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SUMMARY:UPDATED: Demonstration Today in Support of Crisis Shelter Residents and to Demand Permanent Solutions to the Housing Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Halifax City Council stands down on removal after public outcry – ACORN\, Halifax Mutual Aid\, and Allies rallying to support residents and demand the city find permanent solutions. \n\n\n\nFor Immediate Release\, January 25th\, 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)  After public outcry last night\, Halifax City Council has backed down on the removal of the crisis shelters built by Halifax Mutual Aid. The city seemed to assume the shelters were unoccupied\, and have since clarified the shelters won’t be removed as long as people are living there. ACORN and Halifax Mutual Aid are still rallying to support the tenants and demand the city take permanent action to keep people off the streets. \n\n\n\nWHAT: Stop Encampment Evictions & Demand Housing for All \n\n\n\nWHEN: TODAY – Monday\, January 25th at 9am WHERE: Leighton Dillman Park (near Dartmouth Common) \n\n\n\nHalifax Mutual Aid writes\, “To clarify some of the rash assumptions the City has about the emergency shelters: The second shelter is Currently Occupied. So DO NOT COME DEMOLISH SOMEONE’S MEANS OF SURVIVAL. It should be clear to everyone that the HRM did not do their due diligence.”
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/updated-demonstration-today-in-support-of-crisis-shelter-residents-and-to-demand-permanent-solutions-to-the-housing-crisis/
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SUMMARY:Educators for Social Justice NS Monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/266927861727413 \n\n\n\nThis will be an online zoom event. The link will be sent out via our list serve. If you are not on that list\, please message us and we will send you the link.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/educators-for-social-justice-ns-monthly-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210123T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210123T150000
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SUMMARY:protest walk @ Peggy's Cove
DESCRIPTION:Join us @ Peggy’s Cove for a friendly protest walk Jan 23 12-3. Walk through the village to the lighthouse. See some of the work that has already taken place and some that has yet to be started.The best way to see how large and destructive this deck will be is to put your feet on the ground.We ask that everyone wear a mask and maintain 6 foot distancing. Dress warmWe are expecting several NEWS crews on site\, to share how much we love the unspoiled beauty of the cove. \n\n\n\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/410622393598238
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/protest-walk-peggys-cove/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210122T120000
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SUMMARY:Re-viewing a 1960s Mi'kmaq Ribbon Skirt: Reclamation\, Resilience\, Resistance
DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to invite you to the first Feminist Seminar Series of 2021.  \n\n\n\nRe-viewing a 1960s Mi’kmaq Ribbon Skirt: Reclamation\, Resilience\, Resistance \n\n\n\nDr. Lisa Binkley\, Dalhousie (Department of History) \n\n\n\nFriday\, 22 January 202112-1pm \n\n\n\nThis event will be captioned. All are welcome. Please find attached a high-contrast PDF of the poster.  \n\n\n\nRegister at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reviewing-a-1960s-mikmaq-ribbon-skirt-reclamation-resilience-resistance-tickets-129384838535
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/re-viewing-a-1960s-mikmaq-ribbon-skirt-reclamation-resilience-resistance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210120T190000
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CREATED:20210118T230430Z
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SUMMARY:The History of the African Nova Scotian Press Tradition and its Relationship to Black Activism in Nova Scotia\, 1946-1990
DESCRIPTION:Sawyer Carnegie MA Candidate\, Atlantic Canada Studies Program\, Saint Mary’s University \nAbstract: Nova Scotia has a Black Press tradition that dates back to 1915. Sawyer Carnegie will provide an overview of this tradition\, while exploring connections between the Black Press and Black activism throughout the 20th century. She highlights The Clarion and publications by the Black United Front. \nClick here for a bio of Sawyer Carnegie \nvia Zoom
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-history-of-the-african-nova-scotian-press-tradition-and-its-relationship-to-black-activism-in-nova-scotia-1946-1990/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210120T200000
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SUMMARY:Jim Crow Also Lived Here\, an author reading with Leonard Albert Paris (online)
DESCRIPTION:When Wed\, January 20\, 7pm – 8pm \n\n\n\nWhere Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Headquarters\, 182 Dalhousie St\, New Glasgow\, NS B2H 4M3\, Canada (map) \n\n\n\nDescription All are welcome to join us this evening (online via ZOOM or by phone)\, for an author presentation  with Leonard Albert Paris.   \n\n\n\nPlease click the link below to join the ZOOM webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85932482350?pwd=dGlXalh3d0VJV1lWWnBKdmtIdmRwdz09Passcode: 570650or by phone – please dial\, 1(800) 974-5902\, and then enter the Conference ID\, 6217271.\n\n\n\nAbout the Book:Many people believe that racism and discrimination against those of African descent was primarily an American experience. However\, this book dispels that myth by recounting Leonard Albert Paris’s first eighteen years (1948–1966)\, growing up as a Black youth in rural Nova Scotia\, Canada\, a province that was at the time\, home to about 36 percent of Canada’s Black population.  \n\n\n\nStructural racism\, community isolation\, and generational poverty affected every aspect of his life\, creating challenges and misery for him\, his family\, and the entire Black community—an experience that continues to affect him emotionally many decades later. While not as extreme as it was during the author’s formative years\, racism and its effects continue into the present. Leonard wrote Jim Crow Also Lived Here in part to create awareness of this problem and also to inspire change.    \n\n\n\nAbout the Author:After growing up in rural Nova Scotia\, Leonard Albert Paris spent forty-seven years in law enforcement\, during which he often had to help people who were victimized\, harassed\, and treated unfairly because of their race\, ethnicity\, gender\, or sexual orientation. This experience led him to take several courses at the University of Toronto on equity issues\, diversity\, inclusion\, and race relations. Now retired\, Leonard lives in Mississauga\, Ontario\, where he enjoys photography and being out in nature. This is his first book.    \n\n\n\nTo learn more\, please visit: www.jimcrowalsolivedhere.com. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/jim-crow-also-lived-here-an-author-reading-with-leonard-albert-paris-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210119T190000
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SUMMARY:Panel to examine impacts of Trumpism and U.S. Capitol riots on the future of politics - Dalhousie University
DESCRIPTION:Gerald Neal\, a Democratic Party member of the Kentucky State Senate\, joins experts from Dalhousie\, Acadia and Mount Saint Vincent universities next week to reflect on the tumultuous events that have roiled politics south of the border in recent weeks. \nPanelists will explore the violent events of January 6 in Washington\, D.C.\, when legions of Trump supporters overran the U.S. Capitol Building — temporarily delaying certification of U.S. presidential results by the country’s top legislators and creating chaos that led to several deaths. \nAt the heart of the discussion will be a look into the continued influence of outgoing President Donald Trump and how Trumpism could bring further destabilization into politics in the U.S. and beyond\, even as President-Elect Joe Biden is set to take office on Jan. 20. \n“The assault on the Capitol inspired by President Donald Trump was a traumatic and unprecedented event. Not only was this act of insurrection a travesty\, it was incited\, at least in part\, by the most powerful person in the world\,” Senator Neal\, pictured above right\, wrote to citizens and supporters in his legislative update last week. \n“The fascist outfits that were on display\, were juxtaposed to the symbols and ideals of the greatest democracy in the world\,” he continued in his note. “This was a comfort to those\, foreign and domestic\, that seek to undermine and divide us — and an embarrassment to those that look to the United States for leadership.” \nAttendees at next Tuesday’s (Jan. 19\, 7pm Atlantic/6pm Eastern) virtual event\, Trump\, Trumpism and the Struggle for the Future\, will have the chance to hear more from Senator Neal\, as well as the individuals below. Register now for the Zoom panel.\n\nDr. Rachel Brickner (Department of Politics\, Acadia University) \nDr. Lissa Skitolsky (Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair of Jewish Studies\, Dalhousie University) \nDr. Alex Khasnabish  (Department of Sociology and Anthropology\, Mount Saint Vincent University) \nDr. Isaac Saney (Director\, Transition Year Program and Historian\, Dalhousie University) \nModerator: Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley (Vice-Provost Equity and Inclusion\, Dalhousie University)
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/panel-to-examine-impacts-of-trumpism-and-u-s-capitol-riots-on-the-future-of-politics-dalhousie-university/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161129T183000
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SUMMARY:Roundtable with HRM 2016 Candidates for Councillor - Iona Stoddard and Shelly Fashan
DESCRIPTION:Hope you are looking forward to the week ahead and all the possibilities it holds. \n  \nThe Black and Immigrant Women Network Association  in collaboration with Iona Stoddard and Shelley Fashan\, HRM 2016 Candidates for Councillor will be hosting an evening of conversation about their Experiences. Lessons learnt\, Challenges faced and their hopes for 2020 elections. \n  \nYour Invitation is attached. \nThe Nov. 29 event is being hosted jointly with Halifax Library\, Lindsay Room\, 6:30 – 8:00 pm\,  2nd Floor\, Spring Garden\, Halifax. \nBlack and Immigrant Women Network Association \nAshanti Leadership & Prodessional Development Services  \n  \nLook forward to seeing you there.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/roundtable-with-hrm-2016-candidates-for-councillor-iona-stoddard-and-shelly-fashan/
LOCATION:Halifax Central Library\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161117T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161117T133000
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SUMMARY:Protest of Harbour City Homes
DESCRIPTION:We will meet at the Bus Stop on Barrington Street\nThis is a Protest that 108 people signed to have Board Members Removed and the Reinstatement of Mr. Bob Thomson as General Manager.We are looking to have a more Diverse Board with New Board Members . All are welcomed to attend
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/protest-of-harbour-city-homes/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161117T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161117T140000
