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SUMMARY:All-Candidates Forum on Municipal Issues - HRM District 5
DESCRIPTION:Grace United Church\, in partnership with the Face of Poverty Consultation*\, will hold a District 5 All-Candidates Meeting on Sunday\, September 25\, 2016. The meeting will be held at Grace United Church\, 70 King Street\, beginning at 7:00 pm and ending at 9:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.\nHear from your candidates. Learn where they stand on the issues important to you in our upcoming municipal election. There will be a moderated Question & Answer and an opportunity to talk with the candidates. All 8 candidates have committed to participate.\nThe meeting is open to everyone. The location is wheelchair accessible. Donations of non-perishable food items for the food bank are welcome. \n*Face of Poverty is an interfaith coalition working to eliminate poverty in HRM.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/all-candidates-forum-on-municipal-issues-hrm-district-5/
LOCATION:Grace United Church\, 70 King Street\, Dartmouth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160925T160000
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SUMMARY:The Pass System at Lunenburg Doc Fest
DESCRIPTION:THE PASS SYSTEM is an investigative documentary about segregation. In Canada. \nThe film screens on Sept 25\, 2016 at 4 PM as part of the Lunenburg Doc Fest. Lunenburg Opera House\, 290 Lincoln Street\, Lunenburg\, NS \nEvent details are here: http://www.lunenburgdocfest.com/the-pass-system/ \nTHE FILM\nFrom the Northwest Resistance of 1885 and for over 60 years\, the Canadian Government denied many Indigenous peoples of the prairies the basic freedom to leave their reserves\, all the while knowing there was no basis in law for the policy. \nNarrated by acclaimed actor Tantoo Cardinal\, with music by Cris Derksen\, this investigative documentary features Cree\, Saulteaux\, Dene\, Ojibwe and Blackfoot Elders and their stories of living under and resisting the pass system. \n“This powerful film draws from Elders’ memories and historical artifacts in order to detail the history of the pass system – yet another example of the regulation and control of Indigenous people through colonial policies created by the Canadian state.” – Idle No More \nWatch the trailer for the film here: vimeo.com/awilliams/thepasssystemtrailer \nThe film’s website: www.thepasssystem.ca\nTwitter: twitter.com/ThePassSystem \nThe Pass System was produced by Alex Williams\, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Ontario Arts Council\, the Toronto Arts Council\, gracious support from community and artist-run centres across the country\, and produced in association with Tamarack Productions. \nIt is distributed in Canada by Vtape: distribution@vtape.org or (416) 351-1317 \nRECENT PRESS FOR THE PASS SYSTEM \nTORONTO STAR: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/01/10/the-pass-system-explores-dark-chapter-in-canadian-history.html\nhttp://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/04/09/documentary-chases-fragile-trail-of-pass-system-that-once-controlled-movement-of-first-nations.html\nhttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/04/27/ottawa-acknowledges-some-records-of-pass-system-were-destroyed-before-historical-value-known.html\nREZX: https://www.isuma.tv/rezx-podcast/episode-3-the-pass-system\nCANADIAN DIMENSION: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/conflict-coercion-and-settler-colonialism-in-western-canada\nTHE GEORGIA STRAIGHT: http://www.straight.com/movies/677981/canadian-film-week-its-movie-night-canada\nNOW MAGAZINE: https://nowtoronto.com/news/canada-s-secret-history-of-segregation/\nCBC ABORIGINAL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/dark-history-canada-s-pass-system-1.3454022\nAPTN NATIONAL NEWS: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/03/09/film-sheds-light-on-restrictive-pass-system/\nhttp://aptn.ca/news/2016/08/04/new-documentary-sheds-light-on-the-pass-system-in-canadas-dark-history/\nTIFF: http://tiff.net/theslate/alex-williams-pass-system\nCTV: http://regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=758495\nAPTN INFOCUS: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/04/14/the-pass-system-illegal-confinement-of-rebel-indians-infocus/\nhttp://aptn.ca/news/tag/the-pass-system/\nCBC UNRESERVED: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/exploring-the-past-present-and-future-of-life-in-indigenous-canada-1.3336594/the-pass-system-another-dark-secret-in-canadian-history-1.3338520\nREGINA LEADER POST: http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/the-pass-system-more-than-a-movie\nEAGLE FEATHER NEWS: http://www.eaglefeathernews.com/arts/index.php?detail=1719\nTREATY 4 NEWS: http://treaty4news.com/2015/12/the-pass-system/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-pass-system-at-lunenburg-doc-fest/
