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SUMMARY:Kjipuktuk March for MMIR
DESCRIPTION:Check the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/997042770834730/ \n\n\n\n** start & end locations will be updated closer to event date** \n\n\n\nHonouring & remembering the Indigenous women\, girls\, Two-Spirit & other Indigenous relations that have been taken from us in an ongoing genocide. \n\n\n\nWe will meet\, march\, have an opening ceremony\, & then hang red dresses\, red ties\, or red fabric to commemorate those in the spirit world. Please do your best to social distance\, and wear a mask. \n\n\n\nAs the dresses MUST come up and down in ceremony– we will be having a smaller ceremony on the 28th- there will not be an event page for this\, but chat with the organizers if you’d like to attend. \n\n\n\nPlease note we are using MMIR (relations) instead of MMIW (women) to consider those in our communities who live beyond the confines of the gender binary.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/kjipuktuk-march-for-mmir/
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SUMMARY:Dr. Angela Davis Keynote Address: We Are Still Here. Remembering. Reaffirming. Resilience- African Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2813540645568306/ \n\n\n\nDr. Angela Davis is a Professor Emeritus\, Civil Rights Activist\, Educator and Author. The event will take the format of a keynote address and an insightful open dialogue with attendees.  \n\n\n\nVisit smu.ca/blackstudent/events for access to the Zoom link.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/dr-angela-davis-keynote-address-we-are-still-here-remembering-reaffirming-resilience-african-heritage/
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SUMMARY:Mining (In)Justice:  The cost of Canadian Mining at Home and Abroad
DESCRIPTION:#IDW2021: On Feb 12th\, come hear the latest re: struggles against Canadian mining in Canada & Guatemala + what actions are being taken. We’ll share how you can be in solidarity  \n\n\n\nWith speakers from BTS & @SUNNS902 Register here: tinyurl.com/bts-idw2021
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/mining-injustice-the-cost-of-canadian-mining-at-home-and-abroad/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210211T190000
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SUMMARY:Atlantic Canada Book Launch for N’in D’la Owey Innklan: Mi’kmaq Sojourns in England
DESCRIPTION:Atlantic Canada Book Launch for N’in D’la Owey Innklan: Mi’kmaq Sojourns in England  \n\n\n\nNovel by Professor Bonita Lawrence explores five centuries of interconnections between Mi’kmaq people and London \n\n\n\nMonday\, February 8 (Halifax\, NS) –  The Atlantic Canada book launch for Dr. Bonita Lawrence’s new novel N’in D’la Owey Innklan: Mi’kmaq Sojourns in England will be hosted by Dalhousie University Libraries and will take place virtually on Thursday\, February 11 at 7 p.m. (AST). At the launch\, Dr. Lawrence will be joined by guests Marie Battiste\, Hannah Beaulieu\, Sean Hillier\, and Cathy Martin. \n\n\n\nN’in D’la Owey Innklan: Mi’kmaq Sojourns in England is an historical novel beginning in 1497 that takes the reader on a series of vignettes through five centuries of interconnections between Mi’kmaq people and London. Each character begins their story in different regions of the Mi’kmaq world\, and they end up in London for various reasons—ranging from being kidnapped or enslaved in early years of contact\, to being impressed into the British Navy or to attend university. The novel encompasses descriptive scenes of London in different eras\, alternately addressing the eroticism of lovers\, the wide-ranging lives of whalers and sailors\, the horrors of nursing during World War I and the overwrought world of heroin users in late 1970s East London\, interspersed with occasional short pages of intellectual commentary. Ultimately\, it is a labour of love for homelands lost. (Taken from austinmacauley.com) \n\n\n\nDr. Lawrence is a professor in the Department of Humanities at York University and is a founding member of the Indigenous Studies program. She is of Mi’kmaq\, Acadian\, and English ancestry. In addition to this novel\, she has authored two academic books\, Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario and “Real” Indians and Others: Mixed-Race Urban Native People and Indigenous Nationhood. With Kim Anderson\, she co-authored a collection of essays entitled Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/atlantic-canada-book-launch-for-nin-dla-owey-innklan-mikmaq-sojourns-in-england/
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SUMMARY:Panel discussion on: Fitting African Centered Perspectives into Social Work Practice
DESCRIPTION:EVERYONE IS WELCOME. REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE TO ATTEND \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/panel-discussion-on-fitting-african-centered-perspectives-into-social-work-practice/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210210T190000
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SUMMARY:Alone\, Opening Reception\, Online Edition
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening reception – Online Edition – for “ALONE.”The pandemic has show how integral art is to our daily lives\, sense of community and well-being. This curated exhibition presents the work of 18 Nova Scotian artists whose work responds to\, and reflects on the impacts of Covid-19. Curator: Dr Laurie Dalton \n\n\n\nhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h-c8AMy9TamT2WbMM-mPyA
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/alone-opening-reception-online-edition/
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SUMMARY:Big Ideas: A Conversation about Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:An online panel discussion about the social determinants of health\, lived experience\, and client/family-centred care. Organized by the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers. \n\n\n\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1817322075097480
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/big-ideas-a-conversation-about-mental-health/
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SUMMARY:ACORN: Mainland Chapter Meeting + ELECTIONS!