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SUMMARY:Adsum House Open House
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a report on our activities and a tour of the shelter\, Adsum House.\nSpecial guests will speak about developments in their work\nto end homelessness and create affordable housing and supports. \nSpecial presentations by Shoppers Drug Mart and TD Bank Group \nFREE lunch of Chowder\, Soup and Sweets\nProvided by The Five Fishermen Restaurant\nNova Scotia Community College – NSCC Culinary Arts and Scanway Catering\, Cake & Pastry Shop Halifax \nFor more information\, call\nSarah at (902) 423-5049\nadsum@adsumforwomen.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/adsum-house-open-house/
LOCATION:Adsum for Women and Children\, 2421 Brunswick Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161114T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161114T213000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Notes From a Feminist Killjoy by Erin Wunker
DESCRIPTION:The non-fiction essays that make up Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life attempt to think publicly about why we need feminism\, and especially why we need the figure of the feminist killjoy\, now. From the complicated practices of being a mother and a feminist\, to building friendship amongst women as a community-building and -sustaining project\, to writing that addresses rape culture from the Canadian context and beyond\, Notes from a Feminist Killjoy invites the reader into a conversation about gender\, feminism\, and living in our inequitable world. \n“Erin Wunker’s Notes from a Feminist Killjoy takes up the figure of the feminist killjoy as a site of political potential\, and as a life method\, a way of handling situations that are difficult and demanding: from becoming a mother\, living in a gendered body\, to dealing with rape culture. All feminist killjoys will want this book on their shelves!” — Sara Ahmed \n“I’m grateful for this smart and irreverent book\, which so clearly and unapologetically says all the things I’ve been feeling but haven’t been able to articulate.” — Megan Leslie
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/book-launch-for-notes-from-a-feminist-killjoy-by-erin-wunker/
LOCATION:NSCAD Art Bar\, Haliffax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161114T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161114T203000
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SUMMARY:Is the Crown at War with Us? - Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free public film screening of\n“Is the Crown at War with Us?” (2002\, 97mins) \nPaul O’Regan Hall \nhttps://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/crown-war-us \nIt was the summer of 2000 and the country watched with disbelief as federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi’gmaq fishermen of Esgenoopetitj\, or Burnt Church\, New Brunswick. Why would officials of the Canadian government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land? What happened at Burnt Church? \nAlanis Obomsawin casts her cinematic and intellectual nets into history to provide a context for the events on Miramichi Bay. Delineating the complex roots of the conflict with passion and clarity\, she builds a persuasive defence of the Mi’gmaq position.\nAdmission is always free and films are all open to the public. Followed by moderated discusssion. \nThe The Radical Imagination Project\, in partnership with the Cinema Politica Network and the Halifax Public Libraries is pleased to bring you this series of documentary films to stir the sould and evoke the struggle for a better society. Please see our other events for more information\, or visithttp://radicalimagination.org/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/is-the-crown-at-war-with-us-film-screening/
LOCATION:Halifax Central Library\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161110T220000
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SUMMARY:Trans-Pacific Partnership Halifax Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:The TPP threatens tens-of-thousands of Canadian jobs\, will lead to higher prescription drug costs\, and threatens our health care system. Learn what the TPP will mean for Canada\, for Halifax\, and how to stop it. \nWhen: Thursday\, November 10\, 2016 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.\nWhere: Holiday Inn Harbourview\, Lake City Ballroom\, 101 Wyse Road\, Dartmouth\, NS \nSpeakers: \nHASSAN YUSSUFF President\, Canadian Labour Congress\nMAUDE BARLOW National Chairperson\, Council of Canadians \nAdmission is free but space is limited. Reserve your tickets:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/trans-pacific-partnership-halifax-town-hall-tickets-28687979519 \nFor more information visit http://stoptpp.ca/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/trans-pacific-partnership-halifax-town-hall/
LOCATION:Holiday Inn Halifax Harbour View\, 101 Wyse Road\, Dartmouth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161109T203000
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SUMMARY:Racism: Indigenous Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs and The ENRICH Project are pleased to present the fourth part of a series on Racism: White\, Black\, Immigrant and Indigenous Perspectives. \nINDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES\nSenator Murray Sinclair\nFormer Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada \nNovember 9\, 2016\, 7pm\nMcNally Theatre Auditorium\, Saint Mary’s University \nHow and why do the impacts of history persist? How is racism directly or indirectly manifested in our society? What are our obligations to address racism? How do we reconcile divisions created by racism? How do we directly or indirectly reinforce racism? How is racism holding us back?