LOCATION:Lunenburg Opera House\, 290 Lincoln Street\, Lunenburg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160925T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160925T160000
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SUMMARY:Launch: Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World
DESCRIPTION:The Sierra Club Canada Foundation and TheGreenInterview.com are pleased to announce the release of the documentary film Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World\, and the companion book Warrior Lawyers: From Manila to Manhattan\, Attorneys for the Earth\, by Silver Donald Cameron. \nThe launch of the film will take place on September 25\, 2016\, at 2:00 at Mount St. Vincent University\, 166 Bedford Highway\, Halifax. The event will be attended by writer and executive producer Silver DonaldCameron\, and also by director and producer Chris Beckett. A question and answer session will follow thescreening. Admission is by donation. \n“It’s a fabulous film\,” said Sierra’s Gretchen Fitzgerald. “Silver Donald and Chris have been working on it for four solid years\, travelling all over the world to collect stories about the remarkable impact of environmental rights on the lives of people in the countries where those rights are recognized. Which is most countries. But not Canada or the United States.” \nUniversity-sponsored screenings in Nova Scotia will also take place at Acadia University in Wolfville\, NS\, at 7:00 on September 19\, in 244 Beveridge Hall\, and at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish\, NS\, at 7:00 on September 28 in the Schwartz Auditorium. These screenings are both open to the public. \nThe official national premiere of Green Rights will take place in Ottawa on October 4. The Hon. Senator George Furey\, Speaker of the Senate of Canada\, will host a celebratory reception in his chambers at 4:00 PM. A public screening in the Pearson ballroom of the Lord Elgin Hotel will follow. \nScreenings are also scheduled at The Screening Room in Kingston\, ON\, on October 6; at Heliconian Hall in Toronto on October 12; at the University of Waterloo on October 17; at the University of Guelph onOctober 18; at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto on October 19; at the Finnish Labour Temple in Thunder Bay on October 24; at the University of Manitoba on October 27\, and at the Unitarian Church of Calgary on October 30. For details see the events calendar at www.TheGreenInterview.com. \nSilver Donald Cameron will attend all of these events\, and autographed copies of Warrior Lawyers will be available at all screenings. On this same national tour Dr. Cameron will be participating in classes and seminars and delivering guest lectures based on Warrior Lawyers at 12 Canadian universities\, including four law schools. The interviews included in the book are among the nearly 100 interviews with global environmental giants available in video\, audio and text at www.TheGreenInterview.com. \nAdditional screenings and lectures are planned for British Columbia\, Washington and Oregon during the winter. Dr. Cameron will be based in Vancouver from November through April. The tour concludes the overall Green Rights project (www.GreenRights.com) on which Sierra and The Green Interview have been engaged since 2013. TheGreenInterview.com continues as a monthly subscription website\, and the film can also be streamed from that site.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/launch-green-rights-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-world/
LOCATION:Mount St Vincent U\, 166 Bedford Hwy\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160923T110000
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SUMMARY:Poverty IS a Municipal Election issue!
