New web series sheds light on the Black experience in Nova Scotia
Series host Rajean Willis wants to raise awareness and empower Black people “to strive through it all.”
Dr. Barb Hamilton-Hinch explores the stories of loss and grief in the Black community
“We don’t think about loss with land, we don’t think about loss with education and culture, we don’t think about the impact of … post- traumatic slave syndrome, and how we’ve been impacted by that,” Dalhousie professor says in episode of new web series.
Poet, author Angela Bowden responds after assault charges dropped against New Glasgow mayor Nancy Dicks
Last week, criminal assault charges were dropped against New Glasgow mayor Nancy Dicks.
In an interview with the Examiner, Chris Hansen, a spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service, said senior New Glasgow prosecutor, Bill Gorman, decided there was no realistic prospect of conviction.
The charge against Dicks stemmed from a Black Lives Matter event in New Glasgow in September 2020. African Nova Scotian author and poet Angela Bowden said that while sitting down after the event, Dicks approached her, became verbally aggressive before physically grabbing her leg, squeezing it, and saying “Now, you listen here.”
Closed-door meeting on Black women in leadership raises concerns for province’s only Black female political science professor
“It is not the role of the Liberal Party to reach into other people’s communities and determine what leadership looks like,” writes El Jones in letter to Andy Fillmore about meeting hosted by MP Marci Ien.
Local Black-owned travel company gets funding to grow
“I thought that if more [Black] people could see themselves traveling around the province, then we would probably feel more comfortable to go to different paces or more inclined to want to visit,” says owner of Elevate and Explore Black Nova Scotia.
“Anything is possible:” Black coach, officials achieve firsts in Nova Scotia high school sports
Auburn Drive High School football team’s win at the provincial championship this month, was also a big day for head coach Dion Thomas-Hodges and officials Vince Williams, Andre Williams, and Anthony Williams.
A coalition for Black voices in Nova Scotia
Since 2015, the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition has been working on issues in the Black community, including justice, health, education, employment, and social services.
“You can build the world to come in the choices you make every day”
African Nova Scotian activist Lynn Jones speaks to 2021 graduating class at Mount Saint Vincent University
Six Black-owned businesses featured at Christmas at the Forum
Clothing, natural skincare products, and jewelry all offered by new vendors at this year’s show.
Virtual panel discusses the ongoing legacy of slavery and the topic of reparations
On Monday, speakers at a virtual panel discussion talked about reparations and the ongoing legacy of slavery from Nova Scotian and Canadian perspectives. The event was hosted by Dalhousie University, University of King’s College, and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and was advertised as a pre-conference event for the 2023 Universities Studying Slavery Conference to be hosted by University of King’s College. Isaac Saney, director of the transition year program, moderated the three-person panel.