue Goyette talks about poetry and the pandemic with past poets laureate El Jones and Rebecca Thomas as well as special guest Angela Bowden. \n\n\n\nPoetry and Conversation is a free event and will take place on Zoom webinar. Register below to receive your link to attend. \n\n\n\nREGISTER TO ATTEND
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/poetry-and-conversation-sue-goyette-in-conversation-with-el-jones-rebecca-thomas-and-angela-bowden/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T010142
CREATED:20210421T121622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T122041Z
UID:20536-1619031600-1619037000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Online information session for migrant workers on new temporary immigration pathway
DESCRIPTION:Online information session for migrant workers on new temporary immigration pathway \n\n\n\nWHEN: Wednesday\, April 21\, 7:00-8:30pm Halifax time \n\n\n\nWHERE: Tune in on Facebook Live here or YouTube Live here \n\n\n\nRecently\, Canada announced a temporary program that will enable thousands of essential workers\, including migrant workers in the seafood and agriculture sector\, to apply for permanent residence. Applications will open on May 6th\, 2021. \n\n\n\nNo one is illegal – Halifax/Kjipuktuk is hosting an information session with immigration lawyer Thiago Buchert. Join us to find out more\, like if you would be eligible\, answers to common questions and more! \n\n\n\nFor more information or to submit questions\, please get in touch by reaching out to us at outreach@migrantjusticens.ca or (902) 329-9595 (WhatsApp). 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/online-information-session-for-migrant-workers-on-new-temporary-immigration-pathway/
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