From now until the end of August, you can enjoy some very insta-worthy bagels while supporting a good cause, thanks to the Rainbow Bagel Campaign. In a collaboration between Dreadlocks & Kindness and Stone Hearth Bakery, for every six-pack of Pride-themed bagels sold, 25 percent of the cost will go to the Youth Project and […]
Youth Project
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Best Activist Organization
Gold Winner Adsum for Women & Children Silver Winner Youth Project Bronze Winner Autism Nova Scotia Hall of Fame Ecology Action Centre “This is in some ways an expression of confidence in what we do,” says Adsum for Women & Children’s executive director, Sheri Lecker, on the organization’s first win. “An affirmation that we’re focused […]
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Harassment complaint against Youth Project executive director unfounded, investigation concludes
A workplace harassment complaint made against Youth Project executive director Kate Shewan has been found by a third-party investigator to be without merit. The complaint was made against Shewan sometime in September, at which point the LGBTQ+ non-profit says it contracted lawyer Rebecca Saturley with Stewart McKelvey to look into the matter. A statement provided […]
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Best Activist Organization
Gold Winner Youth Project Silver Winner Autism Nova Scotia Bronze Winner YWCA Halifax Hall of Fame Ecology Action Centre Update: Around late October 2018, when the Best of Halifax issue was going to press, the Youth Project was dealing with personnel issues—including a workplace harassment complaint—and its programming was in flux. This uncertain situation became […]
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Best Activist Organization
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame inductee Ecology Action Centre Silver Winner The Youth Project Bronze Winner Autism Nova Scotia Editor’s note: With its 2017 Best Activist Organization win marking at least 10 golds in a row, the EAC joins the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. It’s hard to call the Ecology Action Centre […]
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Halifax seeks LGBTQ artist
Redesigning the North Park intersection is messy business, but the city is trying to make sure that at the end of it all there’s some nice art to show for it—sandblasted into the concrete, forever! Right now Halifax is seeking an artist or arts facilitator for one of three planned entrance plazas on the Halifax […]