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/racism-indigenous-perspectives/
LOCATION:St Mary’s University\, 923 Robie Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161107T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161107T200000
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CREATED:20161107T132923Z
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SUMMARY:Elvis Morales from the CCDA in Halifax!
DESCRIPTION:Elvis Morales from the Highland Small Farmers Committee (CCDA) in Guatemala will be speaking about his work as the coordinator of coffee export and commercialization for the fair trade plus market\, as well as the struggles of peasant farmers in Guatemala. Come learn about where your coffee comes from! \nThe event is sponsered by Breaking the Silence Maritimes-Guatemala Solidarity Network\, Just Us! Coffee Roasters and the CCDA
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/elvis-morales-from-the-ccda-in-halifax/
LOCATION:Just Us! Coffeehouse\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161106T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161031T122526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T122526Z
UID:3209-1478286000-1478449800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Women Taking Action for Peace: Voice of Women Conference
DESCRIPTION:Nova Scotia Voice of Women invites you to the National Conference of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. There are 3 free public events and 3 ticketed events that require advance registration or RSVP. \nAll ticketed events are free for students and low income everyone else please pay what you can to help cover food costs. \nFor a full list of events\, for more information\, or to register for the Conference on Saturday\, the Awards Dinner on Saturday evening\, and/or the AGM on Sunday\, please visit http://vowpeace.org/conference-registration/\, call 902-455-8544\, or email peace@nsvow.org. \nSchedule of Events: \n1. FREE: Thursday\, Nov. 3\, 12:00 – 1:00 pm: public lecture by Tamara Lorincz\, “A Climate for War? A Critical Examination of Western Militaries’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions\, Defence Expenditures and Energy Security Strategies”. Co-sponsored by Dalhousie University’s Centre for the Study of Security and Development in the Lord Dal Room\, Henry Hicks Building. \n2. FREE: Thursday\, Nov. 3\, 6:00 – 8:30 pm: public screening and moderated discussion of the film\, “Partners for Peace”\, a feature-length documentary that follows a delegation from the Nobel Women’s Initiative on a journey to Israel and Palestine. Their quest is to learn about the decades-long conflict and to reach out in solidarity to women activists striving amidst the turmoil. Co-sponsored by the Halifax Public Libraries\, in Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Central Library. \n3. FREE: Friday\, Nov. 4\, 7:00 – 9:00 pm: public panel on Military Sexualized Violence. Panelists: Shelly Whitman\, Maya Eichler\, Tamara Lorincz. Atrium 101\, Saint Mary’s University. \n4. RSVP in advance is appreciated: Saturday\, Nov. 5. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (doors open at 8:30 for registration and refreshments): Presentations\, workshops and small group sessions. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Unilever Lounge\, Sobey Building\, Saint Mary’s University. Sessions include: \n“Creating the Successful Grassroots Movement to Ban Uranium Mining in Nova Scotia”. Gillian Thomas and Donna Smyth will present on the activism they helped organize which was instrumental in bringing about a Moratorium which has permanently banned Uranium Mining in Nova Scotia. \n“Why Human and Legal Inequality Exists for Women and Girls Who Survive Non-State Torture”. Exploring the patriarchal human rights discrimination that has existed at the United Nations level and how this filtered into national political legal resistance and the invisibility of women so tortured. Presented by Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald. \n“Reframing the Halifax Explosion as an Act of War”. Presented by Janet Maybee. \nBreakout groups – Plans for Action. Group leaders include Janet Maybee (Making it Real: storytelling and street theatre)\, El Jones (spoken word) and others. \nConcurrent small group sessions. Leaders include Bridget Brownlow (peace education)\, Nancy Covington (nuclear issues)\, and others. \n5. RSVP in advance is required: Saturday\, Nov. 5\, 6:00 – 9:30 (doors open at 5:30 for cash bar). Outstanding Women for Peace Awards Dinner with special guest Kim Phuc\, Vietnam War Survivor and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Also featuring spoken word performance by El Jones and songs by Sandy Greenberg. Unilever Lounge\, Sobey Building\, Saint Mary’s University. \n6. RSVP in advance is required: Sunday\, Nov. 6\, 10:00 – 4:30 (doors open at 9:30 for registration and refreshments).\nAnnual General Meeting: 10:00 – 1:30 (with lunch provided)\, Unilever Lounge\, Sobey Building\, Saint Mary’s University.\nReception at Black Cultural Centre\, Cherry Brook (assistance with transportation provided): 2:30 – 4:30.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/women-taking-action-for-peace-voice-of-women-conference/
LOCATION:St Mary’s University\, 923 Robie Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161103T193000
