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SUMMARY:Wolfville and Area Residents to Rally as Part of Cross-Canada Mobilization to Demand Politicians Take Climate Emergency Action
DESCRIPTION:September 8/2021 \n\n\n\nWolfville and Area Residents to Rally as Part of Cross-Canada Mobilization to Demand Politicians Take Climate Emergency Action \n\n\n\nWhat: In response to the wildfires\, extreme heat\, and other urgent climate impacts across Canada and around the globe this summer\, Wolfville and area residents will rally at Willow Park to demand the federal government place a moratorium on new fossil fuel expansion and enact a sweeping transition. \n\n\n\nThis action is one of more than 60 events happening across Canada on September 8th ahead of the Federal Leaders’ Debates to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis. \n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday September 8/2021\, 6:30PM. \n\n\n\nWhere: Willow Park\, 11 Willow Avenue\, Wolfville\, Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\nPhoto/Video Opportunity: Participants will first gather in the park to listen to speakers\, share ideas\, and enjoy music.  At 7:15PM\, they will take their signs for a walk downtown\, encouraging others to join.  Participants will spread through town with candle lanterns to symbolize both the fires and the hope they have that working together they can enact change. \n\n\n\nThis event will follow COVID-19 protocol with mask-wearing and social-distancing.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/wolfville-and-area-residents-to-rally-as-part-of-cross-canada-mobilization-to-demand-politicians-take-climate-emergency-action/
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SUMMARY:Voices of Hope\, a World Suicide Prevention Day Panel
DESCRIPTION:In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10)\, the Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division\, in partnership with Worth Living\, will to host Voices of Hope: a World Suicide Prevention Day Panel. This virtual panel will feature three mental health advocates who will share their unique journeys to recovery and wellness.  \n\n\n\nDetails:  \n\n\n\nWhen: Wed.\, September 8\, 2021| 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. \n\n\n\nWhere: Zoom \n\n\n\nCost: This event is FREE\, but donations are welcome. Proceeds from raised from this event will go to CMHA NS Suicide Prevention Programming and Initiatives. To to learn more and REGISTER visit: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/canadian-mental-health-association-nova-scotia-division/events/voices-of-hope-a-panel-discussion-in-recognition-of-world-suicide-prevention-day/ \n\n\n\nPlease Note: This session may contain material that is sensitive in nature and could be upsetting for some viewers. Support will be available during the session. \n\n\n\nFor further details visit: https://novascotia.cmha.ca/news/cmha-ns-honours-world-suicide-prevention-day-with-virtual-panel-highlighting-lived-experience-to-help-raise-awareness-and-understanding/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/voices-of-hope-a-world-suicide-prevention-day-panel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210908T153000
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SUMMARY:Climate Emergency Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:Parade Square (Grand Parade) Halifax\, 1770 Barrington St \n\n\n\nJoin us and Canadians across the country to help ensure that the climate emergency is a top election issue!  With forest fires raging and floods and drought\, we’re taking action on September 8th — the day of the French Federal Leaders’ debate and the day before the English Federal Leaders’ debate. We will set the bar for ambitious climate action by demanding that all parties and candidates deliver: \n\n\n\nA moratorium on fossil fuel expansion\, including stopping construction on existing expansion projectsAn urgent and robust just transition plan that leaves no one behind and moves us past fossil fuels.\n\n\n\nFor more information or to let us know you plan to join us:   https://act.350.org/event/still-on-fire-doa/25230/     \n\n\n\nOR  Facebook page https://fb.me/e/4S26vZpZy \n\n\n\nMasks and social distancing will be in effect.  \n\n\n\nOrganized by local volunteers with 350.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/climate-emergency-day-of-action/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210904T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210904T170000
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Halifax Anarchist Bookfair