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/209228510905603/ \n\n\n\nAfter months of organizing – on February 10th we’ll be officially forming our Halifax-Mainland chapter! Join us to elect new leaders and get organized for our campaigns – permanent rent control\, $15 minimum wage\, and raising the rates of income assistance and disability! \n\n\n\nLINK TO JOIN MEETING: https://bit.ly/NSACORN OR call 204-272-7920 and enter Meeting ID: 954 757 2139 # \n\n\n\nWe’ll be having elections for our leadership positions: chair\, co-chair\, and treasury-secretary! \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-mainland-chapter-meeting-elections/
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SUMMARY:The Power of Connection Across Generations of Change Makers
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2872223449688215 \n\n\n\nPlease join us to hear and share with our special guests\, Dr. Lynn Jones\, Raven Davis and Quentrel Provo on The Power of Connection Through Generations of Change Makers. This is an opportunity to listen\, learn and grow a network of change.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-power-of-connection-across-generations-of-change-makers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210209T183000
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SUMMARY:You’re invited to Africentric Immersion™: Unlocking the Genius of Black Learners
DESCRIPTION:YOU ARE INVITED!\n\n\n\nWe’re hosting a new event\, and we’d love to see you there. Join us for Africentric Immersion™: Unlocking the Genius of Black Learners\, February 9\, 2021 at 6:30 PM. \n\n\n\nRegister soon because space is limited. \n\n\n\nWe hope you’re able to join us! \n\n\n\nTuesday\, February 9\, 2021 6:30 PM \n\n\n\nAfricentric Immersion™: Unlocking the Genius of Black Learners\n\n\n\n Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/406534780647258/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/youre-invited-to-africentric-immersion-unlocking-the-genius-of-black-learners/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210206T160000
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SUMMARY:From the Pacific to the Atlantic: A forum on defending Indigenous fishing rights
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/217015363451086 \n\n\n\nFrom the Pacific to the Atlantic: A forum on defending Indigenous fishing rightsJoin us for this livestream event with two guests\, from the West and East coasts.  \n\n\n\nWe welcome a native grassroots organizer and fisherman who would like to remain anonymous. He will use the name “Jim” for this event\, and will be discussing salmon fishery issues in British Columbia. We also welcome Nova Scotia’s Chris Frazer\, a settler professor of Latin American history at StFX University living and working in Mi’kma’ki\, the unceded land of the Mi’kmaq people. He is actively in solidarity with Mi’kmaq and other indigenous peoples. During the recent struggles to assert the right to moderate living by fishing lobster\, Frazer helped bring together solidarity activists to raise money and rallies to support Mi’kmaq fishers. Born in Vancouver and raised in Alberta\, Frazer has been a member of the Communist Party for more than 40 years\, and served as the central organizer and then leader of the Young Communist League from 1985-1990. Frazer is also a drag performer and queer activist in the east-coast LGBTQ2SIA community. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, Feb. 6 @ 12 noon Pacific Time (3 pm Eastern\, 4 pm Atlantic). \n\n\n\nA web link will be posted closer to the event.The Centre for Socialist Education is located on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. This event is also in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples of the territory in which we occupy.Sponsored by the Centre for Socialist Education and Communist Party of BC. Phone 604-255-2041 for more information.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/from-the-pacific-to-the-atlantic-a-forum-on-defending-indigenous-fishing-rights/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210206T150000
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SUMMARY:Connecting Abolitionist Struggles: Settler Colonialism\, Mass Incarceration\, and the "War on Terror"
DESCRIPTION:Connecting Abolitionist Struggles: Settler Colonialism\, Mass Incarceration\, and the “War on Terror” \n\n\n\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2105041156293424 \n\n\n\nPanel in commemoration of the Quebec mosque shooting \n\n\n\nFeaturing Shady Hafez\, El Jones\, and Arun Kundnani \n\n\n\nThis panel will bring together three scholar-activists working at the intersections of intertwined abolitionist struggles\, to discuss: What are the relationships between settler colonialism\, mass incarceration\, and the “war on terror” as projects of state violence? What connections are being forged between movements\, and what are points of tension? How do we build ideas and practices of safety and security\, beyond state concepts of “public safety” and “national security” premised on racial violence? What might futures of justice and liberation look like\, beyond the settler colonial\, mass