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The Concrete Garden Association was created with a vision of celebrating and supporting emerging, African Nova Scotian artists. To find out more about how the Concrete Garden came into existence, who this is for and where it's headed, the associations founders Felicity Wright and Sheldon Morris join host Jeff Douglas.

In 2021, Prep Academy was founded as a small community-based non-profit to help African Nova Scotian students prepare for college and university. Since then, more than 200 people have taken part. Founder Ashley Hill talks about how the mentorship program is expanding. 

This episode originally aired on July 20, 2020: In the film, acclaimed actor Elliot Page, inspired by a book by Ingrid Waldron that also lends its name to the documentary, travels across their home province of Nova Scotia to explore cases of environmental racism. This week, we are talking about environmental racism, which specifically refers to the environmental injustice that is based on race.We reached out to Dr. Ingrid Waldron, a professor and author of the book “There's Something in the Water”. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Waldron to discuss environmental racism towards Black communities in Nova Scotia and what liberation could look like.Program Log ★ Support this podcast ★

In the 1950s, African Nova Scotians were displaced when buildings in the Cogswell area were razed. Now that the 16-acre area is being redeveloped, an African Nova Scotian land trust is calling on HRM to help build affordable housing in the Cogswell District as a way to redress past wrongs. Treno Morton is executive director of the New Roots Community Land Trust.

We hear about the attempts to return a historic church in Southwest Nova Scotia to community hands. The Weymouth Falls Community Land Trust is hoping to acquire the church, which has great historic value to the African Nova Scotian community.

Jacob Sampson from 2b Theatre is joined by a group of African Nova Scotian artists and theatre makers as they head to the International Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Jacob stopped by to tell us all about it before the group heads to the states. 

Exploring Racial Trauma and Transforming Justice with Robert Seymour Wright. Join Myrna McCallum, a Métis Cree lawyer and passionate advocate for trauma-informed lawyering, in this compelling episode of The Trauma-Informed Lawyer podcast. Myrna sits down with Robert Seymour Wright, a queer, African Nova Scotian social worker and sociologist, to discuss the profound impact of racial trauma and the importance of integrating trauma-informed practices within the legal profession.Robert shares his remarkable journey and insights, shedding light on the systemic challenges faced by Black and Indigenous communities. He delves into the significance of Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs) in the justice system, highlighting their role in addressing systemic racism and promoting fair sentencing. Robert's candid reflections on his personal experiences and professional mission provide a powerful narrative on resilience, advocacy, and the transformative potential of trauma-informed approaches.Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the intersectionality of racial trauma, the importance of community, and the need for holistic support systems. Robert's engaging storytelling, combined with his profound knowledge and humor, makes this episode a must-listen for anyone committed to fostering a more equitable and compassionate legal system.

Some Dalhousie University students and members of the African Nova Scotian community are headed to Ghana for the next three weeks to explore the history and culture there. We meet one of the participants, and the professor who's leading the way.

Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Delvina Bernard to get her pick for the Mainstreet Top 40 — celebrating 40 years of amazing music that's been the soundtrack to our lives on this program and in Nova Scotia. Bernard is an 8th-generational African Nova Scotian who works in education, community development and institutional change.

A project to build climate resilience for African Nova Scotian communities is expanding. It's called Building Capacity Around Climate Change Preparedness in African Nova Scotian communities. Portia spoke with its director, Ingrid Waldron.

The Road to Economic Prosperity released its inaugural African Nova Scotian Prosperity and Well-being Index last week. It was a three-year initiative to measure social and economic indicators in the African Nova Scotian and Black immigrant communities from a Black perspective. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Irvine Carvery and Carolann Wright.

The NSCC and Black Women in Excellence are launching a new opportunity for Black and African Nova Scotian aspiring entrepreneurs. Black Women in Excellence founder Tia Upshaw spoke to Jeff about the initiative

Climate change affects everyone, yet African Nova Scotian communities aren't always included in conversations about the impacts. A new project aims to close that gap. Portia interviews Ingrid Waldron, the executive director of the ENRICH project.

