What’s Being Cut — and Why Black Nova Scotians Should Pay Attention
As Nova Scotia announces budget cuts affecting programs like Dalhousie’s Transition Year Program and initiatives supporting Black and Mi’kmaq students, questions are piling up faster than answers. With African Heritage Month events taking place this weekend, Black Nova Scotians are being asked to celebrate progress while watching programs built to address long-standing inequities quietly lose public funding.
African Nova Scotian community, church leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson
African Nova Scotian journalists, clergy, and community leaders reflect on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 2009 visit to Nova Scotia in this Yahoo News–published Canadian Press article by Lyndsay Armstrong, revisiting his time at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and its lasting local significance. Jackson died Tuesday in Chicago at age 84.
A state of emergency, a new department, and an old problem Nova Scotia refuses to face
When Sipekne’katik First Nation declared a state of emergency over illicit drug use and overdoses, it exposed a quiet but telling gap in Nova Scotia’s governance. A department created under Premier Tim Houston specifically to address mental health and addictions had not yet reached out to the community, even as the declaration spread publicly. The moment landed against the backdrop of earlier tensions — including the banning of Houston and two ministers from Sipekne’katik lands — raising broader questions about how the province engages marginalized communities when public health crises emerge.
Africville Is Not Finished: A Call for Ongoing Presence at Eddie Carvery’s Trailer
Eddie Carvery’s passing does not bring closure to Africville’s story. If anything, it sharpens the responsibility to ensure that the unfinished business of Africville does not fade with him.
THE ROOTS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS IN NOVA SCOTIA
Before Black History Month became a province-wide fixture in Nova Scotia, it was built through grassroots organizing, youth leadership, and public library programming. This historical account—originally shared by the Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia (BANNS / BANS)—documents the early origins of Black History Week and the community-driven efforts that helped expand it into what it is today. Preserved here as originally written, the text offers a reminder that Black History Month in Nova Scotia was shaped from the ground up, long before it was institutionalized.
Black History Month Is Not a Photo Op
Across Nova Scotia, African Heritage Month galas are increasingly well-attended and well-branded. What’s less clear is how much history is actually being taught. Celebration without education is not neutral — it is political. When optics replace accountability, Black History Month risks becoming symbolism without substance.
$2 Million Investment Strengthens Black Community Land Trusts Across Nova Scotia
Across Nova Scotia, African Nova Scotian communities are reclaiming land as a foundation for housing, culture, and long-term stability. A new $2-million investment in four Community Land Trusts — in Truro, North End Halifax, Upper Hammonds Plains, and Weymouth Falls — is helping strengthen Black-led approaches to land stewardship rooted in history, accountability, and intergenerational care.
Mapping Black Canada: Donna Paris on Migration, Memory, and Erased Communities [VIDEO]
From Africville to the Prairies, Donna Paris traces the Black communities Canada encouraged, exploited, and then erased. In this interview, she explains why recovering these stories isn’t about nostalgia — it’s about correcting the record.
Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia: What Was Promised, What Was Withheld, and What Black Communities Should Take From It
For months, Nova Scotians heard about a provincial report on environmental racism not because it was released, but because parts of it leaked. When the government finally posted a draft, it raised more questions than it answered — about delay, accountability, and what justice actually looks like for Black and Mi’kmaq communities still living with the consequences. This piece breaks down what happened, why it matters, and what Black Nova Scotians should be watching for next.
How a Park Name Became a Public Question
After being publicly unveiled as Reparations Park, a Truro community project was unexpectedly reopened through a naming contest. The move has raised unresolved questions about process, consultation, and how Black-led decisions are treated once ceremony gives way to municipal authority.