incarceration\, national security state? \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nShady Hafez | Algonquin and Syrian Indigenous rights advocate\, and Yellowhead Institute fellow (https://yellowheadinstitute.org/research-fellows/) \n\n\n\nEl Jones | poet\, academic\, and prisoners’ justice advocate (https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/poets/el-jones….) \n\n\n\nDr Arun Kundnani | author and critical scholar of the “war on terror” (https://www.kundnani.org/about/) \n\n\n\nModerated by: Azeezah Kanji\, legal academic and journalist \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by: International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group; Muslim Societies\, Global Perspective program at Queen’s University; Noor Cultural Centre; UNIFOR Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University; United Jewish People’s Order; World Beyond War; Yellowhead Institute
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/connecting-abolitionist-struggles-settler-colonialism-mass-incarceration-and-the-war-on-terror/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210205T170000
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SUMMARY:Let’s Talk: Uncovering Black Art History in Canada
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2973020582984406/ \n\n\n\nRegister now to uncover historical and contemporary forms of Black Art across Canada with Dr. Charmaine Nelson\, art history professor at McGill University. \n\n\n\nPresented as part of #BlackHistoryMonth and #EDIWeek—Dr. Charmaine Nelson is a prominent Professor of Art History. Receiving her PhD in Art History from the University of Manchester\, UK in 2001\, she has taught at McGill since 2003. Her research and teaching interests include postcolonial and black feminist scholarship\, Transatlantic Slavery Studies\, and Black Diaspora Studies. Her scholarship examines Canadian\, American\, European and Caribbean art and visual culture. During this event\, Dr. Nelson will be uncovering the historical and contemporary forms of Black Art across Canada.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/lets-talk-uncovering-black-art-history-in-canada/
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SUMMARY:Colonial Violence with Dr Afua Cooper
DESCRIPTION:oin award-winning poet and Fernwood author\, Dr. Afua Cooper in an upcoming LIVE webinar on Thursday\, February 4\, 2021\, hosted by Montréal en action. \n\n\n\nWriter\, historian and poet Afua Cooper walks us through the story of Marie-Josèphe-Angélique\, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montreal in April 1734\, who was later condemned to a brutal death. Drawing from Angélique’s experience\, Dr Afua Cooper uses 15 years of research to shed new light on a rebellious Portuguese-born Black woman who refused to accept the offer for indentured servitude. Cooper completely demolishes the myth of a benign\, slave-free Canada\, revealing a damning 200-year-old record of legally and culturally endorsed slavery. \n\n\n\nhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sDkdm7O_T6GBXkBvv6qsdw?mc_cid=3ccbde4df0&mc_eid=56a4f1df32 \n\n\n\nGrab a copy of Black Matters here.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/colonial-violence-with-dr-afua-cooper/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210204T183000
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SUMMARY:ACORN NS: HFX-Peninsula Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2823207511334313 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for our Halifax-Peninsula Chapter Meeting!Get involved as we plan actions and strategy to fight back for rent control and affordable housing! \n\n\n\nConnect online at https://bit.ly/NSACORN \n\n\n\nQuestions? Message us here or email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-ns-hfx-peninsula-chapter-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: What's wrong with the NS human rights regime: Ideas for change
DESCRIPTION:To register for this webinar\, go to: \nhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S5AhX2A0SKe4LyeeFzWHLQ
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/webinar-whats-wrong-with-the-ns-human-rights-regime-ideas-for-change/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210203T140000
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SUMMARY:National Day of Housing: Rein in the REITs
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/439391947248906 \n\n\n\nHave you heard about REITs? REITs or Real Estate Investment Trusts are big landlords that are booming in Canada and elsewhere in the world. In fact\, they made more money despite the pandemic! \n\n\n\nThe problem? These landlords are making several millions of profits not only because the government allows them to raise rents and/or not to fix the units but most importantly\, because the Trudeau government does not tax them! We have estimated the government is losing billions of dollars in tax revenue (in the last 10 years) by giving these subsidies and tax exemptions to REITs. \n\n\n\nIt’s time that REITs like CAPREIT\, Starlight Investments and others are Reined IN! \n\n\n\nTherefore\, on February 3rd ACORN members across the country are demanding the federal government to close this tax loophole and put back the money to save the affordable housing stock. \n\n\n\nJoin us! \n\n\n\nWHEN: February 3rd\, Wednesday \n\n\n\nIn Person Actions\, See here: https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/event/info?id=2595 \n\n\n\nVirtual Phoneblitz\, TIME: 1 PM EST \n\n\n\nHOW TO JOIN? Register here: http://bit.ly/DayOfActionACORN \n\n\n\nDID YOU KNOW? Each year the federal government’s co-investment fund builds 6000 units and CAPREIT\, Canada’s biggest REIT\, alone flips approximately 14\,000 to get the maximum rent possible\, pulling them out of more affordable priced units. \n\n\n\nWe can save our affordable housing by Reining in the REITs!!!