Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Dalhousie University is moving closer to releasing updated versions of its Sexualized Violence, Discrimination and Harassment policies, and a new standalone Racialized Violence Policy. On Dec 2, Dal’s Human Rights and Equity Services department within the Office of Equity and Inclusion shared a draft of amendments to the university’s Sexualized Violence Policy with the school […]

Ahead of African Heritage Month this February, Mount Saint Vincent University is accepting nominations for the next presenter in its biannual Black and Indigenous Speaker Series. Until Jan 31, people are encouraged to submit their request using this form to invite a Black and/or Indigenous scholar to MSVU to share their work through an online […]

This month, a new educational video series was released that explains how non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are often misused to cover up racism and discrimination in the workplace. The Canadian/UK advocacy group Can’t Buy My Silence collaborated with the Canada-based BIPOC Academic Coalition on this “Racism and NDAs” video series, which centres on the stories of […]

A new report card is sounding the alarm on childhood poverty in Nova Scotia. More than two in five Nova Scotian children are living in food-insecure households, according to Statistics Canada—a number that has been “steadily rising” in recent years, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia report warns. And it comes as provincially-funded school […]

In 2022, Vlad Kostylev and a small group of other Canadians living in Nova Scotia with roots in Ukraine formed the Ukrainian Cultural Society here, or UCS, as a response to what was happening abroad. “That was when the active phase of Russia’s war against Ukraine started,” says Kostylev, who is president of the non-profit […]

Whether it’s shaking up the brain between exams or seeking depths of inspiration as the winter solstice approaches, the Dalhousie Art Gallery’s latest show has you covered. The 69th student, staff, faculty and alumni exhibition showcases the breadth of artistic talent within the Dal and the University of King’s College communities. The show, which opened […]

The non-profit organization Student Housing Nova Scotia wants to work directly with post-secondary students in the province to create a first-of-its-kind provincial student housing fund. The Developing Affordable Student Housing (DASH) Fund initiative, launched by the group on Thursday, is a plan to address the housing crisis students face while living and studying in Nova […]

Mount Saint Vincent University invites everyone to its campus Friday Dec 6, from 12-1:30pm in the art gallery, to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This day is to remember the 14 young women who were murdered during a mass shooting while they were at school at École Polytechnique […]

Get to the Anna Leonowens Gallery on Granville Street to catch a group exhibition from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design students. Knock Knock is a collective show of the work of all 23 students in the two-year Masters of Fine Arts program at NSCAD, and it’s on now until Dec 14 in all […]

In 2006, a student-owned bookstore opened in the basement at the University of King’s College. It was a co-op and it was going to make books cheaper and available for students. Just before its 10-year anniversary, Paul MacKay became the store’s manager. When he joined, the King’s Co-op Bookstore was struggling financially and was unsure […]

At 8am on Thursday Nov 28, roughly 30 students packed up their signs, blankets, snacks and water and walked out of the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building on Dalhousie University’s Studley Campus. They had been there for over 40 hours, since a board of governors meeting on Tuesday afternoon, and had decided to leave “on […]