ARC

04/01/2021

Public message from Gola Taraschi-Carr, Director, ARC: We wish to announce that as of March 25th 2021, we are no longer continuing in our relationship with Halifax Pop Explosion as a consultant. We wish to thank everyone who engaged with us in our role since January 2021 & wish the Board well as they continue on in their journey from here.

10/26/2020

Dana Peterson, who was a Citigroup global economist, recalled her own experiences of bigotry while researching how gaps between Black and White Americans eat into economic output.

10/13/2020

Any restorative process must be based in the full, free and informed consent of those whom it wishes to serve and must never be imposed. Please read this open letter and listen to the ANSDPAD perspective:

“The government’s proposed restorative approach to improving public safety is an unnecessary and illegitimate diversion from the work that we have been doing. It does not respect the longstanding
work and expertise of ANS and Black organizations and individuals who have been leading responses to anti-Black racism in the province’s justice system. Again, the imposition of this process on our people is a form of anti-Black racism. It is in no way restorative. Indeed, the manner in which this has come about is antithetical to the very principles that are purported to guide restorative processes.”

Open letter: "The ANSDPAD Coalition rejects the legitimacy of the ‘design team’ announced as part of the government’s proposal. In addition to its lack of independence from the government, and its fundamentally flawed composition in terms of its failure to include ANSDPAD or its member organiz...

10/13/2020

Ricky RIchard reflects on the tremendous debt he and fellow Acadians owe to the Mi'kmaq for shielding them when they were chased and deported by the British. "I am alive today because of the Mi’kmaq. I want to thank them. I owe them my life and that is a debt I cannot possibly repay. ... My life i...

10/04/2020

A hashtag used by the far-right fascist group, Proud Boys has been hijacked by the gay men to the delight of thousands of people on social media.

10/04/2020

Carol Millet: I see you. I hear you. I no longer believe you.

I see you, I hear you, I just no longer believe you, writes Carol Millett.

10/04/2020

Members of the Jewish community in Halifax are condemning stickers they've seen around the city that imply Jews are somehow responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

10/03/2020

Uncover is an investigative series from CBC Podcasts. Season 7: Dead Wrong. Season 6: Satanic Panic. Season 5: Sharmini. Season 4: The Cat Lady Case. Season 3: The Village. Season 2: Bomb on Board. Season 1: Escaping NXIVM.

10/03/2020

“Our politicians know what to do; they just don’t want to do it. Continuing to involve us in their charades of empathy may be personally fulfilling, but we are not here for their therapy. We demand justice.”

Premier Stephen McNeil’s apology for systemic racism in Nova Scotia’s justice system looks to be just the latest contribution to a cynical and ineffective cycle

10/01/2020

The African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition announced Wednesday it would take a pass on joining the team.

09/30/2020

Have you seen our lineup of speakers for our virtual ? Check out a sneak peek below.

09/29/2020

Two women at Joliette hospital are heard calling her stupid and saying she's only good for s*x and would be better off dead.

09/29/2020

Beautiful.

LOVING - A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s is a collection of historical images of men in love. Traveling Europe, Canada and the U.S., Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell gathered 2,800 images originating from all over the world and that spanned the Civil War, World War II and through the 1...

09/28/2020

To combat the school system’s systemic silence on Black Canadian history, they took matters into their own hands.

09/26/2020

A Kings County coun­cil­lor seek­ing re-elec­tion said she's dis­ap­pointed that some­one tried to use the fact she is a young mother against her in the early days of the cam­paign. Emily Lutz has three chil­dren. She rep­re­sents Dist. 7, is the deputy mayor,...

09/25/2020

We carry on today, breathing deeply, centering ourselves, gathering courage and summoning strength as the struggle continues for another generation. Say her name.

09/22/2020

09/13/2020

And this week in .

The sign features a noose with the words 'Redneck Hangout' around it and was displayed on a property in the woods of Queens County.