DESCRIPTION:We often hear that ‘social’ issues like poverty are a ‘provincial’ issue and outside the jurisdiction of the city government. The truth is\, many municipal issues are related to/affected by poverty. \nWhat issues? School Boards\,Gentrification. Rooming House Standards. Food Security\, Transit Service. Parks and Recreation. Public Libraries. Water Rates. And much more. \nCome and hear a panel of low-income individuals talk about thenissues important to them. As well as some things that happen when HRM Council\, often acting in good faith\, does things negatively affecting folks living in poverty. \nThis Press Conference is being organized by the Community Advocates Network\, a group that unites people living on low-income and their allies in the fight to end poverty. \nFriday September 23 rd at 11 am \nJBO Centre\, 2103 Gottingen Street\, Halifax \nThere will be opportunities to speak with panelists individually. \nFor more info\, contact: Amy Moonshadow 902-492-2366 \nAnn Duffy 902-454- 9760 \nWayne MacNaughton 902-431- 3399
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/poverty-is-a-municipal-election-issue/
LOCATION:JBO Centre\, 2103 Gottingen Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160922T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160922T113000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160916T131130Z
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SUMMARY:Statues and Silence
DESCRIPTION:How are Canadian communities addressing the tension between commemorating the settler history of Canada and\nrecognizing the harms that colonialism have visited upon Indigenous peoples? \nPicking up on a recent failure of the Halifax Regional Municipality to support engagement around calls to remove the\nstatue of Edward Cornwallis\, the colonial authority that introduced genocidal policies that encouraged scalping\nMi’kmaq men\, women and children\, Prismatic hosts a community discussion on efforts to reconcile through a critical\nanalysis of local histories. \nHosted by Kaitlin Verge\, B. Ed.\, this discussion will provide an opportunity to examine how different communities are\naddressing historical realities and giving voice to communities that have been silenced.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/statues-and-silence/
LOCATION:Halifax Central Library\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160921T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160921T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160917T154528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160917T154528Z
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SUMMARY:The Daily News: What's Right? What's Wrong? What's Happening?
DESCRIPTION:The Daily News:\nWhat’s Right? What’s Wrong? What’s Happening? \nThe media landscape is rapidly changing with unprecedented cuts to newsrooms and the growth of digital platforms. How does that impact journalistic capability and accountability and the access to reporting and information necessary for a well-functioning democracy? Changes in the ways we receive civic information influence our ability to maintain an informed citizenry for both good and bad. What is the role of media\, government and the public in safeguarding Canadians’ fundamental right to credible information on which they depend as citizens? \nEdward Greenspon\, President & CEO Public Policy Forum
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-daily-news-whats-right-whats-wrong-whats-happening/
LOCATION:St Mary’s University Sobey School of Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160921T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160920T185832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160920T185832Z
UID:2858-1474466400-1474473600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:NFB Showcase: We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice
DESCRIPTION:In 2007\, the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations filed a landmark discrimination complaint against Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada. We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice documents this epic court challenge\, giving voice to the tenacious childcare workers at its epicentre; especially Caring Society executive director Cindy Blackstock\, who was spied on and harassed by the federal government for her part in this saga. Celebrated documentarian Alanis Obomsawin (Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance) takes us through all the stages of this long legal battle without ever losing sight of the well-being of children and the sustainability of Indigenous culture. \nDirector: Alanis Obomsawin\nWriter: Alanis Obomsawin\n 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/nfb-showcase-we-cant-make-the-same-mistake-twice/
LOCATION:Park Lane Theatre\, Spring Garden Road\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160920T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160920T120000
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CREATED:20160918T133034Z
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UID:2829-1474367400-1474372800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:We Story the Land - film screening
DESCRIPTION:**Mi’kma’ki premiere with filmmaker Sherry Pictou in attendance**\nThe Bear River reserve boundary cuts the people of L’sitkuk off from their ancestors’ hunting and fishing grounds. But there are old canoe routes that leave from the reserve\, and cross the territory; and people here are working to reclaim them. We Story the Land follows seven paddlers as they travel through the land\, to reconnect with a part of their history and a part of themselves.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/we-story-the-land-film-screening/
LOCATION:Park Lane Theatre\, Spring Garden Road\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160919T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160919T230000
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CREATED:20160918T134200Z
