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SUMMARY:Keep Shannon Park affordable
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/526475455041227/ \n\n\n\nFor years Shannon Park was affordable military housing until the government bought the land and tore down those buildings. Now they want to sell the land off to developers and have them put up $1500/month condos! \n\n\n\nNorth Dartmouth needs stay affordable housing! Shannon Park is public land and needs to be used for the public good\, not to line developer’s pockets! \n\n\n\nJoin us for an emergency community meeting to come up with an action plan to keep Shannon Park affordable.******  \n\n\n\nRegister in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUpdOioqDooEt38DqiyOCXcHsCPo… \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/keep-shannon-park-affordable/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210610T190000
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SUMMARY:Islamophobia kills\, online teach-in
DESCRIPTION:Online: instagram.com \n\n\n\nFacebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/857320584992851/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/islamophobia-kills-online-teach-in/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210610T190000
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SUMMARY:Demand 10 on the 10th: 10 Permanent Paid Sick Days NOW!
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/499177324736838/ \n\n\n\nGather with a small group of your neighbours to push for 10 permanent paid sick days for workers in Nova Scotia. We will be organizing many simultaneous demonstrations at many locations throughout Nova Scotia on June 10th at 6pm. Fill out this form and we will match you up with 4-5 of your neighbours to be part of one of these protest pods. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/whhbZXPghd3XUf6X7 \n\n\n\n• West End Halifax (North St & Windsor)• North End Halifax (NW intersection of Robie & Young)• Dartmouth (Portland St. and Eisener Blvd.)• South End/Downtown (Sackville & Brunswick St)• Timberlea (TBD\, e-mail info@fightfor15halifax.ca)• Musquodoboit Harbour (East Petpeswick Rd & the 7)• New Glasgow (George St & Riverside Parkway)• Amherst (TBD\, e-mail info@fightfor15halifax.ca)• Sydney (TBD\, e-mail info@fightfor15halifax.ca) \n\n\n\nLow wage\, frontline workers have carried us through this pandemic: making the most sacrifices and taking the most risk. But these workers are barely scraping by\, and many cannot afford to miss work\, even when they feel sick. The provincial government’s solution – four temporary sick days paid by the province – is a short-term measure for a long term problem. If living with COVID is to be our reality going forward\, then 10 paid sick days must be a permanent fixture to protect workers and their families. \n\n\n\n*** Sign up to join a protest pod here: https://forms.gle/whhbZXPghd3XUf6X7**** \n\n\n\nWhether it is workers in part-time employment trying to string together multiple jobs in order to make ends meet\, or workers without paid sick days who can’t stay home from work at the first sign of symptoms because they can’t afford to lose pay\, fair wages and paid sick days must be central in how we face living with COVID\, Influenza\, and other deadly infectious diseases.The evidence shows paid sick days are effective at curbing transmission of infectious disease\, including COVID-19.•Yet\, 58% of workers across Canada have no paid sick days\, and that jumps to over 70% of low-income workers \n\n\n\n• Even 75% of workers in the service sector\, including food services\, and 50% in health & social services sectors where the risk of exposure is highest\, have no paid sick days.• No one should have to choose between staying home sick & paying the bills• Black\, Indigenous\, and workers of colour are over-represented in low-wage\, frontline work & are most at risk of becoming infected \n\n\n\nWe hear a lot about thanking essential workers\, but why is the government not protecting them with paid sick days?The CRSB has been widely criticized as inadequate to meeting the challenges presented by COVID-19. Ten employer-paid sick days a year are needed to ensure that no worker experiences a disruption in their pay by staying home when sick. \n\n\n\nNOTE: Protest Pods should still be socially distanced and wear masks.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/demand-10-on-the-10th-10-permanent-paid-sick-days-now/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210609T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210609T200000
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SUMMARY:Community vigil #OurLondonFamily
DESCRIPTION:Community vigil will be held outdoors at the Ummah Mosque tomorrow Wednesday at 7pm. All are welcome to join!! . The event will be held in the park in front of ummah Masjid .  \n\n\n\nthe event will start at 7:00 pm and end at 8:00 pm.  \n\n\n\nEntrance for parking from Chebucto road and St Matthias st. Parking spots are limited\, use public transportation if possible.  \n\n\n\nMandatory public health measures will be enforced. . keep social distance and wear face mask. Please help volunteers by following the instructions  \n\n\n\nAddress: 6225 Chebucto Road \n\n\n\n#OurLondonFamily \n\n\n\nPlease share!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/community-vigil-ourlondonfamily/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210609T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210609T120000
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SUMMARY:Press Conference: Advocates call for urgent action to improve vaccine access for migrants in Nova Scotia
