#OuEstMaPetition: Commemorating Acadians
A story of how the royal proclamation recognizing the Expulsion of the Acadians came about. This was originally published as a Twitter thread. View […]
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Blog: Stories and Profiles
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Lawrence Shebib is a Northside Changemaker and a Dr. Strang Community Hero
Lawrence Shebib is the coordinator of the North Sydney Food Bank. Under Shebib’s guidance, the food bank has moved to a new location, the former Seton Elementary School site, where it has become a community hub, aiming to assist clients in new areas such as housing and employment. In May 2021, Shebib was named as one of Dr. Strang’s Community Heroes.
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Lisa Bond Is a Northside Changemaker and a Strang Hero
Interview provided by Northside Rising, an Inspiring Communities nested initiative. Earlier in June, Lisa was recognized with one of the Dr. Strang Community Hero Awards […]
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DEN Takes Holistic Approach to Equitable Employment
In 2020, it felt like the world’s awareness of systemic racism shifted. So why does is it still so hard for African Nova Scotian […]
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Kayla Steele is a Changemaker
Interview provided by Northside Rising, an Inspiring Communities nested initiative. Tell me a little bit about yourself I’m Kayla Steele. I’m 29 and I have […]
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Dinao MacCormick is a Changemaker
Interview provided by Northside Rising, an Inspiring Communities nested initiative. Tell me a little bit about yourself My name is Dinao. I am an Expressive […]
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Natalie Couture is a Northside Changemaker
Interview provided by Northside Rising, an Inspiring Communities nested initiative. Tell me a little bit about yourself I graduated from StFX with a degree in […]
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A Safe Place for Digby’s Youth
I want to introduce you to a young lady by the name of Morgan Dunn. I met Morgan at an information session about Inspiring […]
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Jim Clarke is a Northside Changemaker
I have been connected to Northside Rising for a while now and thinking about other ways I can help in my community. I saw the application come up in my news feeds. I was drawn to apply mostly because I was interested in the training that came with it (Mental Health First Aid, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, Naloxone training) I thought I could do something with those