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UID:2833-1474319700-1474326000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Atlantic Focus: 100 Short Stories
DESCRIPTION:100 Short Stories is a collage ranging from the serious to the humourous. This original and engaging documentary tackles opinions regarding governance\, public policy\, and questions what are sound ideas socially\, environmentally and culturally in today’s society. It’s about predatory Capitalism\, renewable energy\, stopping the frakers\, and contemporary life in Atlantic Canada. Created by Neal Livingston\, a well known Nova Scotian documentary filmmaker and artist – as well as renewable energy practitioner\, developer and policy advocate – who calls the film partly autobiographical.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/atlantic-focus-100-short-stories/
LOCATION:Park Lane Theatre\, Spring Garden Road\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160918T170000
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CREATED:20160917T153523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160917T153523Z
UID:2819-1474207200-1474218000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Hold down the Truck house for highest tide of 2016
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Mikmaq community\, fishermen\, neighbours and friends for the Sunday tidal bore and the hightest expected tides for 2016. \nPlease dress for the weather…layers is always good. \nWe may watch from the truck house or retreat to the dike. \nRefeshments are welcome and available.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/hold-down-the-truck-house-for-highest-tide-of-2016/
LOCATION:Fort Ellis Road\, Stewiacke
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160918T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160918T160000
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CREATED:20160912T190122Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond a Basic Income: the Radical Imagination and the Commons
DESCRIPTION:With Max Haiven. \nWe are launching Venture Commons with back-to-back workshops with Dario Azzelini (Sept 17th) and Max Haiven (Sept 18th) at Just Us Coffee house. \nVenture Commons is an experimental learning community centered around kick-starting collectives\, commons and co-ops to create a REAL sharing economy. Balancing theory and practice\, we aim to grow our thinking\, skills and capacities to create initiatives that support rather than exploit our communities. venturecommons.ca \nIn the past few years\, the idea that all people should be entitled to a basic guaranteed income has travelled from the fringes to the centre of political debate and enjoys support from across the ideological spectrum. But what sort of basic income do we want\, and what would it take to get us there? Are there forms of basic income that might be a step backwards for social and ecological justice? And how might a basic income intersect with struggles for gender justice\, decolonization\, anti-racism and ecological care? Is there a horizon for us beyond a basic income? And what part might a basic income have in more ambitious struggles for a different world? \nMax Haiven is a writer\, teacher and organizer\, and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Art History and Critical Studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in K’jipuktuk in Mi’kma’ki (Halifax\, Canada). His research focuses on themes including the financialization of society and culture\, social movements and the radical imagination\, the politics and economics of culture\, critical art practices\, and social and cultural theory. He writes articles for both academic and general audiences and has been published in venues including Truth-Out\, Dissident Voice\, Social Text\, Cultural Studies\, Cultural Politics and Interface: A Journal For and About Social Movements . He is author of the books Crises of Imagination\, Crises of Power: Capitalism\, Creativity and the Commons (Zed Books\, 2014)\, The Radical Imagination: Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity (with Alex Khasnabish\, Zed Books\, 2014) and Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2014). \nCo-presented with the Radical Imagination project
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/beyond-a-basic-income-the-radical-imagination-and-the-commons/
LOCATION:Just Us! Coffeehouse\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160917T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160917T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160912T185904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160912T185904Z
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SUMMARY:A Real Sharing Economy: Workers' Control to the Sustainable Commons
DESCRIPTION:With Dario Azzellini. \nWe are launching Venture Commons with back-to-back workshops with Dario Azzelini and Max Haiven (Sept18th) at Just Us Coffee. \nVenture Commons is an experimental learning community centered around kick-starting collectives\, commons and co-ops to create a REAL sharing economy. Balancing theory and practice\, we aim to grow our thinking\, skills and capacities to create initiatives that support rather than exploit our communities. \nventurecommons.ca \nDario Azzellini is an Italian/German scholar\, author\, filmmaker and political activist who lives in Berlin and is an assistant professor at Johannes Kepler University in Linz\, Austria. He holds a PhD in political science from the Goethe University in Frankfurt (Germany) and a PhD in sociology from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico). \nCo-presented with the Radical Imagination project and Saint Mary’s University
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/a-real-sharing-economy-workers-control-to-the-sustainable-commons/