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SUMMARY:Bryant Terry on Food Justice: Poverty\, Politics & Public Health
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free public talk with Bryant Terry to explore the relationship between food\, law\, and justice. Bryant is a critically-acclaimed author\, chef and social justice advocate who uses cooking as a tool to address intersections between poverty\, structural racism\, and food insecurity. In 2015\, Bryant won the James Beard Leadership Award for his work in helping to create a more accessible\, equitable\, and ethical food system in the United States. He is currently the Chef in Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. \nPresented by:\nThe Future of Food Law & Policy Conference\nSchulich School of Law\, November 3-4\, 2016\nwww.foodlaw.ca/halifax2016 \nWith many thanks to our sponsors: Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market\, enVie\, and groundSOUND.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bryant-terry-on-food-justice-poverty-politics-public-health/
LOCATION:Halifax Seaport Farm MArket\, 1209 Marginal Road\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161103T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161103T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161031T122738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T122738Z
UID:3210-1478196000-1478203200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Screening: Partners for Peace
DESCRIPTION:FREE: Thursday\, Nov. 3\, 6:00 – 8:30 pm: public screening and moderated discussion of the film\, “Partners for Peace”\, a feature-length documentary that follows a delegation from the Nobel Women’s Initiative on a journey to Israel and Palestine. Their quest is to learn about the decades-long conflict and to reach out in solidarity to women activists striving amidst the turmoil. Co-sponsored by the Halifax Public Libraries\, in Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Central Library.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/screening-partners-for-peace/
LOCATION:Halifax Central Library\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161103T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161103T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161031T122156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T122156Z
UID:3207-1478174400-1478178000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:A Climate for War?
DESCRIPTION:A Climate for War? A Critical Examination of Western Militaries’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions\, Defence Expenditures and Energy Security Strategies\nPresentation synopsis:\nThis presentation examines the fuel consumption and climate impacts of the American\, British and Canadian militaries. It investigates how emissions by these militaries are reported or not in the national greenhouse gas inventories submitted to the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change. Military policies\, Access to Information requests\, academic journal articles and think tank reports are reviewed to determine how these three western militaries are dealing with the challenges of climate change and energy insecurity. Many important questions are raised: How will the recommended carbon constraints recommended by the UNFCCC and national governments affect the military\, one of the state’s most fossil fuel-dependent institutions? Where is the place for the military in the future “radical restructuring of the economy and energy systems\,” as called for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? How can countries like the U.S.\, the U.K.\, and Canada achieve net-zero greenhouse gas reductions by 2050 and meet financial commitments under the UN Green Climate Fund and the new Sustainable Development Goals while maintaining high defence spending as demanded by NATO? Research findings place peace and disarmament at the centre of climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions.\nBio:\nTamara Lorincz graduated with an MA in International Politics & Security Studies from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom in 2015. She was awarded the Rotary International World Peace Fellowship for 2013-2014 and was a senior researcher for the International Peace Bureau in Switzerland. She is currently on the board of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the international advisory committee of Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space. She is also a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Tamara has an LLB/JSD and MBA specializing in environmental law and management from Dalhousie University. She is the former Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Environmental Network and spokesperson for the Halifax Peace Coalition. Her current research focuses on the military’s impacts on the environment and climate change\, the nexus of peace\, sustainable development and security\, gender and international relations\, and military sexual violence.\nOrganized by the NS Voice of Women and the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies. In recognition of the UN International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (http://www.un.org/en/events/environmentconflictday/).