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/national-day-of-housing-rein-in-the-reits/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210202T183000
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SUMMARY:IMPACT OF RACISM ON HEALTH: ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PERIOD
DESCRIPTION:In the past year\, there has been quite a bit of discussion surrounding the impact that COVID-19 has had on communities of colour. In particular\, on the effect that it has had on Black communities across Canada and the United States. According to medical experts\, the lack of access these communities have to healthcare and the high levels of poverty found within them have made them even more vulnerable to the pandemic. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Dr. OmiSoore DrydenModerator: Tiffany GordonEntertainment: Eriana Willis-Smith​ \n\n\n\nContact bsac@dal.ca\n\n\n\nhttps://www.dal.ca/news/events/2021/02/02/impact_of_racism_on_health__especially_during_the_covid_19_period.html
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/impact-of-racism-on-health-especially-during-the-covid-19-period/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210201T180000
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SUMMARY:African Nova Scotian Health Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Cost: FRee-OnlineOrganized By: HAAC Board Member and NSH African Nova Scotian Services Consultant\, Rhonda Atwell. \n\n\n\nThe Health Association of African Canadians (HAAC) will be doing a presentation on the African Nova Scotian Health Strategy.  It will be presented by HAAC Board Member and NSH African Nova Scotian Services Consultant\, Rhonda Atwell. \n\n\n\nMore details here: https://ansa.novascotia.ca/calendar/event/african-nova-scotian-health-strategy
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/african-nova-scotian-health-strategy/
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SUMMARY:ACORN Holding Press Conference and Demonstration Ahead of Liberal Leadership Convention
DESCRIPTION:Tenants and low-income community members are gathering in front of the Premier’s office to lay out demands for the new Premier and demand action on the housing crisis and others. \n\n\n\nFor Immediate Release\, January 29th\, 2021. \n\n\n\nFor more details and to speak with spokespeople contact ACORN organizer Sydnee Blum at halifax@acorncanada.org \n\n\n\n(Halifax\, NS)  To low- and moderate-income people\, Stephen McNeil’s departure represents an opportunity to change course after a government that they feel has left them behind. ACORN members who have been directly affected by these policies will be speaking about their experiences and their demands on the new Premier. \n\n\n\nWHAT: Demonstration and Press Conference \n\n\n\nWHEN: Saturday\, January 30th at 12:15pm \n\n\n\nWHERE: One Government Place – 1713 Barrington St. Halifax \n\n\n\nJanice Pace\, Co-Chair of the Halifax-Peninsula Chapter and a single mother on Income Assistance explains: “ACORN’s Provincial platform has long included housing recommendations like Rent Control with Vacancy Control\, Inclusionary Zoning\, and Banning Fixed-Term Leases. As well as our COVID-19 demands to ban evictions and put those who are sleeping on the streets or in shelters into vacant hotels. But we also understand these issues do not exist in a vacuum. Our members will be renewing calls to immediately raise the rates of Income Assistance and Disability to a living standard\, and raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.” \n\n\n\nJanice\, among others\, will be speaking on Saturday and demonstrating along with ACORN members from across the city. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-holding-press-conference-and-demonstration-ahead-of-liberal-leadership-convention/
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SUMMARY:The Matters of Black Health - Resilience and Determination\, by Sharon Davis-Murdoch