The African Nova Scotian Justice Institute was set up to address systemic racism in the justice system. Portia interviews its new executive director, Shawna Paris-Hoyt. She's a lawyer, a registered social worker and a fifth generation African Nova Scotian. 

A new community research project is shedding light on historic Black communities in the province. It's called "40 Places Called Home." The project is by the Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia, a professional association for African-Nova Scotian creatives. David Woods founded the network in 1992.

We remember a prominent, trailblazing woman in the African Nova Scotian community. Gloria Borden was the first Black certified hematologist in Canada, a pioneering member of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, and so much more. Her granddaughter Tina Hiscock talks about her legacy.

Josh Creighton is a lifelong resident of Nova Scotia.He works for the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, as the Corporate Partnership Specialist. He also sits on CBC's African Nova Scotian community advisory board.Josh enjoys exploring various entrepreneur efforts, reading, cooking, hiking, and practising martial arts in his spare time.Check him out @joshcreighton2

The University of King's College presented Sherri Borden Colley with an honourary doctorate of civil law for her legacy and her decades chronicling stories in our province, particularly in the African Nova Scotian community. She chats with host Portia Clark about the new award.

Several African Nova Scotian groups have collaborated on a housing strategy specifically for their community. CBC reporter Shaina Luck looks at why that is such a novel idea, and what difference it is likely to make. 

Tanya McHarg is a registered social worker, coach and facilitator with over 20 years of experience in the field. She is the owner and operator of Healing on Purpose Therapeutic Services, currently offering coaching services, facilitation and individual therapy under the mentorship of a clinical social worker. She uses an intersectional, anti-oppressive and holistic lens to support the health and healing for people of African descent. She completed her Sociology Degree at St. Thomas University with a research focus on systemic anti-Black racism within law enforcement. She completed her Social Work degree at the University of Calgary and her Master's of Social Work at Dalhousie University (graduation spring 2024). Tanya began her career within the non-profit sector supporting people experiencing homelessness, addiction and mental health issues. She spent 17 years with the Government of Alberta in areas such as child intervention investigations, training, and facilitation, and worked as Team Lead of the PSECA Team (Protection of Sexually Exploited Children's Act) to address child sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Tanya is passionate about mindfulness, self-compassion and somatic bodywork as ways toward healing and thriving not just surviving. Originally from New Brunswick, Tanya's paternal grandmother (Peters) was an African Nova Scotian from Annapolis Royal.In 2022, Tanya resigned from the Government of Alberta and followed her dreams to move back to the East Coast making Nova Scotia her forever home. Find out more @blkexcellencehealing

This fall, Acadia University will welcome 25 students to a new Africentric bachelor of education program. It's for African Nova Scotian support workers who want to upgrade to become teachers. It's a new path to increasing the number of Black teachers in the province's schools. Sylvia Parris-Drummond of the Delmore "Buddy" Daye Learning Institute and Acadia Prof. Késa Munroe-Anderson bring us the details. 

The portraits of four trailblazing African Nova Scotian women educators were unveiled at the Colchester East Hants Public Library in Truro, N.S., on Friday. The unveiling was part of a project that aims to expand women's history outside of Halifax. Mainstreet's Alex Guye and Sis'moqon were at the event.

A project aiming to smooth out the process of reintegration after incarceration for people in the African Nova Scotian community is hosting a series of community engagment and roundtable sessions. Barb Hamilton Hinch and Lisa Dennis joins host Jeff Douglas to explain how the project works.

Dalhousie University will offer a new scholarship named for African Nova Scotian trailblazer Senator Don Oliver, to provide financial support and mentorship to Black students across the province. The scholarship was created by Oliver's friend - entrepreneur Wade Dawe. We reached Senator Oliver and Wade Dawe to talk about it.