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/a-climate-for-war/
LOCATION:Dalhousie University Henry Hicks bldg\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161102T003000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161102T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161020T131853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161102T122625Z
UID:3119-1478046600-1478106000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:For universal access\, education justice and public education for the public good. \nStudents\, workers\, community members are uniting to mobilize for a a cross-country Day of Action on Wednesday\, November 2nd\, 2016. Here in Halifax\, hundreds of students and allies will meet at Victoria Park at 12:30 PM to march to Province House. \nOn-campus feeder rallies start at 11:30am:\n*Dalhousie University – outside Killam Library\n*Mount Saint Vincent University – outside Seton Lobby\, bus leaves at 12:00pm\n*NSCAD University – Fountain Lounge\n*NSCC Waterfront – Main Atrium Doors\, bus leaves at 12:00pm\n*University of King’s College – Library Steps \nOur provincial demands for Nova Scotia are:\n1) Reduce and eliminate tuition fees\n2) Convert student loans to student grants\n3) Increase public funding for post-secondary education \nJoin the fight for free education. To get involved in lead-up organizing\, email chairperson@cfs-ns.ca. \nAccessibility inquiries can be sent to a.dubinski@cfs-ns.ca. \nRead more http://www.cfs-fcee.ca/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/day-of-action-dal-rally/
LOCATION:Victoria Park\, Spring Garden and South PArk\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161101T220000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161015T203513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161015T203513Z
UID:3080-1478026800-1478037600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:25th Anv. of the 1991 Documentary\, No Harbour for War
DESCRIPTION:No Harbour For War\, chronicles the history of the City of Halifax and its intimate entwining with imperialist war\, while also poignantly covering Halifax’s anti-war and anti-imperialist movement of the 1980s & 1990s. This event reclaims the historical memory and power of this broad and vibrant movement. A panel discussion featuring the film-makers and some of the more than 25 voices that appear in the documentary will discuss the legacy of Halifax’s anti-war movement and the current challenges that face today’s anti-war and peace forces.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/25th-anv-of-the-1991-documentary-no-harbour-for-war/
LOCATION:Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law\, University Ave\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161029T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161029T220000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161026T124706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161026T124706Z
UID:3183-1477767600-1477778400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Socialist Hip Hop - A Troublemaker's Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:A night of Socialist Hip Hop music by Mohammad Ali Aumeer as a fundraiser for the Mayworks Halifax Festival of Working People & the Arts. \nJoin us from 7pm to 10pm on Saturday August 29th (following the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council‘s Halifax Troublemakers Conference 2016) for a great night of music with Socialist Hip Hop! \nWhere: Italian Cultural Centre — 2629 Agricola Street\, Halifax\nWhen: Saturday October 29th from 7pm to 10pm \nCover Charge: $10 \nYou can see some of Socialist Hip Hop‘s music online at: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZkz4b2GPPpJ19MYTaE8DQ?spfreload=10
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/socialist-hip-hop-a-troublemakers-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Centre\, 2629 Agricola Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161028T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161028T180000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161026T124322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161026T124357Z
UID:3182-1477666800-1477677600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Carbs and Carbon
DESCRIPTION:It’s Fryday! Betcha you’re wondering how N.S. can create the political will to put a price on pollution without hurting the low income and middle class? No? Regardless\, wind down & up your week enjoying comfort fuel & food for thought on carbon—an uncomfortable fuel. A fair\, simple and inexpensive way exists. Come find out what we ought to—and not—do it. Sponsored by Citizens’ Climate Lobby Halifax.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/carbs-and-carbon/
LOCATION:Halifax Central Library\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161015T203124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161015T203808Z
UID:3079-1477594800-1477602000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Precarious U - Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:One-third of all Canadian university teachers are hired on part-time or short-term contracts.\nWhat does this mean for your work-life\, the education of our young people and the future of our\nuniversities?\nHow is this linked to other disturbing trends in post-secondary education – underfunding\,\ncorporatization and the erosion of academic freedom – and what can be done about it? \nPanelists:\nKaren Foster\nDalhousie University sociologist and author of a\nresearch report on precarious academic work in NS \nKaren Harper\nContract Instructor \nSylvia Fuller\nAssociate Professor of Sociology\, University of British\nColumbia. Specializes in work and labour\, inequality\, gender \nDavid Robinson\nExecutive Director\, Canadian Association of University Teachers \nModerated by:\nClaire McIlveen\nColumnist specializing in labour and social issues\, currently on\nstrike against the Chronicle Herald \nTHURSDAY\, OCTOBER 27\, 7-9 PM\nSAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY\nSOBEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS\nSCOTIABANK AUDITORIUM\n923 ROBIE ST.\nOPEN TO ALL: ADMISSION FREE\ncommunications@dfa.ns.ca or info@ansut.ca
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/precarious-u-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:St Mary’s University Sobey School of Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161024T134625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161024T134625Z