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/354815359446066/ \n\n\n\n~ For anarchists\, and those curious about anarchism ~ \n\n\n\nFREE \, at the old Central Library grounds on Spring Garden Road\, in Kjipuktuk\, Unceded Mi’kmaq territory \n\n\n\nWe will not go back to “normal”. The pandemic has only intensified social control and surveillance\, capitalism and colonialism\, with those in power deepening their pockets through intensified industrial extraction\, skyrocketing housing prices\, and intolerable working conditions. While the defenders of this racist colonial system look out for their own interests\, we know that we are the ones who must look out for and care for each other. The roots of ecological destruction\, poverty\, white supremacy\, colonialism\, police violence\, patriarchy\, etc lie within the construct of authority itself. Anarchism helps us to understand the roots of these systems of power\, articulate our desires for self-determination\, and dream of a world where all are free. It is crucial in these times that we find each other\, create space to remember what liberation can feel like\, share our grief and rage\, and bring collective energy into our struggles.The bookfair is for anarchists\, those curious about anarchism\, book lovers\, and anyone simply questioning authority. It will feature publishers and book distributors\, vendors\, artists\, and facilitators from all over North America/Turtle Island; the day/weekend will include workshops\, discussions\, kids’ activities\, art exhibits\, parties and more! \n\n\n\nWorkshop Schedule:10:30-11:45*Freedom Means Decolonization*With Darlene Gilbert & Tayla Fern Paul12-1pm*Green Anarchy: Freedom at the Ends of the World*https://www.facebook.com/events/846714186205438*PROTEST\, DIRECT ACTION & CRIMINAL LAW: Legal Rights\, Who’s Vulnerable\, Consequences & Possibilities*https://www.facebook.com/events/5291193683479801-2pm*Rhythms of Resistance*https://www.facebook.com/events/3879315860701892-3:15pm*Abolition as Collective Liberation*https://www.facebook.com/events/1419303980976763:30pm-4:30pm*“You Can’t Police Yourself Out of a Pandemic: Anti-Authoritarian Strategies in an Age of Crisis”*https://www.facebook.com/events/45768483656991624:45pm-6pm*Housing Crisis\, What’s Next? with Halifax Mutual Aid*https://www.facebook.com/events/820413472010174 \n\n\n\nFor a more Anarchic Halifax\, and a freer\, more joyful world  \n\n\n\ncontact: halifaxanarchistbookfair@riseup.ne
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/4th-annual-halifax-anarchist-bookfair/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210901T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210901T133000
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SUMMARY:Report launch: No Nova Scotian Should Have To Work Sick
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/395042858653849 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us Wednesday September 1st\, 12:30-1:30 pm for the launch of the new report No Nova Scotia Should Have To Work Sick. \n\n\n\nWe will hear from co-authors of the report\, Dr. Rebecca Casey and Dr. Rachel Brickner\, as well\, community partners\, Danny Cavanagh\, Nova Scotia Federation of Labour\, Lisa Cameron\, Halifax Workers’ Action Centre and Stacey Gomez\, No One Is Illegal Halifax. \n\n\n\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZwtce6rpjgsGtRJpDtes0Ej5cmt6…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/report-launch-no-nova-scotian-should-have-to-work-sick/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210828T190000
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SUMMARY:Discussion of Palestinian resistance
DESCRIPTION:https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7GL47e9UQ8KXRz-frsakcQ
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/discussion-of-palestinian-resistance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210825T020000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210825T163000
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SUMMARY:Community drop-in for individuals impacted by rge encampment evictions
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URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/community-drop-in-for-individuals-impacted-by-rge-encampment-evictions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210819T210000
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CREATED:20210817T143114Z
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SUMMARY:ALI presents: Defining reparations in a Canadian context
DESCRIPTION:Three esteemed scholars will discuss the Canadian case for reparations.  https://www.youtube.com/africentrictv
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/ali-presents-defining-reparations-in-a-canadian-context/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210819T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210819T190000
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SUMMARY:Dartmouth BIG Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/944809356076281/ \n\n\n\nAfter months of community members doing outreach and talking to neighbours\, we are OFFICIALLY forming our Dartmouth ACORN chapter! \n\n\n\nWe’ve heard lots from members in Highfield Park about the issues they’ve been having with their landlords\, and from community members all across Dartmouth. We are fighting for better conditions in the buildings and the city!Come out to our BIG MEETING on Thursday\, August 19th at 6pm to talk to neighbours\, create a plan of action\, and form the Dartmouth ACORN chapter.If you’ve ever been interested in coming to an ACORN meeting – this is the one to do it! And if you’re fed up with the staus quo and want to fight to see something changed – reach out and join your neighbours! \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/dartmouth-big-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210819T180000