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Screenshot from No one is illegal-Halifax/Kipuktuk video calling for vaccine access for migrants in Nova Scotia \n\n\n\nWHEN: Wednesday\, June 9th @ 11AM \n\n\n\nWHERE: Online via YouTube Live and Facebook Live. Stay tuned here for more details and updates.  \n\n\n\nWHO: Speakers will include Stacey Gomez (No one is illegal – Halifax/Kjipuktuk\, Migrant Worker Rights Working Group)\, Shiva Nourpanah (Board member\, Halifax Refugee Clinic); Tari Ajadi (PhD student in Political Science at Dalhousie University) through a prerecorded video; and Monika Dutt (Public Health and Family Physician\, Ally Centre of Cape Breton) \n\n\n\nWhile the Nova Scotia government has stated that anyone in the province over the age of 12 is able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine\, there remain ongoing barriers for migrants in the current vaccine roll-out plan. Such barriers reflect ongoing and pervasive gaps in health care access for migrants\, including people without migration status\, refugee claimants\, international students and migrant workers.  \n\n\n\nAdvocates and health experts are calling for immediate action to ensure a safe\, accessible and just vaccine plan that leaves no one behind. A campaign video released on June 7th by the migrant justice organization No one is illegal – Halifax/Kjiputuk highlights widespread community support for vaccine access for all.  \n\n\n\n– 30 –  \n\n\n\nMedia Contact: \n\n\n\nNo One is Illegal – Halifax/Kjipuktuk \n\n\n\nNOII.Hfx@gmail.com  \n\n\n\nMedia Coverage: \n\n\n\nNova Scotia urged to deliver on promise of prioritizing migrant workers for COVID-19 vaccine \n\n\n\nToo many barriers to vaccine access for migrants\, open letter states \n\n\n\nIn Nova Scotia undocumented migrants may miss out on vaccination\, group fears
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/press-conference-advocates-call-for-urgent-action-to-improve-vaccine-access-for-migrants-in-nova-scotia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210608T180000
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SUMMARY:ACORN NS: Halifax-Mainland Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1196132607498657/ \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Mainland organizing 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/NSACORN \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-ns-halifax-mainland-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210604T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210604T110000
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SUMMARY:Watch for Wildlife Drivers Safety Film Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the premiere of Watch for Wildlife’s new film covering driver’s safety when faced with wildlife on the road! Many individuals are unsure of how to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions or how to respond following a collision. This film covers preventative measures that can be taken by drivers to keep themselves as well as the local wildlife safe. It also includes how to proceed following a collision\, and what further measures can be taken at the government level to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions.  \n\n\n\nWhat: Watch for Wildlife Driver Safety Film Launch \n\n\n\nWhere: Zoom \n\n\n\nZOOM Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85920107584 \n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 859 2010 7584 \n\n\n\nPasscode: 261792 \n\n\n\nOne tap mobile \n\n\n\n+15873281099\,\,85920107584#\,\,\,\,*261792# Canada \n\n\n\n+16473744685\,\,85920107584#\,\,\,\,*261792# Canada \n\n\n\nWhen: June 4th\, 2021 @ 10am ATL \n\n\n\nWho: Wanda Baxter\, M.Env. Des.\, program developer\, Dr. Karen Beazley\, PhD Resource and Environmental Studies\, Hope Swiminer\, Founder of Hope for Wildlife\, and Taylor Godin\, Watch for Wildlife Coop Student \n\n\n\nThank you for your time\, we hope to see you soon\, Taylor GodinWatch for Wildlife Coop Student
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/watch-for-wildlife-drivers-safety-film-premiere/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210603T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210603T213000
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SUMMARY:The Prison is Always Spreading: Carceral Spaces\, Criminalization\, and Abolition in the Age of Pandemics
DESCRIPTION:Register in advance for this webinar: \n\n\n\nhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KuUhMzvWSkWJfhOxwjjNSA \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\n\n\nAs social isolation was enforced during the COVID19 outbreak\, one common public claim was to compare isolation to being in prison. These comparisons both minimize and erase the social death marked by constant and ongoing human rights violations in Canadian prisons\, while also normalizing carceral spaces. This paper examines the state of the prison during COVID19. While prisons became epicenters of disease\, at the same time\, the virus only exposed what is the day to day condition of the prisons as a place of isolation\, abuse\, lockdown\, and segregation. What does COVID19 reveal about states of confinement in carceral spaces\, including immigration detention\, forensics facilities\, and other institutional sites? How can we build upon release to think about a world beyond bars\, and to imagine and work for community sentencing and abolition? How do we push back against the creep of surveillance in a post COVID world?  \n\n\n\nEl Jones is a spoken word poet\, an educator\, journalist\, and abolitionist living in African Nova Scotia. She was the fifth Poet Laureate of Halifax. In 2016\, El was a recipient of the Burnley “Rocky” Jones human rights award for her community work and work in prison justice. She is a co-founder of the Black Power Hour\, a live radio show with incarcerated people on CKDU that creates space for people inside to share their creative work and discuss contemporary social and political issues. El was appointed the Nancy’s Chair of Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University for the 2017-2019 term. She is a winner of two Atlantic Journalism gold awards in 2018 and 2019. Her book of spoken word poetry\, Live from the Afrikan Resistance! was published by Roseway Press in 2014. El would like to pay tribute to the many nameless and unrecognized women whose work makes it possible for her to be here today. She is incoming Assistant Professor in Political and Canadian Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-prison-is-always-spreading-carceral-spaces-criminalization-and-abolition-in-the-age-of-pandemics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210602T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210602T210000
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UID:21199-1622662200-1622667600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Decolonizing Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 2\, at 7:30pm\, we’re launching 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\nWe’ll begin by reading and discussing Whose Land Is It Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization\, which is available for free as a PDF\, followed by Unsettling Canada by Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson. The book club sessions are free and will be hosted online.  \n\n\n\nRegister here for the Zoom link and to receive book club updates.  \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\nWe hope that settlers taking part in the Decolonizing Book Club will take some time to use the resources that we have suggested in our post\, Let’s Talk About Land Acknowledgments.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/decolonizing-book-club/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210602T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210602T203000
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UID:21174-1622660400-1622665800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Spring into action for paid sick days
DESCRIPTION:Join our webinar for Nova Scotia workers on Paid Sick Days. Join us by clicking the link and registering. Speakers include Dr. Monika Dutt\, Jason Edwards a lawyer with Pink Larkin and Lisa Cameron from the Halifax Workers Action Center. If your a worker you need to join and learn about why paid sick days is important. \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/…/WN_bFrOJD36ShW0H4XsjYDgpw…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/spring-into-action-for-paid-sick-days/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210602T193000
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UID:21138-1622656800-1622662200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:We are not just numbers
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/514404046418073/ \n\n\n\nPlease join us in a virtual vigil to honor the 255 lives lost which included over 70 children in Gaza. \n\n\n\nWe will be live streaming a candle lighting at Victoria Park across from the Public Gardens but please feel free to join us and light up a candle at home\,  \n\n\n\nMi’kmaq Elder Billy will be speaking at the vigil and will be accompanied by Joan Smith\, drummer from All Nations Drum.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/we-are-not-just-numbers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210601T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210601T200000
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CREATED:20210523T130542Z
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SUMMARY:Fight for Fifteen and Fairness meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/236141174951171/ \n\n\n\nJoin us in our next meeting for the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign. We’ll be planning actions and talking strategy as we fight for $15 now and ten paid sick days for all workers. \n\n\n\nOnline: zoom.us
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/fight-for-fifteen-and-fairness-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210601T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210601T120000
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UID:21154-1622541600-1622548800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Standing Committee on Community Services
DESCRIPTION:The standing committee on community services will meet by video conference Tuesday\, June 1\, from 10 a.m. to noon.  \n\n\n\nAgenda: Housing and COVID-19 and the homelessness crisis \n\n\n\nWitnesses:— Eiryn Devereaux\, deputy minister\, Department of Infrastructure and Housing— Art Fisher\, executive director\, Family Service Association of Western Nova Scotia \n\n\n\nThe committee meeting will be available to watch at: https://nslegislature.ca/legislative-business/legislative-tv \n\n\n\nMedia questions for witnesses can be directed to the relevant department or organization. Questions for committee members can be directed to their caucus offices.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/standing-committee-on-community-services/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210528T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210528T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T194817
CREATED:20210523T130020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210523T130253Z
