6:30 am - 9:00 pm Outhome – Short Film Premiere August 30, 2016 @ 6:30 am - 9:00 pm Outhome – Short Film Premiere t seems like every time I turn around someone from Preston is taking their talents to new heights. I wanted…
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm Mikmaq host historic opening Treaty Truckhouse- ALTON GAS SITE September 4, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm Mikmaq host historic opening Treaty Truckhouse- ALTON GAS SITE Please join MIkmaq along the Sipeknekatik river, within the Sipeknekatik district, as we host our fellow communities, allies and concerned…
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Labour Day events across the province September 5, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Labour Day events across the province PORT HAWKESBURY The Strait Area Labour Council is having their Labour Day celebration from 2 - 3 pm at the…
10:30 am - 2:00 pm Halifax Labour Day 2016 September 5, 2016 @ 10:30 am - 2:00 pm Halifax Labour Day 2016 The Halifax Dartmouth and District Labour Council presents Labour Day 2016. Meet at 10:30am at Victoria Park for speeches and…
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Stand up for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes! September 6, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Stand up for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes! Important HRM Council Vote THIS TUESDAY, Sept. 6 at 10AM on the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park. Please Come!…
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Rally At City Hall! Hands Off Our Pension! September 6, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Rally At City Hall! Hands Off Our Pension! Negotiators for The City of Halifax are demanding the employer stop paying the employer's share of an increase to our…
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Christian Zionism and the Idea of a ‘Chosen People’ September 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Christian Zionism and the Idea of a ‘Chosen People’ Yakov Rabkin, professor of History at the University of Montreal talks about how the Christian idea of Jews physically returning…
2016-09-10 Taking back the Shubie River-fishing, weir building, daily feast Taking back the Shubie River-fishing, weir building, daily feast September 10, 2016 @ 10:00 am - September 11, 2016 @ 9:00 pm Taking back the Shubie River-fishing, weir building, daily feast Please join the Mikmaq community, fishermen, neighbours and friends for two days of resistance to Alton Gas. We are asking…
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Can an Observant Jew Also Be a Critic of Israel? September 11, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Can an Observant Jew Also Be a Critic of Israel? Prof. Yakov Rabkin, of University of Montreal's History Department is an observant Jew. He dispels the notion that every Jew…
4:30 am - 5:30 pm Know Your Employment Rights September 14, 2016 @ 4:30 am - 5:30 pm Know Your Employment Rights Join the Student Activist Law School Association and NSPIRG for this workshop on NS Employmee Rights. Learn what your employer…
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm No to Alton Gas September 15, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm No to Alton Gas The Provincial Government thinks it's ok for Alton Gas to dump 1.3 million cubic metres of brine in the Shubenacadie…
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Bringing a Community Health Centre to North Dartmouth September 15, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Bringing a Community Health Centre to North Dartmouth
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Democracy & the Commons: Free Public Lecture w. Dario Azzellini September 15, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Democracy & the Commons: Free Public Lecture w. Dario Azzellini DEMOCRACY AND THE COMMONS: How communities around the world are taking control of their work, their neighbourhoods and their lives.…
7:00 pm Poetry For Progress Presents: George Elliott Clarke September 16, 2016 @ 7:00 pm Poetry For Progress Presents: George Elliott Clarke Poets for Progress invite you out for another round of spoken word in support of local charities, non-profits, and community…
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dr. Julius Garvey, son of Marcus Garvey, speaks on the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent September 16, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dr. Julius Garvey, son of Marcus Garvey, speaks on the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent Marcus Garvey was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and regarded as the leader of the largest…
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm A Real Sharing Economy: Workers’ Control to the Sustainable Commons September 17, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm A Real Sharing Economy: Workers’ Control to the Sustainable Commons With Dario Azzellini. We are launching Venture Commons with back-to-back workshops with Dario Azzelini and Max Haiven (Sept18th) at Just…
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Beyond a Basic Income: the Radical Imagination and the Commons September 18, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Beyond a Basic Income: the Radical Imagination and the Commons With Max Haiven. We are launching Venture Commons with back-to-back workshops with Dario Azzelini (Sept 17th) and Max Haiven (Sept…
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Hold down the Truck house for highest tide of 2016 September 18, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Hold down the Truck house for highest tide of 2016 Please join the Mikmaq community, fishermen, neighbours and friends for the Sunday tidal bore and the hightest expected tides for…
9:15 pm - 11:00 pm Atlantic Focus: 100 Short Stories September 19, 2016 @ 9:15 pm - 11:00 pm Atlantic Focus: 100 Short Stories 100 Short Stories is a collage ranging from the serious to the humourous. This original and engaging documentary tackles opinions…
10:30 am - 12:00 pm We Story the Land – film screening September 20, 2016 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm We Story the Land – film screening **Mi'kma'ki premiere with filmmaker Sherry Pictou in attendance** The Bear River reserve boundary cuts the people of L’sitkuk off from…
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm NFB Showcase: We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice September 21, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm NFB Showcase: We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice In 2007, the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations filed a landmark discrimination…