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SUMMARY:Knowing Your Rights with Landlord Rules
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1648695461992081 \n\n\n\nEvent by Nova Scotia ACORN and Dalhousie Legal Aid Service \n\n\n\nCheck-out this free webinar co-hosted with NS ACORN to learn more about your rights as a tenant with regards to landlord rules! \n\n\n\nCan your landlord make you responsible for all pest control issues or charge you fees for opening windows or having pets? \n\n\n\nThe short answer is no but tune in to learn why as well as what you can do about unlawful landlord rules. \n\n\n\nEmail legalaid@dal.ca with the subject line “Landlord Webinar” to receive to receive the password to the zoom event. \n\n\n\nNote that this webinar is intended for tenants and not for landlords or their employees.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/knowing-your-rights-with-landlord-rules/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210814T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210814T170000
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UID:22107-1628953200-1628960400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Rally: Solidarity with Cuba
DESCRIPTION:THIS SATURDAY! The Communist Party of Canada\, Halifax club is hosting a rally in solidarity with Cuba and opposing US imperialism and the embargo. All those in support of peace and good relations with Cuba are welcome! \n\n\n\nPS\, we are looking for more speakers from the community who would be interested in speaking on relations with Cuba or the Cuban Revolution.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-solidarity-with-cuba/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210814T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210814T140000
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CREATED:20210809T114422Z
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SUMMARY:Rally: Your home shouldn't be their portfolio
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URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-your-home-shouldnt-be-their-portfolio/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210813T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210813T130000
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CREATED:20210808T213726Z
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SUMMARY:Rally at the Legislature in support of disability rights: “Keep your Promise”
DESCRIPTION:The Disability Rights Coalition and the Community Homes Action Group are planning a rally at the Legislature (symbolic) on Friday August 13 at noon in support of disability rights entitled “Keep your Promise”
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-at-the-legislature-in-support-of-disability-rights-entitled-keep-your-promise/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210810T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210810T190000
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CREATED:20210810T154540Z
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SUMMARY:Emancipation Day Virtual Session
DESCRIPTION:YOU’RE VIRTUALLY INVITED!!! A live-stream presentation with Dr. Charmaine Nelson\, Professor of Art History and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement at NSCAD University.   Please tune in and share with your networks as we continue our learning around Emancipation Day. Details below – \n\n\n\nDate: Tuesday\, August 10th \n\n\n\nTime: 6:00 p.m. (ADT) \n\n\n\nLocation: Nova Scotia Culture Facebook page – www.facebook.com/novascotiaculture \n\n\n\nShe will discuss the complexity of slavery in Canada to help us comprehend what former enslaved people celebrated in 1834 with slavery’s demise in the British Empire.  \n\n\n\nHave a question for Dr. Nelson? Drop in it the comments section on Facebook or send in advance to Aja Joshi at Aja.Joshi@novascotia.ca. #EmancipationDayNS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay: Tuesday\, August 10th. \n\n\n\nTime: 6:00pm (one hour) \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Charmaine Nelson\, NSCAD \n\n\n\nHost: Aja Joshi \n\n\n\nModerator: DeRico Symonds \n\n\n\nOpening Remarks: Deputy of CCH \n\n\n\nTitle: An Introduction to Canadian and Nova Scotian Slavery \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nAs Nova Scotians and Canadians commemorate Emancipation Day on August 1st\, 2021\, it is important to pose the question – emancipation from what? Canadians are largely ignorant of any knowledge of Canadian Slavery because it is simply not a part of our normal curricula in grade school\, high school\, or higher education. Yet\, the historical documentation of this two-hundred-year history under two empires (Britain and France) has been\, for the most part\, well preserved in various museums and archives across the country. \n\n\n\nThis talk contests our customary national celebration of the Underground Railroad (1834-1865) and the stories we tell ourselves about being “the good guys” who saved enslaved African Americans. Instead\, it considers the nature\, scale\, and complexity of slavery in Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada in order to comprehend and appreciate what formerly enslaved people celebrated in 1834 with slavery’s demise in the British Empire. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: \n\n\n\nDr. Charmaine Nelsonis a Professor of Art History and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University in Halifax where she is also the founding director of the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery. Prior to this appointment she worked at McGill University (Montreal) for seventeen years (2003-2020) and at Western University for two (2001-2003). \n\n\n\nNelson has made ground-breaking contributions to the fields of the Visual Culture of Slavery\, Race and Representation\, and Black Canadian Studies. She has published seven books including The Color of Stone: Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth Century America (2007)\, Slavery\, Geography\, and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica (2016)\, and Towards an African Canadian Art History: Art\, Memory\, and Resistance (2018). \n\n\n\nNelson has given over 260 lectures\, papers\, and talks across Canada\, and the USA\, and in Mexico\, Denmark\, Germany\, Italy\, Norway\, Spain\, the UK\, Central America\, and the Caribbean. She is also actively engaged with lay audiences through her media work including ABC\, CBC\, CTV\, BBC One\, and PBS. She blogs for the Huffington Post Canada and writes for The Walrus. Nelson has held several prestigious fellowships and appointments including a Caird Senior Research Fellowship\, National Maritime Museum\, Greenwich\, UK (2007) and a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair\, University of California – Santa Barbara (2010). She was recently the William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard University (2017-2018) and in 2021 she will be a fellow at Bard Graduate Center in New York City. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/emancipation-day-virtual-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210810T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210810T190000
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SUMMARY:ACORN NS Halifax-Mainland Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Mainland organizing meeting!We’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/NSACORN \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-ns-halifax-mainland-chapter-meeting-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210810T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210810T193000
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CREATED:20210806T155815Z
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SUMMARY:Prisoner Justice Day
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to celebrate Prisoner Justice Day on August 10th at the Halifax Commons. On this day every year\, incarcerated and formally incarcerated people take the day to fast while prisoner justice advocates take the tie to discuss the significance of the day and what the current prison system has done and is doing and ways we can help. \n\n\n\nThis year we will be meeting to discuss the connection between mental health and prison\, the alarming overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous people in prisons and introducing the various organizations that do prison abolition/reform and ways the greater community can help. \n\n\n\nFocus: Gathering with a panel of formerly incarcerated people to discuss their experience in prison. This PJD\, an emphasis on how mental health is greatly tied in with the justice system as well as a discussion surrounding how people are criminalized through poverty\, racism\, anti-indigenous sentiments\, respectability politics\, etc. highlighting the overrepresentation of women and women identifying Black and Indigenous people in prisons and how folks can support organizations that help formerly incarcerated people or the participants directly. \n\n\n\nLocation: Halifax Commons\, 5816 Cogswell St\, Halifax\, NS B3H 2Z4 \n\n\n\nWhen: August 10th 5:30-7:30If folks have any questions\, they can email us at Booksbeyondbars@gmail.com
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/prisoner-justice-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210809T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210809T133000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210805T123025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210805T123026Z
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SUMMARY:Candidates Virtual Panel on Mental Health and Substance Use Care
DESCRIPTION:Candidates Virtual Panel on Mental Health and Substance Use Care. Monday\, August 9th\, 12noon-1:30pm. \n\n\n\nTO REGISTER : https://www.eventbrite.ca/…/candidates-forum-on-mental…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/candidates-virtual-panel-on-mental-health-and-substance-use-care/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210808T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210808T180000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210805T124420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210805T124421Z
