All are welcome for lecture, Q&A and refreshments! @dal-english.bsky.social @dalhistory.bsky.social @smuarts.bsky.social @kingsbookstore.bsky.social
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Revolutionary Roots: the global black liberation struggle and the making of modern African Nova Scotia
Feb. 26, 1-3pm at the North Memorial Public Library: our annual African Heritage Month lecture, featuring Dr Isaac Saney on the "Revolutionary Roots" of African Nova Scotia's connections to global Pan-African and Black Power movements
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Newcomer Reading Club encourages conversation through literature - Halifax Examiner
Using stories as a starting point allows for deeper conversations.
A story about the Newcomer Reading Club, co-founded by Dal English professor Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social! You can also learn more about the club here: halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/68e41... @dalhousie.bsky.social @dallibraries.bsky.social @halhum101.bsky.social
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Mark your calendars for a HalHum 101 info session on Sep 13 at 1:30 PM at the North Memorial Library! Hear from graduates of the program, and experience the joy of learning as we’re guided through the ancient poetry of Sappho with Dr. Eli Diamond. Details here:
halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca/sappho/
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Applications for Halifax Humanities 101 are now OPEN! If you love reading and discussing big questions, and are based in the Halifax Regional Municipality then this FREE 8-month great books course might be for you! Visit our website to learn more or to apply: halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca
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Hi! We're the Halifax Humanities Society, a non-profit organization that offers free, non-credit, university-level humanities courses to adults who are facing barriers to traditional education. Visit us at www.halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca to learn more about this life-changing initiative.
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Public broadcaster | Diffuseur public 🇨🇦
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Inform, enlighten and entertain.
Renseigner, éclairer et divertir.
www.kathrynlawsonphilosophy.com
Faculty fellow at King’s, Halifax, Canada. Ethics and Continental philosophy, Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, Ecology, Social political thought, Indian philosophy, Yoga.
English prof at King's / Dalhousie (mostly Victorian lit, detective fiction), critic, blogger at 'Novel Readings'. Essays and reviews in the TLS, LRC, Q&Q, CNQ, LARB, etc. It's pronounced "Rowan." She / her. Halifax, NS. http://rohanmaitzen.com
History @ Dal, in Sipekne’katik. Studying the past lets us explore how and why things developed as they did; it also helps us see the present differently, and imagine different futures. https://history.dal.ca
Author of books & essays on Jane Austen & Edith Wharton. The Austens: a novel, available now from Pottersfield Press. https://sarahemsley.com/the-austens-a-novel/
The official Bluesky account of the North End Business Association.
📍The North End of Halifax is rooted in DIY, multiculturalism, and community-minded living. A place where culture, diversity & creativity thrive.
Learn more at www.gonorthhalifax.ca
Official Nova Scotia Government Bluesky Account.
The EAC is an environmental charity in Mi'kma'ki / Nova Scotia taking leadership on critical issues from biodiversity to climate change to environmental justice. Visit us at www.ecologyaction.ca 🌱
Official account for APTN Investigates - An award-winning Indigenous investigative news program. We are dedicated to exposing injustices, abuses of power and seeking the truth.
We are experts in the areas of criminal, family and social justice law.
211 Nova Scotia is a not-for-profit association that connects people experiencing unmet social or human needs with organizations. Our Navigators have access to the most comprehensive support database in Nova Scotia. Call 211 or visit ns.211.ca.
We combat food insecurity and poverty through our food bank, breakfast service and outreach work. Support, advocacy and dignity for folks in need. Located in Halifax, NS.
shelter. housing. services. support, advocacy
because everyone has the right to a safe secure home.
The best media outlet for Halifax, Nova Scotia, since 1993. https://www.thecoast.ca
Promoter of non market housing, collaborator for a more just & joyful world. Former MLA for Halifax Needham (2016-2021), two time federal candidate, former journalist, current nonprofit executive director.
Telling Nova Scotia’s extraordinary stories.
Founded in 1865, Dalhousie’s Department of English offers undergraduate programs in English Studies and Creative Writing, as well as MA and PhD degrees. https://www.dal.ca/faculty/arts/english.html
Providing emergency food support through a network of 140 food banks, meal programs, and shelters across Nova Scotia, while advocating for sustainable, policy-based solutions to address the root causes of food insecurity.
