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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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UID:21845-1626744600-1626793200@nsadvocate.org
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:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210717T130239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210717T130239Z
UID:21813-1626526800-1626530400@nsadvocate.org
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:20260420T024049
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210717T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210717T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210704T191545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T191548Z
UID:21666-1626519600-1626525000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:ACORN Dartmouth Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/192402592772778 \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Dartmouth 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
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-dartmouth-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210714T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210615T124117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210615T124119Z
UID:21429-1626291000-1626296400@nsadvocate.org
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-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210713T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210713T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210704T191855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T191857Z
UID:21671-1626199200-1626204600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:ACORN Halifax-Mainland Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/322056409636968/  \n\n\n\nJoin 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-halifax-mainland-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210713T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210713T120000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210709T184205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T184206Z
UID:21734-1626174000-1626177600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Come out and Fight to End 2 Tier Banking
DESCRIPTION:Banks received up to $750 billion in relief from the Trudeau government during the pandemic.  Did they stop charging poor people $45 dollar NSF fees?  NO! Did they provide 0% loans to tenants who were facing eviction? NO!   \n\n\n\nWhat did Banks do? Last quarter bank profits doubled and tripled! And they even raised fees! Wow. \n\n\n\nTo make it worse\, RBC and BMO are financing and profiting off predatory loan companies like EasyFinancial! \n\n\n\nACORN members are demanding that the banks pay back all bank fees and charges they collected while receiving relief money from the federal government\, as well as implement a series of reforms that would help eliminate Canada’s growing two tier banking system.  \n\n\n\nCome out to demand your fees back and lower NSF fee\, no bank fee\, low-interest/zero interest loans and stop financing predatory Lenders like EasyFinancail!  \n\n\n\nClick here if you can make it out on Tuesday 13 July\, for our National Day of Action!  \n\n\n\nEvent details below. If you don’t see your city below\, email us at organize@acorncanada.org  \n\n\n\nToronto ON – Meet at 12:00 PM outside King TTC station (Yonge and King)London ON – Meet at 1:00 PM at the intersection of Fullarton St & Richmond St Ottawa ON – Meet at 12:00 PM at Confederation Square (53 Elgin St) before marching down Queen/Spark St to all 5 of the major banks Mississauga ON – Meet at 12:00 PM outside BMO at the Square One Mall (100 City Centre Drive)Montreal QC – Rendez-vous à 13h00 au BMO historique (119 rue Saint-Jacques) / Meet at 1:00 PM at the BMO historical branch (119 rue Saint-Jacques)Halifax NS – Meet at 11:00 AM at the CIBC at 1809 Barrington StMoncton NB – Meet at 11:00 AM at BMO Nesbitt Burns at 633 Main StSaint John NB – Meet at 11:00 AM at BMO Nesbitt Burns in Market Square (2 King St)Victoria BC – Meet at 11:00 AM at the RBC at 1079 Douglas StSurrey BC – Meet at 11:00 AM at the RBC at 10201 King George Blvd
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/come-out-and-fight-to-end-2-tier-banking/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210712T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210712T153000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210709T181936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T181937Z
UID:21730-1626091200-1626103800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Citizen Science Event at Sandy Lake and Marsh Lake
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/358613355642583/ \n\n\n\nJoin us for an afternoon at Sandy Lake Beach\, we are hosting an interpretive event for the final day of our Treasured Wetlands Bioblitz 2021. All are welcome from 12:00 – 3:30 pm on Monday July 12th\, 2021. \n\n\n\nTake a peek into our specimen collection with the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park. Come learn about the importance of our wetlands\, our species at risk\, and what you can do to help!If you’re feeling extra adventurous register for the guided hike up to Marsh Lake at 1:30pm! Register soon as spots are limited. Click the link to register and to learn more about the guided hike.https://forms.gle/t3vHbrbBvViD92HL7 \n\n\n\nMarsh Lake is featured as a new Treasured Wetland for 2021! This site is important because it is surrounded by a healthy\, diverse ecosystem and is home to many reptiles\, amphibians\, and turtles. Not to mention the Atlantic Salmon\, American Eel\, and variety of waterfowl that have been found here.We hope to see you there! 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/citizen-science-event-at-sandy-lake-and-marsh-lake/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210710T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210710T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210709T181334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T181335Z
UID:21728-1625922000-1625929200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Communists in the Park
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/872635136937299/ \n\n\n\nThe Communist Party of Canada – Halifax Club is collecting signatures for the Federal Election nomination process. Our candidate is running in the Halifax district\, which includes Spryfield\, Sambro\, Herring Cove\, Harrietsfield\, Williamswood\, Prospect\, Purcell’s Cove\, Armdale\, Cowie Hill\, Fairmount\, Kline Heights\, and the Halifax Peninsula. You must live in one of these districts and be a registered voter on election day for the forms to be valid. \n\n\n\nWe will be at Victoria Park (corner of Spring Garden and South Park) on Saturday from 1 pm to 4 pm. Come stop by and say hello and sign a form.If you want socialism\, this is how to get started at the electoral level. Lots of other work to be done as well. Here is the Party program https://communist-party.ca/party-program/This is the online part:Here is the form\, you can sign\, collect signatures from friends and neighbours\, and drop them off at the event\, or DM to arrange a pick up. https://www.elections.ca/pol/can/formsreg/ec20010F_e.pdf \n\n\n\nCovid has complicated this process\, so any help is greatly appreciated.Solidarity!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/communists-in-the-park/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210704T191211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T191213Z
UID:21664-1625770800-1625774400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:It's Our Time with Wanda Taylor
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/820548692191116 \n\n\n\nWanda Taylor will read from It’s Our Time: Honouring the African Nova Scotian Communities of East Preston\, North Preston\, Lake Loon/Cherry Brook. \n\n\n\nShe’ll discuss the book with the Library’s own Chanae Parsons\, Manager\, Programming and Community Development\, Eastern District. \n\n\n\n us02web.zoom.us
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/its-our-time-with-wanda-taylor/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210701T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210701T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210629T114944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210629T161653Z
UID:21599-1625144400-1625151600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:On Canada Day\, let's read from the Truth and Reconciliation Report
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/271404271412416 \n\n\n\nUnmarked graves of more than 1000 Indigenous children have been detected across Canada and more are expected. Weather permitting\, we’re going to mark Canada Day by getting together to read selections from the Truth and Reconciliation Report “What We Have Learned”. Bring yourself; bring a chair. Appropriately masked and distanced\, let’s learn together. \n\n\n\nAt the south end of Victoria Park\, by the fountain
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/21599/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210630T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024049
CREATED:20210615T124012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210615T124014Z
UID:21427-1625081400-1625086800@nsadvocate.org
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-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210629T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210629T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T024050
CREATED:20210620T213626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210620T213648Z
UID:21500-1624989600-1624996800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Fight for $15 and Fairness Virtual Rebranding Forum
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1276139129467208/ \n\n\n\nJoin us for a virtual forum on the direction of our campaign. We will be discussing whether it’s time to increase our demand from a $15 minimum wage to a living wage\, a $20 minimum wage\, some other figure\, or to continue to fight for $15. \n\n\n\nThis event is open to all workers interested in the campaign and all allies to the campaign. We want to hear from you! \n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/91546065560…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/fight-for-15-and-fairness-virtual-rebranding-forum/
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