UID:22013-1628442000-1628445600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:RALLY FOR PALESTINE: DAY OF RAGE 2.0
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1198875790586081 \n\n\n\nPLEASE SHARE AND REPOST \n\n\n\nJoin us this Sunday\, August 8th at 5PM at Sackville Landing (Waterfront\, Halifax side) for a discussion on the ongoing effects of illegal Israeli settler colonialism on the Indigenous Palestinian people. \n\n\n\nSocial distancing and masks are mandatory.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-for-palestine-day-of-rage-2-0/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210807T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210807T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210725T211324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210725T211325Z
UID:21911-1628341200-1628348400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Rally to Save Owls Head Provincial Park /Little Hbr. from Becoming Golf Courses
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/579202733247672 \n\n\n\nOn August 7th at 1 PM\, we will gather at Victoria Park. South Park St\, Halifax in support of saving Owls Head Provincial Park/Little Harbour.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-to-save-owls-head-provincial-park-little-hbr-from-becoming-golf-courses/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210806T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210806T120000
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CREATED:20210804T191322Z
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SUMMARY:76th anniversary of Hiroshima Day in Halifax/Kjipuktuk
DESCRIPTION:Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace will  commemorate the 76th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of  Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Friday\, August 6\, in Halifax/Kjipuktuk\, Nova Scotia\, from 11:00 to 12:00 in Grand Parade Square. We gratefully acknowledge the leadership by HRM Council and the honourable Mayor Mike Savage declaring August 6 as a Day of Peace.  \n\n\n\nWe  also wish to acknowledge the significance of HRM’s one-year anniversary of adopting the resolution to endorse the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and to call on the Government of Canada to support and sign this multilateral agreement – an agreement that “may prove instrumental in determining the fate of the planet” by establishing “a clear and comprehensive prohibition against the most dangerous and destructive weapons on Earth.”  Both of these actions\, declaring a Day of Peace and supporting the Nuclear Ban Treaty speak to a council willing to work for justice and conflict resolution without violence and threat. HRM has earned a seat at the table of Mayors for Peace internationally (a coalition of over 7\,000 municipalities from over 160 countries working to build a nuclear-weapons-free world). Halifax is a beacon for cities across Turtle Island.  \n\n\n\nOn behalf of Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace we extend this invitation.  Please join us at Grand Parade Square from 11 to 12 on August 6\, 2021 to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  We ask any participants to adhere to Covid protocols and ensure social distancing. Our commemoration specifically will be dedicated to Setsuko Thurlow and ‘Strong Women’ who strive for peace.  \n\n\n\nSetsuko Thurlow\, now a Canadian citizen who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a 13-year-old. She has devoted her life to nuclear abolition\, is a recipient of the Order of Canada and was honoured\, along with Ms. Beatrice Fihn\, to co-accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.  (Although she will not be able to travel to Halifax at this time\, we will share our recording of the event on-line.) \n\n\n\nThe Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons  entered into force on January 22\, 2021 The TPNW also known as the Nuclear Ban treaty\, is the first legally binding international agreement that seeks to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons. Canada has yet to affirm its own official policy on non-proliferation and disarmament by signing and ratifying the TPNW.  \n\n\n\nNSVOW extends this invitation to all women in politics  to speak about how to create a safe and secure future for us all with non-violence. We hope all levels of governance – band\, municipal\, federal and provincial will be represented. We hope all parties and independent candidates will join us. We offer a brief  open mic opportunity after speeches and musical interludes\, including participation by the Halifax Raging Grannies.  \n\n\n\nIn Peace and Friendship \n\n\n\nNova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/76th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-day-in-halifax-kjipuktuk/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210804T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210804T203000
