A group of Grade 9 students at Bicentennial School in Dartmouth are wrapping up the school year having learned more about sexual violence, assault, and harassment with a project they created in their class. In October, the students, including Athena Woodford, Meredith Gall, and Neil Rissesco, were talking in an informal online class group chat […]
Virtual panel discusses the ongoing legacy of slavery and the topic of reparations
Delvina Bernard, Andrea Douglas, and Cikiah Thomas were panelists at the event billed as a pre-conference event for the 2023 Universities Studying Slavery Conference to be hosted by University of King’s College.
On Monday, speakers at a virtual panel discussion talked about reparations and the ongoing legacy of slavery from Nova Scotian and Canadian perspectives. The event was hosted by Dalhousie University, University of King’s College, and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and was advertised as a pre-conference event for the 2023 Universities Studying Slavery […]
The connections of Nova Scotia universities to slavery and why it matters
Morning File, Friday, February 14, 2020
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Put me in coach: New company & society registrations
9880666 CANADA Enfield Nature of business: “Talent management and online health and wellness coaching.” President: Lindsay Hill Hill is also a partner at something called the Keystone Group, which she describes as follows: As your human capital account manager, Keynote manages all stakeholders to meet performance and outcome expectations from a single source. This consultative...
Wage Freeze Forecast For King’s Faculty
Following a Board of Governors meeting at the University of King’s College, faculty and senior administrators have a wage freeze to look forward to for at least the upcoming year. In an email sent out Thursday to faculty, staff and students, University President George Cooper and Board Chair Dale Godsoe said that the Board...