Ingrid Waldren will be holding a series of workshops in a dozen African Nova Scotian communities this month to talk with people about climate change preparedness. Waldren is the HOPE chair in Peace and Health in the Global Peace and Social Justice Program in the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University, and she spoke with host Jeff Douglas.

Last season, we talked to a group of people from the Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) in Toronto as part of a range of options for non-market housing. Over a year later, we check in with the state of land trusts across the country: where are they, what are their impact, and what do they need to succeed and even scale upward to other communities? Susannah Bunce, associate professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Human Geography, has been researching the KMCLT. She has insight into how land trusts can grow and succeed, and the role they play in combatting displacement: It removes land from the speculative market and holds land, in trust, by the non-profit organization for the purposes of keeping housing and land prices at a lower level for community benefit. That principle of community land trust organizing and the model itself is fundamental to combatting gentrification. Nat Pace is network director for the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts, and provides a look at trusts across the country, in communities large and small, urban and remote, and the role they play in increasing equity: Right now in Canada, we have quite a few examples of equity-deserving communities using the model. There's a very interesting cluster in Nova Scotia of African-Nova Scotian communities who are looking to develop their own localized community land trusts as a way to create land bases for their communities, and also reclaim land titles that have been lost. What can land trusts do to provide affordable housing and increase equity in this country?

A summit for African Nova Scotian and Black youth is bringing together about 130 students from across the province on Friday to talk about anti-Black racism, innovation and transformative change. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Jayreece Whiley and Brittany Oakley about the Nia Summit. Learn more here: https://bccns.com/nia-summit/

There's an investigation underway to determine whether or not the old Morvan Road dump in the south-end of Shelburne has contributed to high cancer rates and deaths in the nearby, largely African Nova Scotian, community. Mainstreet's Alex Guye went down there to learn more about the study from people involved during a recent town hall.

A father takes his eleven-year-old son on a road trip to protest decades of environmental racism in their rural Black Nova Scotian community. They shift between playful and serious as they discuss ways of bringing about meaningful change, in the wake of the Africville apology.In The Dumps was written by Shauntay Grant. Find the transcript here. Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out. --- FOLLOW US---Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalkFollow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drakeFollow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creationsTwitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake --- CREDITS ---Written by SHAUNTAY GRANTDirected by MIKE PAYETTE * Starring:JACOB SAMPSON as Dad *NY LANGDON as Nate withLILIONA QUARMYNE as MomBEN STONE as the Security Guard * Sound design, music and audio mixing by JACKSON FAIRFAX-PERRY Dramaturgy by JACOB SAMPSON and MYEKAH PAYNE Episode Produced by ZUPPA and with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONSEpisode Producer & Production Manager BEN STONE Recording engineers:Nate, Dad and The Security Guard were recorded at VILLAGE SOUND, by Sound Engineer BEN CREELMANRadio Announcer and Mom were recorded at JACKSON FAIRFAX-PERRY's home studioLUKE BATIOT* Jacob Sampson and Ben Stone are members of ACTRA Maritimes and were engaged under Music Code 2011* Mike Payette is a member of The Canadian Actors' Equity Association and was engaged under the D.O.T. Agreement Special thanks to Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax Culture and Events, ACTRA Maritimes, and the Canadian Actors' Equity Association In the Dumps was produced in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia), the territory of the Mi'kmaq. --- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---Created by SUNNY DRAKEProduced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRELead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUVConcept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONGImpact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FERENSeries funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts CouncilSee our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Brian Johnson was born in 1960 in Montreal, Quebec. As a child he was exposed the rich African Nova Scotian hockey heritage. when visiting family for long summers. He played for the Detroit Red Wings in the 1984-85 season. He also had a long career in the minor leagues through the 1980s,My Hockey Hero is proudly supported by eBay Canada. Start your own collection at ebay.ca/hockeycardsTo learn more on how you can help make hockey accessible to all, check out hockeyequality.orgThe see the Black Hockey card collection and learn more go to www.blackhockeycards.comWant to here more? The extended interview can be found at Recognize: Black Heroes of the NHLProduced by Podstarter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Johnson was born in 1960 in Montreal, Quebec. As a child he was exposed the rich African Nova Scotian hockey heritage. when visiting family for long summers. He played for the Detroit Red Wings in the 1984-85 season. He also had a long career in the minor leagues through the 1980's,My Hockey Hero is proudly supported by eBay Canada. Start your own collection at ebay.ca/hockeycardsTo learn more on how you can help make hockey accessible to all, check out hockeyequality.orgThe see the Black Hockey card collection and learn more go to www.blackhockeycards.comWant to here more? The extended interview can be found at Recognize: Black Heroes of the NHLProduced by Podstarter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Teenager Devon Marsman was reported missing in March 2022. The 16-year-old was last seen walking into an address in Spryfield, NS and he has not been seen since. Although Devon's case was originally treated by authorities as a person who had willingly gone missing, there has been a recent shift in the tone of the investigation. In November 2022, Devon's case was added to the Nova Scotia Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program. The program offers a $150 000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case. Devon Marsman is described by police as African Nova Scotian, about five feet tall and 100 pounds, with blue-green eyes and short dark hair. He was wearing a hoodie and jeans the last time he was seen. Anyone with information about his disappearance is asked to call the Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program at 1-888-710-9090, Halifax Regional Police at 902-490-5020, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Facebook Group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/499365555264596/?ref=share--Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - https://soundcloud.com/user-135673977 // shorturl.at/mFPZ0Join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/tntcpodMerch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/true-north-true-crime?ref_id=24376Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tntcpod/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tntcpod Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first African Nova Scotian ever elected to the Legislature and to serve in provincial cabinet joins Jeff to talk about the work of the Africadian Empowerment Academy, where he's on the board of directors, and about his own groundbreaking career.