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CREATED:20210802T114613Z
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SUMMARY:Nova Scotia All Party Debate on the environment\, biodiversity and climate
DESCRIPTION:KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – On Wednesday\, Aug. 4 at 6:30 p.m. the Ecology Action Centre\, Sierra Club Atlantic and the Council of Canadians will be hosting a live all-party provincial election debate to hear parties’ positions on critical issues related to the climate and biodiversity crises.  \n\n\n\nSheldon MacLeod\, journalist and host with Saltwire.com will be moderating the debate with representatives from Nova Scotia’s Green\, Liberal\, NDP and PC parties.  \n\n\n\nParticipating Candidates:  \n\n\n\nJessica Alexander – Green Party of Nova Scotia\, Interim Leader and Candidate for Chester-St. Margaret’s Pam Cooley – Nova Scotia Liberal Party\, Candidate for Dartmouth North Scott Ellis – Nova Scotia PC Party\, Candidate for Halifax Needham Tyler Colbourne – Nova Scotia NDP\, Candidate for Dartmouth East \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid online/in-person event\, seats will be available for a limited number of in-person attendees and it will also be live-streamed on YouTube.  \n\n\n\nWe’re inviting media to attend in person. If you would like a seat\, please contact Hope Perez via the contact information below before Tuesday\, Aug. 4 at 4 p.m. to save your seat.   \n\n\n\nRecap of election debate details:  \n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, Aug. 4\, 2021  \n\n\n\nTime: 6:30pm – 8:30 p.m.   \n\n\n\nWho: Ecology Action Centre\, Sierra Club Atlantic and Council of Canadians   \n\n\n\nWhere (in-person): Ummah Mosque & Community Centre\, 2510 St Matthias St\, Halifax\, NS   \n\n\n\nWhere (online): EAC’s YouTube channel 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/nova-scotia-all-party-debate-on-the-environment-biodiversity-and-climate/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210729T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210729T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210729T135842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T135853Z
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SUMMARY:ACORN NS Halifax-Peninsula Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1158397264669691 \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Halifax-Peninsula chapter meeting! \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?  \n\n\n\nEmail halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/halifax-peninsula-chapter-meeting-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210729T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210729T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210729T135422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T135423Z
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SUMMARY:Canada on Fire Climate Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/243397774286650 \n\n\n\nKody Blois Constituency Office 101-24 Harbourside Dr\, Wolfville\, Nova Scotia\, B4P 2C1\, Canada \n\n\n\nWe’ll gather outside MP Kody Blois’ constituency office at 11:30 am to demand government action on the climate emergency that has never been more clear. We will be joining others across Canada in demanding a moratorium on all new and in-progress fossil fuel related projects\, as well as Just Transition legislation that will transform the Canadian economy to address systemic inequities while creating the infrastructure needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. This is also called a Green New Deal\, which is being pushed for around the world! We can’t wait. Please bring a mask for covid-safety and be ready to social distance. Please also bring props to help make our message clear such as fire extinguishers\, N-95 masks\, posters\, songs and any other on-message creative contributions. This is a large climate-caring community and the only action in Nova Scotia so far\, so let’s aim for big numbers. Can we fill the whole back parking lot? Please share online and in person widely!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/canada-on-fire-climate-day-of-action/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210728T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210728T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210615T124207Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing book club