UID:21034-1622232000-1622239200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:An Evening of Conversation With Charmaine Nelson
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/904636187056477/ \n\n\n\nThe Thomas More Institute is pleased to announce our upcoming webinar\, an evening of conversation with Professor Charmaine A. Nelson. The interview will focus on Professor Nelson’s recent research on the often-ignored history and contemporary impacts of slavery in Quebec via archives such as fugitive slave advertisements.Charmaine Nelson will be interviewed by Shernaz Choksi and Joseph Vietri of the Thomas More Institute on Friday the 28th of May from 7 to 9 p.m. EST on Zoom. \n\n\n\nRegister using the following Zoom link to RSVP and receive updates: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_oJRwHSGzTdSsRh5Hrun2Zg \n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, and the event is free of charge. A Q&A with the audience will follow the interview.Founded in 1945\, Montreal’s Thomas More Institute (TMI) has for 75 years been providing adults of all ages opportunities to cultivate their curiosity about wide-ranging questions rooted in a variety of fields. TMI is a secular\, liberal arts academic institution that offers university-level discussion courses as well as other opportunities for lifelong learning. Our discussions differ from the lectures offered elsewhere as group members are invited to participate collaboratively in a process of shared inquiry and reflection. \n\n\n\nCharmaine A. Nelson is 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\, CANADA where she is also the founding director of the first-ever institute focused on the study of Canadian Slavery. Prior to this appointment she worked at McGill University (Montreal) for seventeen years. Nelson 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). She is actively engaged with lay audiences through her media work including ABC\, CBC\, CTV\, and City TV News\, The Boston Globe\, BBC One “Fake or Fortune\,” and PBS “Finding your Roots”. She blogs for the Huffington Post Canada and writes for The Walrus. In 2017\, she was the William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard University.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/an-evening-of-conversation-with-charmaine-nelson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210527T203000
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CREATED:20210523T125037Z
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UID:21027-1622142000-1622147400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Halifax-Peninsula Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/244644617438471/ \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/NSACORN \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/halifax-peninsula-chapter-meeting-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210527T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210527T200000
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CREATED:20210523T125724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210523T125725Z
UID:21031-1622140200-1622145600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Keys to a housing secure future for all Nova Scotians\, Community Launch
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/200697781711687/ \n\n\n\nThe Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS has convened the Housing for All Working Group\, which includes advocates and activists in housing\, social and economic justice\, academics\, as well as providers of non-profit housing\, shelter\, and community-based support services\, from across Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\nThis group has been working on a report that answers this question: what would it take to ensure that everyone has meaningful access to safe\, permanently affordable\, secure\, supported and adequate housing in Nova Scotia? \n\n\n\nThe report\, Keys to a housing secure future for all Nova Scotians\, will be released on May 26th. \n\n\n\nThis event is the community launch and discussion. Join us! \n\n\n\nClosed Captioning will be available.Register in advance for this event: \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkd-6sqDIqHtYFBevgIgphtzvhV6ahTcf3
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/keys-to-a-housing-secure-future-for-all-nova-scotians-community-launch/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210527T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210527T170000
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CREATED:20210523T124833Z
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UID:21025-1622116800-1622134800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Phone-In - No COVID Evictions
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/488932408983313/ \n\n\n\nJoin us to phone our representatives and demand a full eviction ban! \n\n\n\nNo one should be thrown out on the streets during a pandemic – tenants shouldn’t be touring apartments – people should have a roof over their heads.Demand the government step up! \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/phone-in-no-covid-evictions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210525T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210525T210000
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SUMMARY:Mayworks Kjipuktuk Halifax: Archives Continuum
