A community press conference in support of the Council on African Canadian Education (CACE) was held on Feb 26, 2015 outside the offices of the NS Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development. The purpose was to denounce unfair treatment and what appears to be an attempt to divert attention from the Department’s abuse of … [Read More]
Two members of Solidarity Halifax were featured during the 2015 CKDU Homlessness Marathon and shared their thoughts on the systemic causes of homelessness and precarious housing. The yearly overnight broadcast is shared on campus and community stations from coast to coast, creating linkages and raising awareness of homelessness in Canadian communities. Listen to the segments … [Read More]
Solidarity Halifax member Phil Homburg wrote this piece last year for the UK based Novara Wire. It serves as a good introduction to the topic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Over the past few months Canada’s Conservative government has been resisting pressure to call an inquiry into reports of more than 1000 unresolved cases … [Read More]
Join Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Dalhousie for a week of events seeking to establish connections between the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice and struggles here in Canada and around the world. Click HERE for events details
Solidarity Halifax is proud to have collaborated with Ujamaa and the Kwacha House Cafe in the creation of Working While Black in Nova Scotia. The project aims to publish anonymous stories of anti-black racism in the workplace in Nova Scotia. Publishing these stories allows workers in the Black community to know that they are not … [Read More]
Our Times Magazine features an interview with labour activist and Solidarity Halifax member Kyle Buott. Read about what lead Kyle to take on the fight for workers and a new world. Click here to read the article Note: Statements by Solidarity Halifax members do not necessarily reflect positions held by the organization.
A new coalition is working to raise the minimum wage in Nova Scotia to $15/hour!Coalition members include: ACORN Nova Scotia, the Canadian Federation of Students, the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council and Solidarity Halifax. Solidarity Halifax and ACORN member Evan Coole is interviewed by CTV: >Click here to watch the video … [Read More]
The Nova Scotia Citizen’s Health Care Network launches a campaign to eliminate ambulance fees. Provincial coordinator for the Network and member of Solidarity Halifax James Hutt issued the following press release. Sign the petition! http://chn.ge/1CQO9tn 1 in 4 Atlantic Canadians Deterred by Cost Halifax, NS –The Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network is calling for the … [Read More]
Nova Scotia needs a raise! Right now, minimum wage is not enough to pay for the rising costs of rent, food, transportation, and the other necessities of life. A living wage is the rate of pay required for workers to afford a decent quality of life. Here in Halifax, we feel that $15/hour would be … [Read More]
By Solidarity Halifax member John Hutton. Originally published in The Chronicle Herald. John is an undergraduate student at Dalhousie, pursuing a degree in international development studies and economics. After four years of tuition fee increases, funding cuts and even talk of university mergers, students had good reason to be optimistic when a new provincial … [Read More]