LOCATION:Just Us! Coffeehouse\, Spring Garden Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160916T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160908T122854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T123220Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Julius Garvey\, son of Marcus Garvey\, speaks on the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent
DESCRIPTION:Marcus Garvey was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and regarded as the leader of the largest organized mass movement in Black history. Garvey’s influence extended well beyond the United States to the Caribbean\, Canada and Africa. Dr. Julius Garvey is an accomplished and successful medical doctor\, who continues to carry on his father’s legacy.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/dr-julius-garvey-son-of-marcus-garvey-speaks-on-the-united-nations-international-decade-for-people-of-african-descent-2014-2024-marcus-garvey-was-the-founder-of-the-universal-negro-improvement-as/
LOCATION:Ondaatje Hall\, McCean Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Building\, 6135 University Ave\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160916T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160916T130613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160916T130613Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry For Progress Presents: George Elliott Clarke
DESCRIPTION:Poets for Progress invite you out for another round of spoken word in support of local charities\, non-profits\, and community groups! \nIn Partnership with Word On The Street. \nRebecca Thomas Poet Laureate of Halifax will be our host for the evening. \nGeorge Elliott Clarke The Canadian Poet Laureate will be our feature. \nDoors ‘open’ at 6:30pm\, come grab your drinks and a good seat\, open mic will start at 7:00pm followed by our slam\, and then our feature for the night. \n-Open Mic-\n\nAnyone is welcome to perform at the open mic! You do not have to perform spoken word\, we welcome story-tellers\, musicians\, comedians or even people who would like the read pieces from other poets and writers (as long as you state the author’s name). \nYou can sign up early on Facebook by posting in the event or messaging Martha Mutale or sign up at the door. \n-Poetry Slam-
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/poetry-for-progress-presents-george-elliott-clarke/
LOCATION:The Local\, 2037 Gottingen Street
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160915T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160902T225947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160902T225947Z
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SUMMARY:Democracy & the Commons: Free Public Lecture w. Dario Azzellini
DESCRIPTION:DEMOCRACY AND THE COMMONS: How communities around the world are taking control of their work\, their neighbourhoods and their lives. \nA Free public talk by Dario Azzellini: Scholar\, author\, film-maker\, political activist and assistant professor\, Johannes Kepler University\, Austria. (http://www.azzellini.net/) \n(co)Author of:\n* THEY CAN’T REPRESENT US: Reinventing Democracy from Greece to Occupy (w. Marina Sitrin)\n* OURS TO MASTER AND TO OWN: Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present (w. Immanuel Ness)\n* AN ALTERNATIVE LABOUR HISTORY: Worker Control and Workplace Democracy \nSponsorred by:\nThe Radical Imagination Project\nSaint Mary’s University Sobey School of Business\nSaint Mary’s University Halifax
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/democracy-the-commons-free-public-lecture-w-dario-azzellini/
LOCATION:St Mary’s University Sobey School of Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160915T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160915T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160914T171318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160914T171318Z
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SUMMARY:Bringing a Community Health Centre to North Dartmouth
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bringing-a-community-health-centre-to-north-dartmouth/
LOCATION:Farrell Hall\, 276 Windmill Road\, Dartmouth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160915T130000
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CREATED:20160913T121015Z
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SUMMARY:No to Alton Gas
DESCRIPTION:The Provincial Government thinks it’s ok for Alton Gas to dump 1.3 million cubic metres of brine in the Shubenacadie River – all in the name of building massive underground caverns designed to store fossil fuel gases. \nThe project has been approved without the consent of Sipene’katik and Milllbrook bands. \nThe brining of the Shubenacadie River is set to happen any day. \nCome show your opposition to this project and strengthen the voices of those already on the front lines in Alton.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/no-to-alton-gas/
LOCATION:Province House\, 1726 Hollis Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160914T043000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160914T173000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160912T185509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160912T185509Z
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SUMMARY:Know Your Employment Rights
DESCRIPTION:Join the Student Activist Law School Association and NSPIRG for this workshop on NS Employmee Rights.\nLearn what your employer can and can’t expect from you\, along with what resources exist to help you work through workplace conflicts!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/know-your-employment-rights/
LOCATION:Dalhousie Student Union Building\, Room 302\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160911T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160911T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160906T122217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160906T122217Z
UID:2714-1473598800-1473606000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Can an Observant Jew Also Be a Critic of Israel?
