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Last year, as the coronavirus made its way around the world, anti-Asian hate reared its ugly head. Over a year on, it’s persisted and risen. In Canada, a 2020 survey from the Chinese Canadian National Council received 1,150 reports of racially motivated incidents, with reports still being collected. In Halifax, incidents motivated by hate rose…
Big thank you to Halifax Transit’s lost and found for their outstanding customer service, the driver on route four Wednesday morning and especially the good samaritan who returned my laptop. 10,000 thanks still isn’t enough. — KJ
You’re my guy. My perpetual hug. My mountain spring of laughter. The steady bedrock, the beautiful heart of a generous and considerate lover who cares for others. I am unfathomably happy that we’ve been reunited after all this time, and even though we’re not in the same place right now, we will be soon! I can’t…
I am in a safe, positive, loving and committed relationship with a man who I love and care for immensely. This does NOT mean that I have not also dated and been attracted to women and non-binary, genderqueer, etc., folks. This does NOT mean I am now straight or cis, or secretly was all along. This…
The energy was palpable as hundreds of people gathered at Cornwallis Park in Halifax on Sunday to listen to community leaders speak about the importance of Indigenous sovereignty and voice their support for the Wet’suwet’en nation. Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have been opposing a pipeline project that would cut through their traditional territory in British Columbia. …
Without her there’d be no Jeremy Dutcher. Heck, there’d be no Joni Mitchell. Yep, long before the “Indigenous renaissance” that saw Dutcher win a JUNO and the Snotty Nose Rez Kids revolutionize Canadian hip hop, there was Buffy Sainte-Marie, pioneering the ’60s singer-songwriter genre with a catalogue of tunes as thematically weighty as they are…
To the religious lady from the Baptist church who felt the need to degrade me and call me names and abuse me for being LGBT, when all I wanted to do was finish my shift as a barista: I wish I knew what to do to stand up to you. You looked at me with so…
Daughter of Family G (Penguin Random House) Available now In 1895 Michigan, a seamstress named Pauline Gross confided in a pathologist at that she feared she’d die young. The pathologist, intrigued, asked what she thought she’d die of. Cancer, she said—just as it had killed many of her relatives. At the time, Gross didn’t know…
A determined group of Nova Scotians gathered yesterday at Grand Parade Square to protest the sale of Owls Head, a planned provincial park that was recently de-listed by the provincial government. Despite cold temperatures, approximately 120 people were in attendance, wearing hats and mittens, chanting “Stop the sale, save Owls Head.” Owls Head is a property…
Pen and sword I’d like to thank Matt Stickland for writing on Omar Khadr in The Coast (“If Omar Khadr is a terrorist, then so am I,” Cover story, February 6, 2020). It takes a lot of thought and courage to do so. I had hoped to hear him draw more parallels, especially exploring the…
NAIG Volunteer Launch Halifax City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street Feb 21, noon-1pm, naig2020.com I n July—a mere 143 days away—thousands of youth from across North America will be in Halifax, celebrating the largest sporting event the Maritimes has ever seen since European contact. Five thousand athletes, 756 Indigenous nations, 16 sports, 21 venues—all with the…
As she prepared to start a four-year nursing degree, Denika Coakley, owner of DC Woodworks, quickly realized she wasn’t cut out for a long career in the medical sector. “I was visiting the nursing program and watching students give needles to dummies when I got faint and nearly threw up,” says Denika. “It was a…
T he A.H. Buckley Building, which houses Jennifer’s of Nova Scotia on Spring Garden Road, is one of eight sites that that regional council voted to move forward and set dates for their heritage hearings last week—a significant step towards the buildings potentially having official heritage status. HRM says heritage properties are a way to…
With the growing need for additional health-care practitioners, Valerie Broadnax knew she wanted be a part of something bigger in the health system, and to provide a well-rounded and natural approach to the wellness industry. Valerie was initially drawn to ICT Northumberland’s Massage Therapy Diploma Program because of their exclusive modality, Suikodo. She then solidified…
Kelsey MacRae grew up playing in the dirt and having a strong interest in cars and trucks. After graduating high school, she worked at an automotive shop where her interest in heavy equipment was piqued. “I knew university wasn’t for me since I learn best by performing hands-on tasks. Couple that with my interest in…
As Canada grapples with questions of Indigenous sovereignty and the duty to consult from coast to coast, the Sipekne’katik First Nation—Indian Brook—took to Nova Scotia’s highest court this week for the latest step in an ongoing opposition to a natural gas storage facility proposed on their unceded land near the Shubenacadie river. This case is…
I remember the first time I visited Greenwich in Prince Edward Island National Park,” says Dr. Adam Fenech, director of the UPEI Climate Lab and interim associate dean of science for climate change and adaptation. “It’s a stunning place, and is home to multiple protected ecosystems. You really couldn’t have a more perfect setting to…