DESCRIPTION:A digital storytelling project by Collective 2030\n\n\n\nIn collaboration with Restorying Climate Just Futures\n\n\n\nWebsite launch May 25th | Live online event – May 25th\, 7:00PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCOVID UPDATE:\n\n\n\nArchives Continuum is presented ONLINE and can be safely enjoyed from anywhere. \n\n\n\nCarmel Farahbakhsh | Cathy Martin | Shalan Joudry | Calen Sack \n\n\n\nMichelle Sylliboy | Liliona Quarmyne | Tayla Fern Paul\n\n\n\nRespondents:Sabrina Guzman SkotnitskySailaja KrishnamurtiJonathan LangdonShelley Price \n\n\n\nDesigner:Daren Okafo \n\n\n\nCollective 2030 engages in imagining\, designing\, dreaming their recurrent futures through a multidisciplinary and intergenerational storytelling lens in “Archives Continuum”. Catalyzed and unified through themes of multi-generational and time-cyclical communication\, memory keeping\, and relationship to land and water — each artist facilitates a response that weaves a dynamic narrative and desire to radically redesign the world as we know it. \n\n\n\nLIVE ONLINE Event:\n\n\n\nOn May 25th at 7:00 PM \n\n\n\nRegister here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvd-mrqjgpGNHpAFwhqDlZ7Ld0rd-yjc0K \n\n\n\nExplore layers of the archive with Collective 2030 on a facilitated Zoom call. \n\n\n\nExplore the website that houses powerful pieces created by the artists. Spend individual and collective time discovering their work\, and experiencing their impact on the respondents. \n\n\n\nThen\, come together for a facilitated gathering that provides a space where open and intentional discussions can be held in regards to the very scary reality that we are heading towards climate disaster. This space is an honest acknowledgment on the current state of our planet\, while still holding room to be able to envision a new and better future for our environment.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/archives-continuum/
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SUMMARY:Angela Bowden: Poetry reading
DESCRIPTION:Please register at email info@cehpubliclibrary.ca. The email address on the poster is imcomplete.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/angela-bowden-poetry-reading/
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SUMMARY:Equity Watch webinar: Good Bosses and Bad Bosses
DESCRIPTION:To register for this webinar\, click on https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NCrnGKbzT5-Sbn16B53iVA 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/equity-watch-webinar-good-bosses-and-bad-bosses/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210521T120000
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SUMMARY:ACORN holding art build to demand government stop COVID-19 evictions
DESCRIPTION:(Halifax\, NS) Those who couldn’t make rent payments on May 1st are now getting served eviction notices for late rent\, meanwhile other tenants are facing displacement because landlords are selling their homes\, or want to evict them to raise the rent. With the third wave it’s more crucial than ever that we ensure everyone has a roof over their heads. ACORN is calling for the province to reinstate a ban on COVID evictions.  \n\n\n\nInstead of gathering for a protest\, ACORN is holding an art build to demonstrate to the province that we need a ban on evictions during the state of emergency.  \n\n\n\nWHAT: Art Build to Ban COVID Evictions  \n\n\n\nWHEN: Friday\, May 21st from 12pm onwards  \n\n\n\nWHERE: Alderney Landing Parkette (across from Alderney Landing)  \n\n\n\nACORN is encouraging people to drop off signs and banners in support of an eviction ban and drop by the Alderney Landing testing site for a asymptomatic COVID test. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-holding-art-build-to-demand-government-stop-covid-19-evictions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210519T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210519T210000
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SUMMARY:Nova Reads: Charles Saunders
DESCRIPTION:On May 19\, 2021\, remembrances of the late Charles Saunders and passages from his fiction and non-fiction works will be shared by David Woods (multidisciplinary artist and arts organization leader)\, George Elliott Clarke (Canada’s 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate)\, Judy Kavanagh (editor and Saunders’s Daily News colleague)\, Bill Turpin (managing editor of The Daily News)\, Milton Davis (author of 19 books of Black fantastic fiction)\, and Taaq Kirksey (television producer and developer of Saunders’s Imaro novel series for screen). Hosted by journalist Jon Tattrie (author of Peace by Chocolate)\, this edition of Nova Reads is co-presented by Halifax Public Libraries and the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute. \n\n\n\nThis virtual event is free to attend\, but pre-registration is required.REGISTER TO ATTEND \n\n\n\nCharles Saunders (1946 – 2020) was an African-American author and journalist who moved to Ontario in 1969 and then Nova Scotia in 1985. While a copyeditor and writer at Halifax’s The Daily News\, where he worked for nearly two decades\, Saunders penned numerous columns grappling with difficult racial issues\, contributed to The Spirit of Africville (1992)\, and authored the book-length community profile Black and Bluenose (1999). Saunders also pioneered the “sword and soul” literary genre through his Imaro series of fantasy novels\, begun in 1981. His fiction was groundbreaking not merely for its anti-colonial reimagining of figures like Tarzan and Conan the Barbarian but also for its worldbuilding centered on Black characters and cultures. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Charles Saunders in the feature stories “The extraordinary inner world of Charles R. Saunders\, father of Black sword and soul” (Jon Tattrie\, CBC Nova Scotia) and “A Black Literary Trailblazer’s Solitary Death: Charles Saunders” (The New York Times).