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/140998941430889/ \n\n\n\nEverybody is welcome to attend the upcoming meeting\, even if you missed the launch. \n\n\n\nUpcoming meetings: \n\n\n\nThursday\, June 17 at 7:30 pm ADT \n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 30 at 7:30 pm ADT \n\n\n\nWednesday\, July 14 at 7:30 pm ADT \n\n\n\nWednesday\, July 28 at 7:30 pm ADT \n\n\n\nOn June 2\, we launched a biweekly Decolonizing Book Club\, guided by Mi’kmaw educator Chris George. As Chris explains\, “Fundamentally\, decolonizing means building relationships and raising awareness. We need settler support\, because the laws and structures that harm Indigenous peoples are put in place by a settler government. This is an opportunity to build those relationships and raise awareness.” \n\n\n\nChris George is a Ph.D student in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick. His graduate research focuses on Indigenous cultural and political resurgence. \n\n\n\nThe book club sessions are free and hosted online. Register here for the Zoom link and to receive book club updates. \n\n\n\n**Upcoming meeting was rescheduled** Thursday\, June 17\, at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\nReadings: \n\n\n\nWhose Land Is It Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization: Preface\, Part 1: The Machinery of Colonialism\, Part II: The Resurgence (to the end of “Decolonization: The Frontline Struggle”) \n\n\n\nBook club reading List: \n\n\n\n1. Whose Land Is It Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization\, available for free as a PDF: https://fpse.ca/…/news_files/Decolonization%20Handbook.pdf \n\n\n\n2. Unsettling Canada\, by Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson \n\n\n\nAdditional readings and resources: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.sierraclub.ca/en/atlantic/decolonizing-book-club
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/decolonizing-book-club-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210727T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210727T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210725T211049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210725T211059Z
UID:21909-1627387200-1627390800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:People Power vs. Goldboro LNG
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1210074819440628/  \n\n\n\n(Registration required via zoom link!)  Online: us02web.zoom.us \n\n\n\nHosted by the Council of Canadians but brought to you by people and organizations who have fought against this project for years\, you are invited to a going-away party for Pieridae Energy! Countless activists\, organizers and community members like yourself have been looking forward to this party for over 8 years.This is your win! Each and every action you took has made this possible.Come celebrate this win with us! Every action for climate justice\, every Indigenous-led effort to defend the land and people from this project\, every local group organizing and educating their community about climate justice\, every letter and phone call pushing on politicians to reject this project – all of this work has led us to where we are now. \n\n\n\nThis is an incredible victory for the climate justice movement that works tirelessly to organize for an intentional and justice-based shift from fossil fuels to renewables and energy efficiency. \n\n\n\nJoin us on July 27th at 12:30 p.m. NT / 12 p.m. AT / 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT / 9 a.m. MT / 8 a.m. PT (or 5 p.m. CET\, for our German allies in this fight) to celebrate this victory for the climate and our communities. Let’s honour the work it took to get us here and look to the future of our movement. \n\n\n\nHear from activists and organizers who were central to the organizing\, research\, advocacy\, and public education it took to make it impossible for Pieridae to get this dangerous project off the ground.We hope you’ll join us! More information about the project and the fight here: https://canadians.org/…/win-pieridae-energy-gives…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/people-power-vs-goldboro-lng/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210721T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210718T195205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210718T195727Z
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SUMMARY:Going Live re. Dental Care for All
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/235633415058490 \n\n\n\nWe’re going live to talk about dental care for all! \n\n\n\nMany Canadians can’t afford dental care\, and this huge gap in our healthcare system can lead to devastating health effects. But the NDP has a plan to make basic dental care accessible for everyone. \n\n\n\nI’m happy to be welcoming not one but two expert guests this week:Dr. Hasan Sheikh is an emergency and addictions physician in Toronto and the Vice-Chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare. He is a lecturer at the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine\, and holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. \n\n\n\nDr. Brandon Doucet is a dentist practicing in Nova Scotia\, with interests in surgery and public health and is a founding member of the Coalition for Dentalcare.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/going-live-re-dental-care-for-all/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210721T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210721T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210721T125824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T125826Z
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SUMMARY:Media release: The candidates speak. Where do they stand on open-net fish farms?