DESCRIPTION:Health Law Institute Seminar Series \n\n\n\nFriday\, January 29\, 2021 at 12:10 PM – 1:20 PM AST \n\n\n\nThe Matters of Black Health – Resilience and Determination\, presented by Sharon Davis-Murdoch \n\n\n\nVia Zoom Webinars\, Webinar will be recorded. Closed captioning available. No registration required. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82166581143 \n\n\n\nFor more information hli@dal.ca or 902-494-6881 \n\n\n\nFree Public Lecture – Series hosted by the Dalhousie Health Law Institute with support from the Schulich School of Law \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: Sharon Davis-Murdoch is the founding member & co-president of the Health Association of African Canadians. \n\n\n\nSharon Davis-Murdoch is a committed public servant who has been employed with the Nova Scotia Department of Health for 18 years. Sharon has a MA in Political Science from Dalhousie University and has demonstrated her passion for social justice throughout her policy career. Sharon led the Department of Health’s Diversity and Social Inclusion in Primary Health Care Initiative. The Initiative\, now completed\, was the Primary Health Care Section’s effort to effectively\, address the needs of Nova Scotia’s culturally diverse populations. This work attempted to facilitate an effective response from the broader primary health care system. The first Guidelines for Culturally Competent\, Primary Health Care in Canada are an outcome of the Initiative. In June\, 2007 Sharon received the Premier’s Award of Excellence for this work. It is the highest honour of the Nova Scotia civil service. Sharon now holds the position of Diversity and Social Inclusion Health Policy Advisor for the Department of Health. This supports the expansion of work begun in primary health care to the broader health care system and across the breadth of diversity. It also incorporates key aspects of health human resource planning. It is the first position of its kind in Canada. Sharon lives in Dartmouth with her talented and supportive family.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-matters-of-black-health-resilience-and-determination-by-sharon-davis-murdoch/
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SUMMARY:Join Pam Palmater\, Doreen Manuel\, Kanahus Manuel\, and Peter McFarlane for the launch of the books Brotherhood to Nationhood and Warrior Life
DESCRIPTION:Register on Eventbrite
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/join-pam-palmater-doreen-manuel-kanahus-manuel-and-peter-mcfarlane-for-the-launch-of-the-books-brotherhood-to-nationhood-and-warrior-life/
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SUMMARY:Halifax board of police commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Budget meeting! \nhttps://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/agendas-meetings-reports \n 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/halifax-board-of-police-commissioners/
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SUMMARY:WELLNESS WITHIN PRESENTS: BELLY OF THE BEAST FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION.
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US!\nWe are screening Belly of the Beast\, an exposé of human rights abuses in women’s prisons\, highlighting modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice\, virtually. Free! \n\n\nREGISTER HERE. On January 22\, the links will be emailed to you. \n\n\nWatch the film at your convenience between January 23rd and 27th. \n\n\nJoin the virtual discussion panel discussion on January 27th at 7 pm. \n\n\nABOUT THE PANEL\nOn January 27th\, 2021 at 7 pm join Alisa Lombard and Emilie Coyle for a panel discussion of the film. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmilie Coyle is the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. She previously worked as Director of the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program at the University of Ottawa\, Emilie has practiced family\, criminal and immigration law. In addition to her professional accomplishments as a bilingual legal professional and not-for-profit advocate\, Emilie is a co-founder of Parents 4 Diversity\, a citizen’s group working with parents and teachers to address discrimination with the goal of making schools safer for all children and youth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlisa Lombard is a fluently multi-lingual and bi-jural lawyer with experience in complex legal and policy issues relating to Indigenous-Crown relations and reconciliation in national and international fora. Alisa has been involved in and acted for many First Nations in a variety of complex specific claims. Alisa is lead counsel on a proposed class action pertaining to the forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Saskatchewan. For her advocacy in this matter\, she was recognized in “Chatelaine’s Women of the Year 2018”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT BELLY OF THE BEAST\nWhen an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilization in women’s prisons\, they wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Filmed over seven years with extraordinary access and intimate accounts from current and formerly incarcerated people\, Belly of the Beast exposes modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons. \nwww.bellyofthebeastfilm.com
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/wellness-within-presents-belly-of-the-beast-film-screening-and-panel-discussion/
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SUMMARY:Recognizing the Rights of Nature in Nova Scotia: A Q&A with CELDF
