Making their way inside the Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia in Cherry Brook, 130 African Nova Scotian/Black students pass under an archway of purple balloons on the morning of Friday, Sept. 22. Nia Summit youth ambassadors clad in black shirts and purple lanyards pass out swag bags to each participant. Round tables across the […]
Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Lauren Phillips is The Coast’s Education Reporter, a position created in September 2023 with support from the Local Journalism Initiative. Lauren studied journalism at the University of King’s College, and has written on education and sports at Dal News and Saint Mary's Athletics for over two years. She won gold in the Canadian online publishing awards in the academic Best Multicultural Story category for her work on "Kwe’ Eskasoni," in May 2022, and assisted the journalism academic partners of Looking Out For Each Other (LOFEO), a project that started with the media guidelines on how to report responsibly on missing Indigenous people. Lauren assisted in researching recommendations for family and friends of missing Indigenous people to help them understand how media works and how to communicate effectively with reporters.
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Counter-protesters outnumber anti-queer movement in Halifax
Update, Wednesday, Sept. 20: At 9:30am, a few dozen members of the Million Person March Halifax protest arrived at the steps of the Grand Parade in downtown Halifax. Handmade signs read “Groom Dogs Not Kids”, “Secrets Hide A Nefarious Curriculum”, “A.B.C. not S.E.X.” and “Protect Childhood Innocence,” while others waved Nova Scotia and Canadian flags. […]
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“I was 12 and already felt betrayed by the people in power”
Jane Elliott stands poised with her back to the red stone tower of Halifax City Hall. She’s dressed in a sleeveless top and rain pants. Ready for heat. Ready for rain. The northern face of the seven-story tower faces out towards Grand Parade, dotted with tents wet with the morning’s rain. The clock on the […]
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Halifax’s student climate strike is happening, rain or shine or hurricane
A singularly-named weather event is blasting towards Halifax/K’jipuktuk as if in dialogue with this year’s annual School Strike 4 Climate rally. Our rapidly changing climate, which recently thrashed Nova Scotia with record-breaking weather events, is once again sticking its outraged hand in the air at this year’s climate strike. Though Hurricane Lee will not arrive in […]