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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210430T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210430T143000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210429T193000
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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
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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
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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
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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:20260421T025154
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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:20260421T025154
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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:20260421T025154
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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:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210326T151208Z
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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
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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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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:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210418T232339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T232339Z
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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:20260421T025154
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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DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T210000
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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:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210421T121622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T122041Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210418T204112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T204113Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry for the Cruelest Month: National Poetry Month Virtual Reading
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/885136432278669/ \n\n\n\nJoin Halifax poets Anna Quon\, Nolan Natasha\, and Annick MacAskill for a free online reading in celebration of poetry month. There will be a brief Q&A after the readings. \n\n\n\nEvent hosted by the Halifax Public Library and sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets. \n\n\n\nHow to participate \n\n\n\nTo watch\, please click the link below on the day of the event: \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82976374154
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/poetry-for-the-cruelest-month-national-poetry-month-virtual-reading/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210413T180750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T180752Z
UID:20402-1619028000-1619033400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Shaping Change: Intergenerational Conversations on Activism
DESCRIPTION:What is the future of the environmental movement? \n\n\n\nWhat can different generations of activists learn from each other? \n\n\n\nHow can progressive social movements support each other and collaborate better? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging and inspiring conversation on activism and making change! We are bringing together a diverse group of brilliant local activists from across generations and communities to connect\, share stories and lessons\, and explore how we can work together effectively to build a more just and sustainable world.  \n\n\n\nThis event kicks off EAC’s 50th birthday celebrations. We’ll be partying with a purpose throughout 2021\, and this conversation is the first of many ways we plan to celebrate\, inspire\, and mobilize for action.   \n\n\n\nAs we celebrate the past 50 years of action\, we’re also looking forward to the future we’re shaping now in these crucial times. We hope this will be a powerful conversation about connecting across generations of change-makers\, strengthening our movements\, and forging a path forward together.  \n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 21\, 2021Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. ASTLocation: Online on Zoom – register here to receive the link\n\n\n\nFeatured Panelists:  \n\n\n\nLynn Jones Willa Fisher Cathy Martin Robin Tress Brian Gifford Shannon Arnold Moderated by Catherine Abreu\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event will be an interactive webinar\, with opportunities for you to participate in the conversation!  \n\n\n\nRegister online here
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/shaping-change-intergenerational-conversations-on-activism/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210418T161027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T161601Z
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SUMMARY:Special event for CUPE members: Why the New Democratic Party?
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/202958007973725/  \n\n\n\nSpecial event for CUPE members in Nova Scotia and across the country. \n\n\n\nHave you ever wondered why CUPE is partisan? Do you find it hard to distinguish one party from the other?Please join us for a critical look at the relationship\, historic and current\, between labour and the New Democratic Party. We’ll consider the NDP’s growth\, popularity\, demise and re-birth as election time looms over us in Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\nHear from our panel of experts for a frank discussion and ask questions! \n\n\n\n– Stephen Kimber\, award-winning author and journalist– Barb Nederpal\, president of the Hospital Employees’ Union (the B.C. health services division of CUPE)– Cathy Remus\, former director of CUPE Union Education– Lynn Jones\, Nova Scotian labour and human rights activist\, who is also the first Black general vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress and the first Canadian-born African woman to seek office in a federal election \n\n\n\nModerated by Archana Rampure\, CUPE’s national director of research and former NDP staffer. \n\n\n\nOnline via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/96393527764 \n\n\n\n7 p.m. Atlantic time
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/special-event-for-cupe-members-why-the-new-democratic-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210418T204254Z
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SUMMARY:Black Environments Matter
DESCRIPTION:Join the South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED) for an online forum exploring the impacts environmental racism holds upon our Black and Indigenous communities throughout Nova Scotia.  \n\n\n\nFor generations Black residents in the South End of Shelburne have been burdened by living nearby a toxic waste facility. Through education and awareness\, SEED aims to create an understanding of the significant effects of environmental racism beyond climate change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn partnership with South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to attend \n\n\n\nTo register\, email SEED at seedshelbourne@gmail.com. SEED will email you the link before the time of the event.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/black-environments-matter/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210411T134604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210411T134607Z