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Yakov Rabkin\, of University of Montreal’s History Department is an observant Jew. He dispels the notion that every Jew is a Zionist and therefore a natural advocate for the State of Israel. In fact\, there is a thriving critique among religious Jews.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/can-an-observant-jew-also-be-a-critic-of-israel/
LOCATION:Spencer House\, 5596 Morris Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160910T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160908T122425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160908T122425Z
UID:2735-1473501600-1473627600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Taking back the Shubie River-fishing\, weir building\, daily feast
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Mikmaq community\, fishermen\, neighbours and friends for two days of resistance to Alton Gas. \nWe are asking everyone to come out and join us for boating\, canoeing\, fishing\, asserting and defending treaty rights\, but most importantly protecting the Bay of Fundy and its rivers\, streams and species. \nWe need lots of help with preparations for weir building. The weir will eventually be used to count and monitor species in the bay and assist in our research team in establishing base line science for our own conservation efforts. \nDaily potluck feast-
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/taking-back-the-shubie-river-fishing-weir-building-daily-feast/
LOCATION:Fort Ellis Road\, Stewiacke
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160908T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160902T225515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160902T225515Z
UID:2668-1473361200-1473368400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Christian Zionism and the Idea of a 'Chosen People'
DESCRIPTION:Yakov Rabkin\, professor of History at the University of Montreal talks about how the Christian idea of Jews physically returning to the Holy Land predates modern Jewish Zionism by many centuries. The idea that the return is in accordance with biblical prophecy and is a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Jesus\, dates back to the Reformation. Moreover\, some Christian groups in Britain\, Germany and the United States have believed that they replaced the Jews as God’s “Chosen People.”
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/christian-zionism-and-the-idea-of-a-chosen-people/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s United Church\, 6036 Coburg Rd\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160906T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160906T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160831T181558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160831T181558Z
UID:2655-1473181200-1473188400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Rally At City Hall! Hands Off Our Pension!
DESCRIPTION:Negotiators for The City of Halifax are demanding the employer stop paying the employer’s share of an increase to our pension plan! Our pension plan is a 50/50 cost shared plan and it WILL stay that way! Also\, HRM is offering a very minimal wage increase and worse than that they are tying this wage increase to any increase to pension costs. \nThey have refused to return to the table and negotiate with us until we agree to accept this major attack on our retirement savings. \nWe will never accept a concession to our pension!\nWe demand they remove their pension concession and return to the negotiating table. \nWe invite our friends in the labour movement and community allies to come rally with us and help us defend our retirement savings and to send a clear message to our employer! \nHANDS OFF OUR PENSION!\nGET BACK TO THE TABLE!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rally-at-city-hall-hands-off-our-pension/
LOCATION:Grand Parade\, Barrington Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160906T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160906T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160906T121103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160906T121103Z
UID:2712-1473156000-1473163200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Stand up for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes!