DESCRIPTION:All four Chester-St. Margaret’s MLA candidates invited  \n\n\n\nWednesday\, July 21st 2PM  \n\n\n\nBlandford Community Centre  \n\n\n\nBlandford\, NS  \n\n\n\nTo meet a regulatory requirement to consult the community\, many years after they already quadrupled  the size of their Bayswater fish farm lease\, on July 21 from 1-8pm at the Blandford Community Centre  Cooke Aquaculture is holding an “open house.” They will be selling residents retroactively on a lease  expansion they already accomplished and have been profiting from for years. Citing Covid rules which  do not exist\, they are restricting the number of visitors to the so- called “open house” to 15 people in 45  minute increments. They are redefining the term “open house.”   \n\n\n\nIn response\, the all-volunteer Twin Bays Coalition (St. Margaret’s and Mahone Bays) and the  provincewide Healthy Bays Network are inviting the public and the media to join us for a truly “open” discussion outside the Centre at 2pm. Speakers will be the four declared candidates currently running to  represent the provincial riding of Chester-St. Margaret’s in the next provincial legislature. They will  declare and defend their positions regarding open-net pens in Nova Scotia’s coastal waters.   \n\n\n\nThe candidates are:  \n\n\n\n• Jessica Alexander\, Greens (confirmed)  \n\n\n\n• Danielle Barkhouse\, Progressive Conservatives (confirmed)  \n\n\n\n• Jacob Killawee\, Liberals  \n\n\n\n• Amy Reitsma\, New Democrats (confirmed) 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/media-release-the-candidates-speak-where-do-they-stand-on-open-net-fish-farms/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210720T013000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210720T150000
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CREATED:20210720T120942Z
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SUMMARY:Justice for Jared
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/188582336577543 \n\n\n\nGottingen\, near the public library \n\n\n\nJoin us in demanding justice for Jared Lowendes\, a Wet’suwet’en man\, murdered by RCMP in Campbell River\, BC. \n\n\n\nWe will sing\, drum\, and pray.” \n\n\n\nDon’t Back Down”#JusticeForJared \n\n\n\nadvocates to #DisarmPoliceadvocates for always-on body cams#FTP
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/justice-for-jared/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210717T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210717T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210717T130239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210717T130239Z
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SUMMARY:Rally calls for reparations and compensation for slavery
DESCRIPTION:KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – The subject of reparations for the enslavement of the African is a topic most governments the world over\, and including Canada\, do not want to touch. Even those said to be open minded and concerned with the well being of mankind seem to run from the subject of reparations and compensation for the descendants of African people forced into slavery.  \n\n\n\nWhereas all North American governments and others profited of the enslavement of the African\, reparations to the descendants of those forced into slavery should be a no brainer.  \n\n\n\nThe rape of Africa\, the theft and enslavement of the African\, the worst crime against humanity\, has never been given due process under international law because of racism in law and within governments and their lack of respect and what they seem to truly believe about race and equality and the value of human suffering.  \n\n\n\nGovernments and major companies in Canada made an estimated 50 trillion dollars from slavery in Canada\, and with the so called end of slavery reparations were paid to slave owners\, but not to those forced into slavery nor their descendants. \n\n\n\nBlack Lives Matter\, and based on the above a rally will be held on July 17\, 2021\, at 1PM at the Peace and Friendship Park\, across from the Westin Hotel in downtown Halifax. \n\n\n\nYour attendance is crucial and respectfully encouraged!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-calls-for-reparations-and-compensation-for-slavery/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210717T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210717T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T005301
CREATED:20210709T184644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T184645Z
UID:21736-1626523200-1626541200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:TAKIN' BLK GOTTINGEN MARKET
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/407836784221669/ \n\n\n\nIt’s that’s time of the year again! TAKIN’ BLK GOTTINGEN Market! Takin’ BLK is excited to Partner with the North end Business Association to bring 20+ Black Businesses to store fronts along Historic Gottingen st.This Family event will bring together local vendors\, local musical entertainment\, DJs and a chance to socialize with community\, family\, and friends and We’re excited to see you again!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/takin-blk-gottingen-market/
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