UID:3167-1477594800-1477600200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:After the Sands: Gordon Laxer’s book tour across the Maritimes
DESCRIPTION:Gordon Laxer’s book tour across the Maritimes: Oct 24–28 \nAuthor’s presentations promise to bring rare insight & controversy to today’s debates on Canada’s transition to a low carbon future\ \nGordon Laxer\, author of the award-winning book After the Sands\, will be on a speaking and book-signing tour through PEI\, Nova Scotia\, and New Brunswick from October 24 – 28 \nGordon Laxer’s After the Sands outlines a vision to transition Canada to a low-carbon society. Ralph Nader hails it as “a myth-destroying blockbuster book.” \nDespite its oil abundance\, Canada is woefully unprepared for the next global oil supply crisis. Canada imports 30 percent of its oil\, yet—unlike twenty-seven of the other twenty-nine member countries in the International Energy Agency—has no strategic petroleum reserves to meet temporary shortages. Canadians use much more oil per capita than other sparsely populated\, northern countries like Norway and Sweden. \nAfter the Sands sets out a bold strategy using deep conservation and a Canada-first perspective. The goal: to ensure that lower-income Canadians get sufficient energy at affordable prices in a carbon-constrained future and prevent the rich from cornering reduced energy supplies. \n“Is Prime Minister Trudeau taking bold action on climate change or blowing hot air? Trudeau promised big at the Paris climate talks last December that Canada would lead in keeping the world below a two degree Celsius global temperature rise. Yet instead of striding boldly forward\, Ottawa took a baby step by placing a paltry $50 a tonne tax on carbon. That will raise gasoline prices a measly 11 cents a litre by 2022. That’s two cents a year more starting in 2018. Why would we expect an 11 cent boost over six years to do anything when pump prices 30 to 40 cents a litre higher in 2014 than today did not curb Canadians harmful carbon fuel use? The Trudeau government is artfully deceiving Canadians that it’s tackling one of the biggest crises of our time\,” charged Gordon Laxer \n“Why aren’t we having a debate in Atlantic Canada about the region supplying itself with its own oil instead of running a pipeline 4\,600 kilometres from Alberta to New Brunswick\,” asks Gordon Laxer. “Newfoundland has enough non-fracked\, conventional oil to supply all east coast Canadians with the most secure oil of all –its own. Most Atlantic Canadians live on or near a coast. Why pipe oil from afar when tankers can ship all they need from Newfoundland’s oil fields? Tankers can be phased out as Atlantic Canadians’ oil use falls in the de-carbonizing transition the world is embarking on\, whereas an oil pipeline would have to pump harmful Alberta bitumen at full volume for at least 30 years to pay off the costs of building the pipeline. How would this help wean us off carbon fuels?” \n  \n\n\n\n\nWinner of the Errol Sharpe Book award \nFinalist for the J.W. Dafoe Book Prize \n  \n“The extraction of Alberta bitumen dooms both control of climate change and Canada’s transition to clean energy. No one has made this linkage more persuasively than Gordon Laxer.” \n  \nProfessor Patrick Bond\, University of KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa \n  \nWeb: www.gordonLaxer.com \nTwitter: @afterthesands \n  \nGordon can be reached for interviews by cell at 705-330-4589 or by email at gordon.laxer@ualberta.ca\n\n\n\n  \nTour Schedule \n\nCharlottetown – Monday\, October 24 – 7 p.m.\n\nMurphy’s Community Centre\, Room 207\, 200 Richmond Street \n  \n\nFredericton\, N. B. – Tuesday\, October 25 – 7 p.m.\n\nWilmot United Church Sanctuary\, 473 King St. (At Carleton) \n  \n\nSaint John – Wednesday October 26 – 7 p.m.\n\nGanong Hall\, University of New Brunswick Saint John\, 100 Tucker Park Rd. \n  \n\nHalifax – Thursday October 27 – 7 p.m.\n\nOndaatje Theatre\, Marion McCain Building\, 6135 University Ave (Dalhousie    University) \n  \n\nAcadia University – Friday October 28 – 1 p.m.\n\nBAC 142 \n\nMahone Bay – Friday October 28 – 7 p.m.\n\nMahone Bay Centre\, 45 School Street \n  \nGordon Laxer\, PhD\, is the founding director and former head of Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. A political economist and professor emeritus at the University of Alberta\, Laxer is a prominent public intellectual. \n  \nTo learn more about Gordon’s Maritime book tour visit www.gordonlaxer.com
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/after-the-sands-gordon-laxers-book-tour-across-the-maritimes/
LOCATION:Dalhousie University McCain Building\, 6135 University Ave\, Halifax 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T140000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161021T134420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161021T134420Z
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SUMMARY:Fight the Fees Lunch and Learn
DESCRIPTION:1PM in the dining area in front of the Grawood. Lunch provided by The Loaded Ladle!\nCome out and hear some very knowledgeable folks tell us about why it is so important that we fight and win free education!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/fight-the-fees-lunch-and-learn/
LOCATION:Dalhousie Student Union Building\, Room 302\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161027T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161021T135022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161024T135816Z
UID:3134-1477549800-1477600200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Nothing to Lose but Our Fear