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Daily News: What’s Right? What’s Wrong? What’s Happening? September 21, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Daily News: What’s Right? What’s Wrong? What’s Happening? The Daily News: What’s Right? What’s Wrong? What’s Happening? The media landscape is rapidly changing with unprecedented cuts to newsrooms…
9:30 am - 11:30 am Statues and Silence September 22, 2016 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am Statues and Silence How are Canadian communities addressing the tension between commemorating the settler history of Canada and recognizing the harms that colonialism…
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Poverty IS a Municipal Election issue! September 23, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Poverty IS a Municipal Election issue! We often hear that ‘social’ issues like poverty are a ‘provincial’ issue and outside the jurisdiction of the city government. The…
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Launch: Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World September 25, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Launch: Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World The Sierra Club Canada Foundation and TheGreenInterview.com are pleased to announce the release of the documentary film Green Rights: The Human…
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm The Pass System at Lunenburg Doc Fest September 25, 2016 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm The Pass System at Lunenburg Doc Fest THE PASS SYSTEM is an investigative documentary about segregation. In Canada. The film screens on Sept 25, 2016 at 4…
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm All-Candidates Forum on Municipal Issues – HRM District 5 September 25, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm All-Candidates Forum on Municipal Issues – HRM District 5 Grace United Church, in partnership with the Face of Poverty Consultation*, will hold a District 5 All-Candidates Meeting on Sunday,…
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of CLR James September 26, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of CLR James Join us on September 26, 2016 in the Lindsay Room (second floor, Halifax Central Branch Library) at 6:30 pm for…
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Future of Halifax Begins in District 8 September 27, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Future of Halifax Begins in District 8 The Dalhousie History Department has invited all 7 candidates for the council seat in District 8 to participate in a…
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Alan Syliboy: Public Lecture September 27, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Alan Syliboy: Public Lecture NSCAD University Public Lecture Series presents Alan Syliboy For First Nations artist, activist and musician Alan Syliboy, stories are the…
5:30 am - 8:00 pm Candidate Fair and Mayoral Debate on Youth and Student Issues September 28, 2016 @ 5:30 am - 8:00 pm Candidate Fair and Mayoral Debate on Youth and Student Issues Come out to hear what future councillors and mayoral candidates have to say about the issues important to you! This…
6:30 am - 8:30 pm Our Ancestors are in Our Land, Water, and Air September 28, 2016 @ 6:30 am - 8:30 pm Our Ancestors are in Our Land, Water, and Air The Indigenous Speakers Series presents "Our Ancestors are in Our Land, Water, and Air: a 'Two-Eyed Seeing' Approach to Researching…
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Trade the TPP March and Rally September 29, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Trade the TPP March and Rally Trade the TPP march and rally Meeting at Parade Square (1841 Argyle St) downtown Halifax March to Halifax Marriott Harbourfront…
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Community Presentation on “This is What I Wish You Knew” September 29, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Community Presentation on “This is What I Wish You Knew” Sept. 29's SMU-Halifax Library "Urban Sociology" class (1-2pm) Sabrina DiMattia, Dylan Letendre, Diane Obed & Tayla Paul discuss their participation…
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Putting Food on the Table: Potluck & Conversation September 29, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Putting Food on the Table: Potluck & Conversation Putting Food on the Table: A Community Potluck & Conversation about Food Issues in the North End Join us good…
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Justice For Fliss Cramman September 29, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Justice For Fliss Cramman NOTE: The location will be in the parking lot outside the courthouse facing the Dartmouth General to ensure we do…
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Legacy of Fracking: From Earthquakes to Jessica Ernst September 29, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Legacy of Fracking: From Earthquakes to Jessica Ernst Join award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk for public presentations at five locations in Nova Scotia, The Legacy of Fracking:…
10:00 am - 2:00 pm Mainline Needle Exchange 1st Public Awareness Day! September 30, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Mainline Needle Exchange 1st Public Awareness Day! Mainline Needle Exchange 1st Public Awareness Day! We would like to invite you to the Mainline Needle Exchange 1st Public…
2016-10-01 Treaty Day Celebrations at the Truck House Treaty Day Celebrations at the Truck House October 1, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - October 2, 2016 @ 5:00 pm Treaty Day Celebrations at the Truck House Please join us in two very different events for our Treaty Day 2016. Saturday, October 1st is Treaty day: We…
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Book Launch: Burnley “Rocky” Jones – An Autobiography October 1, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Book Launch: Burnley “Rocky” Jones – An Autobiography All are invited to the launch of Burnley "Rocky" Jones: Revolutionary, An Autobiography , by Burnley "Rocky" Jones and James…
September 4, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm Mikmaq host historic opening Treaty Truckhouse- ALTON GAS SITE
September 10, 2016 @ 10:00 am - September 11, 2016 @ 9:00 pm Taking back the Shubie River-fishing, weir building, daily feast
September 10, 2016 @ 10:00 am - September 11, 2016 @ 9:00 pm Taking back the Shubie River-fishing, weir building, daily feast
September 15, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Democracy & the Commons: Free Public Lecture w. Dario Azzellini
September 16, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dr. Julius Garvey, son of Marcus Garvey, speaks on the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent
September 17, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm A Real Sharing Economy: Workers’ Control to the Sustainable Commons
September 18, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Beyond a Basic Income: the Radical Imagination and the Commons