DESCRIPTION:Important HRM Council Vote THIS TUESDAY\, Sept. 6 at 10AM on the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park. Please Come! \nThe fate of the long-promised but yet-to-be-delivered Regional Park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes could be determined by a CRITICAL VOTE\, to held by HRM Council this Tuesday at 10AM at City Hall. \nEveryone who cares about this special place and supports the park as promised in the 2006 Regional Plan are urged to COME AND ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING to bear witness to what happens and to send a strong message of support for the park. \nClick here for more details and background about why this place needs to be protected. https://www.ecologyaction.ca/news/development-threatens-blue-mountain-birch-cove-lakes
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/stand-up-for-blue-mountain-birch-cove-lakes/
LOCATION:Halifax City Hall\, 1841 Argyle Street\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160905T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160905T140000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160823T163415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160823T163415Z
UID:2603-1473071400-1473084000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Halifax Labour Day 2016
DESCRIPTION:The Halifax Dartmouth and District Labour Council presents Labour Day 2016. \nMeet at 10:30am at Victoria Park for speeches and then join us to march to the South Commons Triangle (next to the Pavilion) for a free barbeque\, entertainment\, facepainters and more for all members of the family. \nMore details will be released as speakers are confirmed.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/halifax-labour-day-2016/
LOCATION:at the corner of Spring Garden Rd and South Park S\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160905T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160905T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160902T224855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160902T224855Z
UID:2667-1473069600-1473091200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Labour Day events across the province
DESCRIPTION:PORT HAWKESBURY \nThe Strait Area Labour Council is having their Labour Day celebration from 2 – 3 pm at the Unifor (formerly CAW) Union Hall\, 323 Reeves Street in Port Hawkes­bury. BBQ\, face-painting\, Music\, free food and giveaways. Families welcome! This will be an exciting opportunity to celebrate Labour Day.  email President Jennifer Benoit at Jennifer.Benoit@Outlook.com or see the Labour Council’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/southshorelabour/ \nKENTVILLE \nThe Annapolis Valley Labour Council Labour Day Picnic is being held from 11 am – 2 pm at Memorial Park on Park St. in Kentville. We will have live music\, bounce kingdom\, dunk tank with prize wheel\, face-painting\, balloon making\, jimmy dogs\, chicken and pig roast. If you are in the Valley be sure to join them for their celebration!  Questions? Please contact: Annapolis Valley Labour Council President Dean Griffin at dh.griffin@eastlink.ca or see the Labour Council’s Facebook page at:https://www.facebook.com/AnnapolisValleyLabour/ \nYARMOUTH \nThe Yarmouth Labour Day event will be held at Frost Park\, Main St. Yarmouth\, directly across from the Rodd Grand Hotel from 11 am – 2 pm. There will be a BBQ\, speakers\, and children’s entertainment. For more information\, contact: Jim Laverie: laverie@hotmail.com or by phone at 902-761-2934\, or see the Facebook page for the South West Labour Group athttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1551711605063381/ \nBRIDGEWATER \nThe South Shore Labour Council Labour Day event will be held in Bridgewater from 1pm to 4pm at Ship Yard’s Landing at 210 South King Street in Bridgewater. There will be community music and a BBQ. For more info\, contact: Lisa Mason\, President of the South Shore Labour Council –  sslcpresident@gmail.com or see the Labour Council’s Facebook page at:https://www.facebook.com/southshorelabour/ \nSYDNEY \nThe Cape Breton District Labour Council Labour Day event will be held at the Open Hearth Park in Sydney from 12 noon to 2 pm. There will be games\, face painting and a magic show for the children\, a BBQ\, and much more fun! For info: Carmie Erickson @ carmie_e@hotmail.com or see the Labour Council’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CapeBretonLabour/ \nAMHERST \nThe Amherst Labour Day event will be held in Victoria Square in Amherst from 12 noon – 4 pm. There will be food\, music. Face painting for kids and fun for all!  For more information: Mike Clark @ mikeclarke81@hotmail.com
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/labour-day-events-across-the-province/
LOCATION:Various\, Various towns in Nova Scotia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160904T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160904T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160903T235222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160904T130317Z
UID:2679-1472990400-1473022800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Mikmaq host historic opening Treaty Truckhouse- ALTON GAS SITE