DESCRIPTION:Nothing to Lose but Our Fear: A Conversation on Resistance and Persistence in Dangerous Times \nJoin us for an evening of timely and vital conversation about sustaining ourselves and our movements for social justice and social change in dark times. Author and activist Fiona Jeffries will be in conversation with Fazeela Jiwa followed by a facilitated discussion. Fiona will talk about her recent book (Nothing to Lose but Our Fear: Resistance in Dangerous Times) and the important lessons it offers about confronting fear\, sustaining hope\, and building movements capable of changing the world. Copies of Fiona’s book will be for sale at the event. Free and open to all! \nFazeela Jiwa is a writer\, editor\, and facilitator who has worked in public and alternative education\, co-operative housing\, and sexual assault crisis work. Her published poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction considers complicity with\, and resistance to\, representations of race and gender in cultural productions. Reach her at www.fazeelajiwa.com \nFiona Jeffries is a researcher\, writer\, and teacher working in the autonomist feminist tradition. Her writing and political interests focus on questions of precarity\, repression\, resistance\, commoning and care amidst the global enclosures. She has published on a wide range of topics including political violence\, cultural theory\, feminist politics\, media and gender violence\, and insecurity culture. Jeffries’ 2015 book\, Nothing to Lose but Our Fear\, was published by Between the Lines in Canada and Zed Books in the U.K. Find her online @fionajeffries
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/nothing-to-lose-but-our-fear/
LOCATION:NSCAD Art Bar\, Haliffax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161025T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161025T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161021T134151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161021T134151Z
UID:3131-1477404000-1477414800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Between the Bridges OPEN HOUSE
DESCRIPTION:*please share and invite others!* \nBetween the Bridges works in community and with community. \nPlease join us as we open our new “Base Camp”\, designed to support our collective work of “Cradle to Career” Support in Dartmouth North. \nDate: Tuesday October 25\, anytime between 2 pm – 6 pm \nLocation: 68 Highfield Park Drive\, Suite 203 \nLight refreshments will be served.\n\nWe will also have a Community Information “buffet table” so if you belong to an organization that serves the community\, please bring along brochures\, calendars\, information guides that you would like to share with others! \nFor more information contact Matt Spurway at 902-488-7446 or matt@betweenthebridges.ca
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/between-the-bridges-open-house/
LOCATION:Between the Bridges\, 68 Highfield Park Dr\, Dartmouth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161025T140000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161025T123908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161025T123908Z
UID:3175-1477400400-1477404000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Canada Since 1960: A People's History
DESCRIPTION:Larry and Judy Haiven will speak & read bits of a chapter they wrote in a new book Canada Since 1960: A People’s History – a Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics\, Economics and Culture (Lorimer\, 2016). \nThe chapter “50 Years of Class Struggle” is about the the union movement in Canada and the role Canadian Dimension\, Canada’s leading left wing magazine\, played in writing about labour struggles\, struggles of women workers\, and the struggle to build a radical\, made in Canada\, trade union movement.  \n\n\nWhen:  Tues. 25 Oct.\nTime:    1 – 2 pm\nWhere:  SMU Patrick Power Library\, room LI 135
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/canada-since-1960-a-peoples-history/
LOCATION:St Mary’s University\, 923 Robie Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161024T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20161024T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T125220
CREATED:20161012T142451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161012T142451Z
UID:3037-1477290600-1477341000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:The Yes Men are Revolting - film screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free public film screening of\n“The Yes Men are Revolting” (2014\, 90mins) \nRoom 301 \nhttps://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/yes-men-are-revolting \nThe sequel to the hit 2003 documentary follows activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano as they pull the rug out from under mega-corporations\, government officials and a complacent media in a series of outrageous stunts designed to draw awareness to the issue of climate change. \nFans of comic documentaries can rejoice. If you’ve never heard of the Yes Men\, you’re in for a treat; if you’ve followed their antics in earlier films\, you’ll delight in a new barrage. Either way\, you’ll find in this film a fresh reflection on the question: How does one sustain a life of activism? \nTHE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING chronicles the past five years of pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (not their real names)\, the infamous activists known for duping the media with their impersonations of corporate shills and government stooges. At this stage of their career\, the Yes Men have climate change at the top of their agenda\, which takes them to Washington\, Copenhagen\, Uganda\, and the Albertan tar sands. Laura Nix and the Yes Men team up as directors\, recording every step of Bichlbaum and Bonanno’s journey as they meet with collaborators and pull off their witty stunts. Their planning and execution is filled with anxiety and improvisation\, some pranks fizzling while others turn into media whirlwinds — and one case brings a threat of legal action more serious than any the Yes Men have ever encountered before. \nBut things become even more challenging as the pair enters a new chapter in their lives. Having crossed into middle age\, Bichlbaum and Bonanno now have more at stake than did their younger selves. The stress of nurturing relationships presents greater complications to their lifestyle\, giving rise to tensions that threaten to fracture the duo’s long partnership. Even as they question their future\, they move forward with one more daring action\, gathering a roomful of defence contractors and government officials under absurdly false pretenses. You won’t want to miss how it turns out. \nAdmission is always free and films are all open to the public. Followed by moderated discusssion. \nThe The Radical Imagination Project\, in partnership with the Cinema Politica Network and the Halifax Public Librariesis pleased to bring you this series of documentary films to stir the sould and evoke the struggle for a better society. Please see our other events for more information\, or visithttp://radicalimagination.org/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-yes-men-are-revolting-film-screening/
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