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/857336021477759/ \n\n\n\nJoin us for a Q&A with Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund organizers. CELDF has helped dozens of communities in the US and around the world in recognizing the Rights of Nature and asserting their right to local self-government. \n\n\n\nHow can we do this here in Nova Scotia? Can we join the Rights of Nature movement and build the local power necessary to stop the corporate assault on our forests and watersheds? What are the barriers stopping our local communities from protecting our ecosystems and saying no to clear cuts and aerial herbicide spraying? We’ll continue our conversation on the rights of nature and try to answer some of these big questions among others. \n\n\n\nWe’ll also look into a local case study from Inverness County that passed a bylaw banning fracking within it’s jurisdiction to see what we can learn to help our communities stop the spraying and cuts at the local level. Check out the discussion section to have a look at the case study and bylaw. \n\n\n\nFor more info on CELDF and some recommended reading prior to the Q&A check out the discussion section. Also let us know if there are any related topics or questions and we’ll try our best to include them. \n\n\n\n***Please RSVP for the Zoom link at colin.rotsaert@gmail.com \n\n\n\nJoining us for the Q&A: \n\n\n\nTish O’Dell is the Ohio Community Organizer for CELDF assisting Ohio communities since 2013 to organize rights-based initiatives in their communities\, including the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Tish also co-founded the grass-roots organization in Broadview Heights\, OH\, that successfully campaigned to adopt a Home Rule Charter amendment creating a Community Bill of Rights banning shale gas drilling and fracking. \n\n\n\nBen Price is the National Organizing Director for CELDF. Before moving into the national director position\, he led work across Pennsylvania\, where over 100 communities have enacted CELDF-drafted laws. Ben is a Democracy School lecturer. \n\n\n\nTerry Lodge has nearly 50 years’ experience as an activist\, civil and environmental rights litigator. Terry has filled much of his past six years with CELDF filing countless briefs in support of direct democracy\, Community Rights\, and the Rights of Nature in Ohio.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/recognizing-the-rights-of-nature-in-nova-scotia-a-qa-with-celdf/
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SUMMARY:VIOLA DESMOND LEGACY LECTURE WITH MICHÈLE AUDETTE
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the virtual Viola Desmond Legacy Lecture featuring Indigenous rights advocate\, Michèle Audette. Making outstanding contributions to Indigenous women’s rights in Canada\, including serving as Commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls\, she continues to advocate for change in provincial and federal policies to address discrimination\, violence against Indigenous women\, and social inequalities.​ \n\n\n\nBookmark the following link to watch the event live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y0tFGBS3HvY \n\n\n\nCategory\n\n\n\nSpecial Events \n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n\nStarts: Wednesday January 27\, 2021 – 03:00 PMEnds: Wednesday January 27\, 2021 – 05:00 PM
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/viola-desmond-legacy-lecture-with-michele-audette/
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SUMMARY:Safe spaces for white questions
DESCRIPTION:The event will be moderated by Alex Khasnabish (Mount Saint Vincent University) and Ajay Parasram (Dalhousie University). This event will be live-streamed via Fernwood Publishing’s YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/UBniai0u1I4 \n\n\n\nCan’t make it but still have questions you’d like answered? Please leave your questions here: https://forms.gle/6VuZzWrWkumauBma9
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/safe-spaces-for-white-questions/
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SUMMARY:Lois Miller Tulip Award Virtual Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom or Facebook Live on Wednesday\, January 27\, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. as we present our Lois Miller Tulip Award recipient\, Kendall Worth\, with a framed certificate recognizing him for exemplifying the spirit of independent living and enabling people living with disabilities to have control and informed choice over their lives.  \n\n\n\nTo join us on Zoom\, please click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81504111346. \n\n\n\nTo attend on Facebook Live\, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/ILNS2016/live. \n\n\n\nIf you have questions or if you require disability-related accommodations for the ceremony please contact us at 902-453-0004 or at ilnsadmin@ilns.ca.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/lois-miller-tulip-award-virtual-ceremony/
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SUMMARY:Forest Protectors in Court - Support outside