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SUMMARY:Bringing Down Barriers: 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1153368338461917/ \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.  \n\n\n\nThis 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. “2SLGBTQIA+ Youth” is the third of these conversations.Topics discussed will include ways to offer comprehensive care when youth may not have stable or supportive home/family spaces\, the importance of autonomous self-direction and informed consent modalities\, up-to-date language\, and best practices in supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ community members (Two Spirit\, Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer/Questioning\, Intersex\, Asexual\, plus (+) other ways individuals express their gender and sexuality outside heteronormativity and the gender binary). \n\n\n\nThe Youth Project’s mission is to make Nova Scotia a safer\, healthier\, and happier place for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth through support\, education\, resource expansion and community development. The Youth Project is a multi-service organization hosting an education team\, programming team\, and support services worker with an aim to further the inclusion and wellness of 2SLGBTQIA+ under the age of 25\, foster 2SLGBTQIA+ knowledge exchange and training\, increase access to public services\, and provide social and cultural programs/services/celebrations for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and their communities. \n\n\n\nThe webinar will feature Carmel Farahbakhsh\, (they/them) who is a community worker/ educator\, experimental violinist\, and artist. They have collaborated on The Khyber Centre For The Arts board for three years\, and are enjoying their new position as co-director of local music festival EVERYSEEKER. They also recently transitioned from a five-year term coordinating South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre to working as the executive director at The Youth Project\, seeing a direct link between this community work and access to creative spaces/ arts community. Carmel also actively collaborates with local initiatives with the aim to create wider 2SQTBIPOC support systems locally. \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-2slgbtqia-youth/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210419T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210419T153000
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SUMMARY:Special Board of Police Commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Description: \n\n\n\nThe meeting will be held virtually.  \n\n\n\nCheck the upcoming agenda for more information. Meeting agendas are generally available by the Friday prior to the meetin
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/special-board-of-police-commissioners/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210416T133000
DTSTAMP:20260421T025154
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SUMMARY:Bringing Down Barriers: Not Without Us
DESCRIPTION:Advance registration required. Register at the Zoom link provided in this event posting.  \n\n\n\nOnline: us02web.zoom.us \n\n\n\nApril 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.  \n\n\n\nThis 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. “Not Without Us” is the second of these conversations. \n\n\n\nThe Not Without Us Project gathered and shared the stories of women with disabilities in Nova Scotia who experienced violence\, as well as the staff at organizations that work with survivors. In the project’s final report\, there are recommendations we hope will remove barriers and help get these women out of situations of violence. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, project coordinator Suzanne Rent will discuss the findings of the report and the recommendations. Sherry Costa\, provincial coordinator of Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities\, and one of the founders of the Not Without Us project\, will talk about the background and impact of this work. \n\n\n\nThe Not Without Project is funded by a grant under the Standing Together initiative at the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. \n\n\n\nSuzanne Rent is a journalist and researcher in Halifax. She has worked in the media since 2001 and currently is a regular contributor to the Halifax Examiner. Sherry Costa is a proud Nova Scotian who has been a part of the disability community for more than 40 years and currently manages the Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities\, a position she accepted after stepping down from serving on the League’s board for 14 years. In addition to leading the implementation and development of VoicePrint\, now Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) in the Atlantic region\, Sherry chaired the Partnership for Access Awareness Nova Scotia (PAANS) committee for seven years to shape and deliver Nova Scotia’s Access Awareness Week. She continues with PAANS as well as more than half a dozen other cross-sectoral committees raising awareness while working collaboratively with communities and all levels of government to address issues of accessibility\, inclusion\, and equity for persons with disabilities. Sherry holds a certificate in Non-profit Leadership & Management from Dalhousie University. \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-not-without-us/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210415T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210415T190000
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CREATED:20210411T134205Z
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SUMMARY:Kate Macdonald Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:oin us on April 15th from 5PM – 7PM for an artist talk with our current artist-in-residence\, Halifax-based artist and activist KATE MACDONALD.This event will include ASL interpretation and will take place over Zoom. Pre-register at https://bit.ly/2PzFpGE… \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: \n\n\n\nKate Macdonald was born and raised in Halifax\, NS. Kate is proudly African Nova Scotian. She studied Performance Acting at Ryerson University in Toronto\, ON. At the end of 2016 with the political climate swiftly changing around her (en election of a new president)\, she knew her reaction had to be radical. Out of this desire to make a change\, she Founded and Created The Magic Project. Which focuses on bringing marginalized brilliance to the forefront of social media using the arts. Kate is also a Community Facilitator and Youth Programmer. She hopes to continue creating workshops\, holding space for community discussions and empowering youth through celebration. Her art practice has always included photography\, poetry and performance theatre. But she has been long fascinated with the many avenues that art presents for self-expression\, especially around the themes of justice\, healing\, joy\, magic and ancestral connection. Recently\, Kate\, Trayvone Clayton & DeRico Symonds created an African Nova Scotian community based\, youth-led initiative called The Game Changers. After a year of working together in advocacy\, activism\, and community they decided to collaborate officially. Kate is currently the Branch Manager at the North Branch Memorial Library – a branch that has long been a staple in the African Nova Scotian community…. \n\n\n\nAbout Eyelevel Artist Run Centre: \n\n\n\nEyelevel is an arts worker/artist-run organization mandated to present and support the development of socially-relevant and thought-provoking artistic practices locally\, regionally and nationally. Eyelevel supports artists through residencies\, mentorship\, publishing and presentation outside of a traditional gallery context that is accompanied by care-oriented and trauma-informed artistic\, professional and personal support. Eyelevel aims to raise public awareness and capacity of our local arts community; particularly artists and arts workers who have been historically underserved and misrepresented in the contemporary art dialogue. Eyelevel strives to be a connector between artists\, communities and the broader public\, to constantly question the balance of power and work against systemic oppression and discrimination by centring anti-violence and pro-survivor practices. Eyelevel works in treaty to build a more inclusive and caring world through art\, and to advance positive change within the arts through its operations\, policies and programming.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/kate-macdonald-artist-talk/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210410T110000
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SUMMARY:Raging Grannies say No to new Fighter Jets
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/362159068382998/ \n\n\n\nJoin NS Voice of Women for Peace and the Raging Grannies to say No to Canada’s proposed purchase of 88 new Fighter Jets. The purchase price is $19billion\, and the lifetime cost is $77billion. There are many better ways to create human security.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/raging-grannies-say-no-to-new-fighter-jets/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210410T103000
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DTSTAMP:20260421T025154
CREATED:20210407T224633Z
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UID:20313-1618050600-1618059600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Inclusive education forum for immigrant  migrant mothers and guardians
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/inclusive-education-forum-for-immigrant-migrant-mothers-and-guardians/
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