A new Dalhousie study-abroad program offers African Nova Scotian students immersive travel experiences aimed at shifting their perspectives on what it means to be Black and a person of African descent. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Dr. Barb Hamilton-Hinch, associate vice-provost of equity and inclusion, about the program.

The African Nova Scotian Justice Institute will receive more than $607,000 in federal funding to hire a team dedicated to providing Black Nova Scotians with free legal advice. Executive director Robert Wright joins host Jeff Douglas in the studio.

This episode originally aired on July 20, 2020: In the film, acclaimed actor Elliot Page, inspired by a book by Ingrid Waldron that also lends its name to the documentary, travels across their home province of Nova Scotia to explore cases of environmental racism. This week, we are talking about environmental racism, which specifically refers to the environmental injustice that is based on race.We reached out to Dr. Ingrid Waldron, a professor and author of the book “There's Something in the Water”. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Waldron to discuss environmental racism towards Black communities in Nova Scotia and what liberation could look like.Program Log ★ Support this podcast ★

DeRico is a 7th-generation African Nova Scotian. He is the Senior Executive Advisor to the Deputy Minister, of the Province of Nova Scotia, in the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives. He is a founding member of two non-profit organizations in Halifax, ACCE HFX, and Gamechangers902. DeRico Symonds holds an undergraduate degree in Child & Youth Study (2012) and an MEd in counselling through Acadia University (2018). DeRico is also a nationally certified therapist with the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy association. DeRico volunteers his time with a multitude of endeavours such as supporting communities through incidents of violence, mentoring youth, making, and creating community connections and leading fundraisers for community members in need.“If we all do a little, nobody has to do a lot alone” – DeRico SymondsMore info www.dericosymonds.ca

Lou Gannon, the man who has led the African Nova Scotian Music Association for 20 years, is stepping down this year. ANSMA was formed in 1997 to help elevate Black talent in our province. We reach Lou Gannon to talk about the changes he's seen over those decades, and what's next.

Do you have a creative P-12 student in your family? The Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute is holding its African Nova Scotian History Challenges. Hear how the annual competition is open to students across the province.