The Master of Resource and Environmental Management (MREM) at Dalhousie’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies is a unique program, with a history of offering a transformative experience that allows students from almost any undergraduate to pursue a career unrelated to anything they would have considered before they started. Whether coming from engineering, the humanities,…
[IMAGE-1] W e’ve all heard the saying: “It’s who you know in the job market.” Though many of us don’t want to believe it’s true, sometimes it really does boil down to the politics. Can you blame potential employers? If they know someone is reliable, hard-working, personable and qualified, why wouldn’t they go after them?…
Cars aren’t always the most convenient choice. But car culture is deeply ingrained in our society, and this means cars live in our minds as the quickest/ easiest/ best choice for getting around. For many, owning a car is a marker of success. Cars can represent adulthood, freedom and—if you’re anything like me—your car enables…
Jessica Wall had originally enrolled in a nutrition program with the goal of becoming a dietician. After completing a year in the program, she realized her real passion was in addressing the underlying causes of food insecurity. “I was interested in how food could be used as a tool to connect individuals in communities, rather…
Typically to be accepted into the Master of Divinity program at the Atlantic School of Theology, you must have an undergraduate degree; Dawn-Lea Greer was accepted with an equivalency. She worked with the AST faculty to submit a 300+ page portfolio of all of her work, courses she has taken and extensive volunteer experiences to…
Sarah Dobson had always been interested in politics and political science. She was that junior-high student who was always running for student government and had a real interest in learning more about how Canadian institutions and international communities worked. She began her arts degree at Dalhousie University taking an array of general classes in political…
Charlotte Henderson never considered herself a lawyer or business person. She had originally studied political science, psychology and international politics in her undergraduate degree, and it was during a political science class that a professor had introduced the Master of Business Administration admissions team from Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business. In this presentation, Charlotte…
Let’s face it, you don’t want a job that you can only count on for a year. Job security is hard to come by these days, and you want to be able to sleep soundly knowing that your skills are transferable (even in the wildest of job markets). The job market is—and has been—rapidly changing…
Lindsay Dobbin: Where sound meets space Lindsay Dobbin has always expressed themself through art, so picking a start date of their practice causes them to pause. Was it when they launched the music project Broken Deer in the early 2010s? Or was it when they began doing water-drumming performances circa 2015? If we’re being honest,…
Graduation days are fast approaching, or maybe they’ve already passed you by. Either way, you’ll probably be looking for that full-time gig pretty soon (if you haven’t already started looking). In this competitive job market, the need to know everything about your employer, their business and what their expectations of you are is overwhelming. Gone…
Gracious Kasheke first heard of the Science Unleashed: Research Growing the Economy (SURGE) Innovation program at Dalhousie when program head Dr. Aaron Newman came in to discuss it with his statistics in neuroscience class. Dr. Newman’s talk highlighted SURGE’s unique approach to broadening the scope of professional opportunities for students within the sciences. “The emphasis…
Q I’m 20, straight, male, fit and active. I masturbated prone—flat on my stomach—for years. I’ve now changed to a more traditional position (on my back or sitting upright), and I’m using my hand rather than grinding against a mattress. I can easily orgasm when I masturbate. I’ve had sex four times in my life,…
With two science-related degrees already under her belt, Jessica Campbell became aware of how important data analytics and machine learning have become in all fields of industry and research. With this on her mind, she decided to pursue her interest in this emerging field by enrolling in the Master of Science in Computing & Data…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PICES ( January 20- February 18) In 1908, British playwright W. Somerset Maugham reached the height of success. Four of his plays were being performed concurrently in four different London theatres. If you were ever in your life going to achieve anything near this level of overflowing popularity or attention, I suspect it…
Since working as a naturalist interpreter at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Kayla Rudderham has discovered an interest in creatively educating her community. Having witnessed the inner workings of a museum, Kayla was eager to pursue higher education that would connect art and teaching practices with social responsibility. NSCAD University’s new Master of…
Egyptian Mummies and Eternal Life Feb 22-Jun 21, Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street For years, Jeff Gray, curator of visitor experiences and exhibits, was trying to bring an exhibition on ancient Egypt to the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. At the same time, the Museo Egizio in Florence, Italy, was trying to…