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/nova-reads-charles-saunders/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210519T190000
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CREATED:20210514T172803Z
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SUMMARY:RNSHS Public Lecture ~ The Black Refugees and Lord Dalhousie: A Story in Seven Letters
DESCRIPTION:Dear Members and Friends\,Join us Wednesday\, May 19\, 2021 at 7pm (ADT) for the next public lecture available by clicking here for the Zoom link. The public lecture with be followed by the RNSHS member annual general meeting. More to follow in the coming days. The Black Refugees and Lord Dalhousie: A Story in Seven Letters Afua Cooper – Professor of Black and Diaspora Studies\, Dalhousie University  Abstract: Afua Cooper examines the correspondence between Lieutenant Governor Dalhousie and the Earl of Bathurst\, administrator of Britain’s colonies. Setting the historical context of slavery\, war\, and settlement\, Cooper shows how the letters reveal Dalhousie’s biases. His prejudices contributed to the cruel and unjust treatment of one of Nova Scotia’s founding Black communities\, people who had escaped enslavement on American plantations for freedom with the British during the War of 1812.This is a free virtual public lecture and all are welcome to attend. Please pass this notice along to anyone who may be interested.  
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/rnshs-public-lecture-the-black-refugees-and-lord-dalhousie-a-story-in-seven-letters/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210518T203000
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SUMMARY:Free Palestine: Teach In
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/162190625855992?ref=newsfeed \n\n\n\nlink will be posted 30 min before event
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/free-palestine-teach-in/
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SUMMARY:Nakba Catastrophe: 73 years of Palestinian resistance
DESCRIPTION:Here is the link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nakba-catastrophe-73-years-of-palestinian-resistance-tickets-154422119717  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent to your email once you register. \n\n\n\nYou can also watch on our FB live stream at https://www.facebook.com/ACPalestinianSociety \n\n\n\nJoin us for an afternoon discussing the historical context of the Nakba and the ongoing effects of Israeli-settler colonialism on the Palestinian people. We will cover recent events In Sheikh Jarrah and Al-Aqsa compound\, Canada’s involvement in the Israeli-Palestinan conflict\, and ways you can take action. \n\n\n\nStay tuned for more updates on our guest speakers!
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/nakba-catastrophe-73-years-of-palestinian-resistance/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210513T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for WHAT REALLY COUNTS: The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy by Ronald Colman
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/292593835694598 \n\n\n\nWe are very pleased to host the PEI book launch for Nova Scotia author\, Ronald Colman’s new book WHAT REALLY COUNTS: The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy on Thursday\, May 13th at 7 PM. This event is FREE and a link to access the event is available by contact Bookmark at 902-566-4888 or charlottetown@bookmarkreads.ca. \n\n\n\nPoliticians and economists fixate on “growing the economy”—measured by a country’s gross domestic product. But this yardstick counts harmful activities such as greenhouse gas emissions\, plastic waste\, and cigarette sales as gains\, and it ignores environmental protection\, voluntary community work\, and other benefits. What we measure is a choice\, and what is and isn’t counted determines what sorts of policies are enacted. How can we shift the focus to well-being and quality of life?“This is an important book that deserves the attention of politicians\, business leaders\, activists and concerned citizens. As we look forward to life beyond the Covid-19 pandemic there is an opportunity to re-think how we as a society view development\, equity and the economy. This is a very timely and accessible book that offers clues as to what a sustainable future could look like.” says Bookmark co-owner\, Dan MacDonald. \n\n\n\nWhat Really Counts is an essential\, firsthand story of the promise and challenges of accounting for social\, economic\, and environmental benefits and costs. Ronald Colman recounts two decades of working with three governments to adopt measures that more accurately and comprehensively assess true progress. Chronicling his path from Nova Scotia to New Zealand to Bhutan\, Colman details the challenge of devising meaningful metrics\, the effort to lay the foundations of a new economic system\, and the obstacles that stand in the way. Reflecting on successes and failures\, he considers how to shift policy priorities from a narrow economic-growth agenda toward a future built on sustainability and equity.Colman has taken the critique of GDP outside the academy and attempted to realize an alternative. The lessons he offers in What Really Counts are vital for anyone interested in how we can measure what matters—and how better measures can help build a better world. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\n\n\nRonald Colman is the founder and former executive director of GPI Atlantic\, a nonprofit research group that built an index of well-being and sustainable development in Nova Scotia. He has worked with New Zealand government bodies and communities on measures of well-being and spent ten years in Bhutan assisting the government’s development of holistic progress measures\, a new global economic paradigm\, and other initiatives.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/book-launch-for-what-really-counts-the-case-for-a-sustainable-and-equitable-economy-by-ronald-colman/
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SUMMARY:Journey to the Zone
DESCRIPTION:FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/events/ \n\n\n\nIn the year 3000\, Earth has crossed over into the DIGITAL REALM\, a digital purgatory in which humanity’s online personas are trapped in an endless cycle of fear and distraction. As humanity wanes in its new existence\, Jax\, an unlikely hero\, must journey deep into cyberspace to unlock the secrets of the Perfect Pixel\, the energy source of the Digital Realm. Alongside a social media android\, Robopal\, Jax must overcome their fears and bias in order to free humanity and bring peace to the Digital Realm. A Sci-Fi Synthesizer Space Musical\, Journey to the Zone examines our relationship to our online world\, as well as the possibilities and limitations of our digital existence. \n\n\n\nWritten and directed by Peter Sarty \n\n\n\nWith Dramaturgy by Taylor Olson \n\n\n\nFeaturingBRETON LALAMA | STEVEY HUNTER | PETER SARTY | NATHAN SIMMONS \n\n\n\nAvailable for download from May 13th to 16th
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/journey-to-the-zone/
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SUMMARY:Atlantic Book Awards Festival — Understanding Our Past: Exploring Nova Scotia’s history
DESCRIPTION:Writers have historically played an essential role in helping us understand our past\, allowing us to see who we are and how we got here. Author Lindsay Ruck (Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians: Inspiring stories of courage and achievement) will lead a discussion of this tradition through the lens of marginalized communities. Featured authors: \n\n\n\n– shalan joudry (Waking Ground)– Tyler LeBlanc (Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion)– Rebecca Rose (Before the Parade: A History of Halifax’s Gay\, Lesbian\, and Bisexual Communities\, 1972–1984) \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia.Time 7 pm \n\n\n\nTo register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_–kBcFAUQNKhdmchfaQ3gA?t=1620391389489
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/atlantic-book-awards-festival-understanding-our-past-exploring-nova-scotias-history/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210511T180000
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SUMMARY:NS Acorn: Halifax-Mainland Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403302386699913 \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Halifax-Mainland chapter meeting!  \n\n\n\nThe second Tuesday of each month. \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? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/ns-acorn-halifax-mainland-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210510T190000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Stop the federal subsidy for Goldboro LNG!
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/210694777199631/ \n\n\n\n*** Register here ***: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcqcu6gqz0sHdYzvkk8Iv9vNJ… \n\n\n\nPieridae Energy\, the company behind Goldboro LNG\, has asked the federal government for nearly one billion dollars to get their dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) project off the ground. \n\n\n\nThe company has been aggressively lobbying key ministers\, MPs\, and government staff to secure a financing agreement that could kickstart further investment in the project. \n\n\n\nWe still have time to stop that financing agreement — but we need to act together\, and quickly. \n\n\n\nJoin us virtually on May 10th (7pm Atlantic Time) to learn more about this project and the risks it poses to our climate\, communities\, and democracy. \n\n\n\nAt this online meeting you will: Hear from experts and activists working to stop Goldboro LNG Learn about how Pieridae is lobbying multiple ministers\, Atlantic MPs\, and government staff to get this billion-dollar subsidy Be invited to take action to stop this subsidy Get connected to other activists and organizers in the Atlantic who are working to stop this dangerous LNG project \n\n\n\n*** Register here ***: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcqcu6gqz0sHdYzvkk8Iv9vNJ…
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/webinar-stop-the-federal-subsidy-for-goldboro-lng/
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