DESCRIPTION:Please join MIkmaq along the Sipeknekatik river\, within the Sipeknekatik district\, as we host our fellow communities\, allies and concerned Nova Scotian in a historic opening of a Truckhouse along the Shubenacadie River. \nThe Shubenacadie Treaty of 1752: \n4. It is agreed\, that the said Tribe of Indians shall not be hindered from\, but have\nfree liberty of Hunting and Fishing as usual and that if they shall think a Truckhouse\nneedful at the River Chibenaccadie\, or any other place of their resort\, they shall\nhave the same built and proper Merchandise lodged therein\, to be exchanged\nfor what the Indians shall haveto dispose of\, and that in the meantime the said\nIndians shall have free liberty to bring for Sale to Halifax\, or any other Settlement\nwithin this Province\, Skins\, Feathers\, Fowl\, Fish\, or any other thing they shall\nhave to sell\, where they shall have liberty to dispose thereof to the best advantage. \nPlease join us for other activities; \nWe will also be dropping Eel traps\, \nWeir building demonstrations by Darren Porter. \nCultural songs and feast. \nPlease come out and join us in this historic celebration. \nTake Stewiacke exit 11 and watch for event signs.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/mikmaq-host-historic-opening-treaty-truckhouse-alton-gas-site/
LOCATION:Fort Ellis Road\, Stewiacke
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160830T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160830T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160830T132125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160830T132125Z
UID:2647-1472538600-1472590800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Outhome - Short Film Premiere
DESCRIPTION:t seems like every time I turn around someone from Preston is taking their talents to new heights. I wanted to create a moment where all of this could be documented\, captured and brought into a new light through song and film. I’ve collaborated with KekeBeatz to bring you “OUTHOME”\, a short film\, which highlights the good in our community. I’m extremely proud of this project and hope you can make it out! \nCome out to enjoy a community pride event! Guest speakers that you DO NOT want to miss! \n*Light refreshments will be served*
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/outhome-short-film-premiere/
LOCATION:Halifax North Memorial Library\, 2285 Gottingen St\, Halifax
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160828T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160828T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160823T162835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160823T163132Z
UID:2600-1472392800-1472403600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:North Preston Peace BBQ
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating our community!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/north-preston-peace-bbq/
LOCATION:North Preston Community Centre\, 44 Simmonds Road\, North Preston
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160828T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160828T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160827T120725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160827T120725Z
UID:2622-1472385600-1472403600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Calling all Lnu and Allies for a gathering against Alton Gas
DESCRIPTION:We are callling on all available and interested Allies and Lnu to join us in our efforts to protect the Shubenacadie River\, our sacred ceremonial flags were removed from the river site\, our elder was threatened to be arrested as he attempted to put them back up. Our women were turned away from conducting ceremony and today Alton sends a letter saying it is concerned about our safety in their industrial zone. \nWe are worried about the safety of the water and species that rely on the Shubenacadie River. There are endangered species and critical habitat that Canada and Alton are set on destroying. \nThere are currently no environmental protections or legal recourse in Canada or Nova Scotia to prove needed protections. \nWe will be having a gathering at 106 highway 224\, overlooking the SHubie river\, Will need signs and flags\, man power and prayers for the water\, women water warriors\, allies.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/calling-all-lnu-and-allies-for-a-gathering-against-alton-gas/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, 106 Highway 224\, Shubenacadie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160825T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20160825T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T000443
CREATED:20160805T152940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160823T162501Z
UID:2457-1472149800-1472157000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:N.S Acorn Dartmouth Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:(Due to booking and transportation issues Acorn had to make this meeting into a chapter meeting focused on housing. We will be having this at all 3 chapters and will release dates for Halifax & Spryfield when they become available) \nJoin the fight for healthy\, affordable housing in Dartmouth\, Halifax \,and Spryfield. \nTired of landlords who take the rent but never do repairs?\nTired of wages staying low while the cost of living goes up?\nWant to see change in your community? \nCome to Nova Scotia Acorn Dartmouth chapter Meeting and get your voice heard and help make a solution. \nFor further information or interest in helping out please contact Nova Scotia ACORN Staff member Storm Paradise at\n\nPhone\n(902) 266 2956\nEmail\nhalifax@acorncanada.org \nCheck us out online:\nhttps://www.acorncanada.org/nova-scotia\nfacebook.com/NovaScotiaACORN\ntwitter.com/NSACORN
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/n-s-acorn-city-wide-housing-forum/
LOCATION:Dartmouth Sportsplex\, 110 Wyse Road\, Dartmouth
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