This week and last Nova Scotia health has been putting on COVID 19 vaccine clinics for African Nova Scotian communities in the Halifax area. We speak with a Dr. David Haase who's involved with that effort.

Hear why OmiSoore Dryden, the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie's School of Medicine, says Canadian Blood Services needs to make amends with the African Nova Scotian community, if it wants to build trust to increase donor numbers.

Nova Scotian nurse Keisha Jeffries recently had her research published in a special edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which focuses on Black health. Her study explored the experiences of African Nova Scotian nurses, particularly around leadership in the sector.

Dr. Afua Cooper, principal investigator for "A Black People's History of Canada", will give a public talk at Cape Breton University on Thursday night as part of the Centre for Sound Communities' "Celebrating Black Musics and Histories in Unama'ki" event.

Keonté Beals is an accomplished singer/songwriter, musician (piano), producer, author and entrepreneur. Keonté triumphs among the East Coast music scene as a multi-talented, award-winning R&B/Pop artist.Born and raised in North Preston, Keonté started singing at the age of six. In 2016, Keonté released “Man Down” from his self-titled EP ‘Keonté,' followed by a second single “4 Ever” in 2017. Keonté, is a natural-born entertainer who has collected accolades from Music Nova Scotia, African Nova Scotian Music Association (including Artist of the Year 2020), Coast Halifax, East Coast Music Association; Challenge AIDS and Malaria in Africa and recognised with an MLA Rising Star award.In 2020, CBC radio produced a special “Keonte Beals: Christmas in North Preston” which was rated the number one story in Canada and earned a feature in “Being Black in Canada”. Keonté released a Christmas EP stemming from the special, entitled “December”, which was very well received. 2020 also saw the birth of KBeals Entertainment (kebe.ca) where Keonte launched his first full-length album under his company.Keonte is the co-author and illustrator of his first children's book with his younger brother Antonio, “I am Perfectly Me”. This book expresses historical pride within the African Nova Scotian community and celebrates diversity. Keonte provides rich and inclusive book presentations within schools all across Nova Scotia - even adding in a few song performances throughout the hour-long sessions with the kids.Keonte propelled the project ‘KING' in 2020 under his own company name, which received the ANSMA song of the year for 2021. Keonte received acclaimed ECMA status in 2021 for R&B album of the year for ‘KING', and also collected three Music Nova Scotia awards: R&B Solo recording, African Nova Scotian Artist of the Year & Inspirational recording of the year.Keonté is set to release his 3rd album in 2023.

Keisha Jeffries recently had her PhD research published in a special edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which focused on Black health. The study documents the experiences of African Nova Scotian nurses, their barriers to entering the profession, and their experiences of leadership.

Striking school support workers in Annapolis Valley are voting on a tentative agreement. Grade 6 student Khadi Hiscox says her school is a much sadder place for her without the help of her African Nova Scotian support worker. Information Morning's Kyah Sparks brings us the story.

A couple of years ago, African Nova Scotians got together to make a plan to create more prosperity for their communities. Now, the Road to Economic Prosperity Advisory Council has a progress update. We hear from Irvine Carvery and Dolly Williams, co-chairs of that council.

The Prep Academy is working in HRM schools to help African Nova Scotian students get ready for post-secondary education. It's introducing the College and University Expo for Grade 12 students. We hear from Vanessa Hartley with The Prep Academy.

Erica talks to the first Black woman to run for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Angela Simmonds, who represents Preston. She was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly in 2021, making her the first African Nova Scotian speaker in the province's history. Angela's Summer Law Project, Land Titles Initiative: "This Land is Our Land: African Nova Scotian Voices from the Preston Area Speak Up" North Preston Land Titles group Angela's campaign vid Subscribe to Bad + Bitchy for full episodes: badandbitchy.com

Grade 9 student Damini Awoyiga is a poet and spoken word artist, and soon to be the Mainstreet bureau chief in Hammonds Plains. She spoke to host Jeff Douglas about her poetry, her mentor, Emancipation day, and the pace of change in Nova Scotia.