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/425005202159057 \n\n\n\nK’JIPUKTUK/HALIFAX: \n\n\n\nConservation groups and concerned citizens will appear before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Tuesday Jan 26 to defend their right to peacefully protect endangered Mainland moose habitat in Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\n**COME SHOW SUPPORT BY PEACEFULLY GATHERING OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE (masked and in socially distanced Covid -safe groups of no more than 10) FROM NOON to 1PM ON TUESDAY \n\n\n\nFor eight weeks this fall\, citizens blocked logging roads on Crown land in Digby County in order to halt the clearcutting of Mainland moose habitat. In December\, WestFor\, a consortium of 13 sawmills\, obtained a temporary injunction and nine people were arrested for refusing to obey that injunction. \n\n\n\nThis Tuesday\, January 26th\, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court will hear WestFor’s application to keep their injunction in place. The injunction bars anyone from blocking any logging roads anywhere WestFor has been licensed to harvest on crown land. It also bars anyone from encouraging anyone who might encourage anyone to blockade any of these roads. \n\n\n\nThis injunction represents an extraordinary overreach on the part of a consortium of 13 mills. \n\n\n\nEcojustice will oppose the application. Jamie Simpson of Juniper Law is also working on the case. \n\n\n\nWhile this case is about the injunction obtained by WestFor vs XRNS Association\, Forest Protectors want everyone to understand that they ended up camping out on remote logging roads because of the Provincial Government’s failure to do its job. \n\n\n\nIt is the government that should be in court — again — for neglecting its legal duties to protect Species at Risk. \n\n\n\nThere are under 500 Mainland moose left in all of Nova Scotia. Instead of identifying and protecting their core habitat\, this government licenses its destruction. When government breaks its promises and ignores the urgent concerns of numerous citizens\, citizens have little choice but to engage in peaceful civil disobedience. \n\n\n\nDue to COVID restrictions and safety\, the Supreme Court no longer allows spectators in the court room. This is unfortunate because of the resulting lack of visible support during a difficult time. \n\n\n\nPlease wear masks even while outside\, to show you are taking covid precautions\, because we want everyone to be safe and so that no one is threatened with covid by-law tickets. (Stay in groups of under 10 people\, spatially distanced) \n\n\n\nJACOB FILLMORE will be there with Endangered Mainland Moose POSTCARDS for you to sign\, that will be mailed to DLF Minister Derek Mombourquette. \n\n\n\nPlease always remember that Kjipuktuk (aka Halifax) is the \n\n\n\nUNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE MI’KMAQ PEOPLE – Settlers signed Peace and Friendship Treaties that we must be sure to understand and respect.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/forest-protectors-in-court-support-outside/
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SUMMARY:CANADA: Stop Arming Saudi: Yemen Can't Wait
DESCRIPTION:Main Rd and Avenger Place\, Shearwater (HRM)\n \nAnti-war\, Yemeni and humanitarian activists from all over the world are coming together for an international day of action on January 25th 2021. In Halifax\, we are targeting arms manufacturer Raytheon\, which has been singled out as the main supplier of missiles to Saudi Arabia\, which leads a coalition that is bombing and enforcing a blockade against Yemen.\n \nSince the Yemen war began\, Raytheon has booked at least a dozen major sales to Saudi and its partners worth more than $5 billion\, including $3 billion in bombs and bomb parts. While these contracts are officially with Raytheon in the US\, Raytheon in Canada supplies Raytheon in the US through subcontracts\, including $63 million* in missiles and components with Raytheon Missile Systems\, which supplies Saudi Arabia.\n \nCanada is also supplying Saudi Arabia directly with light armoured vehicles manufactured in London Ontario and more than 30 large-calibre artillery systems and 152 heavy machine guns. This deal\, valued at $15 billion\, made Saudi Arabia the largest non-U.S. export destination for Canadian arms in 2019.\n \nFor a period of 19 months after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi\, Canada put in place a moratorium on arms exports to Saudi Arabia\, a ban that conveniently did not apply to existing contracts such as the $15 billion General Dynamics contract for light armoured vehicles. But then Canada lifted even this limited moratorium in April 2020\, based on a flawed report from Global Affairs Canada\, which ignored the documented evidence of Canadian weapons being used in human rights abuses\, including the war in Yemen.\n \nYemen is home to the world’s worst humanitarian disaster\, and we must challenge Canadian complicity in this crisis.\n \n#YemenCantWait #CanStopArmingSaudi\n* data gathered by Operation Plowshares\n \nCOVID SAFETY MEASURESThis will be an outdoor event with social distancing and masks (we’ll have masks on hand if you forget yours!).
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/canada-stop-arming-saudi-yemen-cant-wait/
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