The Radical Imagination Project and Solidarity Halifax are pleased to invite you to a conversation about the recent Greek elections. Tuesday, March 24 from 5:30-7:30pm at Just Us! Coffeehouse, Spring Garden Road 5:30-6:30 – discussion with a grassroots organizer and scholar from Greece 6:30-7:30 – a discussion of the implications for Halifax, Nova Scotia and […Read more]
Two members of Solidarity Halifax were featured during the 2015 CKDU Homlessness Marathon and shared their thoughts on the systemic causes of homelessness and precarious housing. The yearly overnight broadcast is shared on campus and community stations from coast to coast, creating linkages and raising awareness of homelessness in Canadian communities. Listen to the segments […Read more]
Solidarity Halifax member Tori Ball writes to the Chronicle Herald in response to Health Minister Leo Glavins’s comments following the release of a new report on Collaborative Emergency Centres. Re: “New vision for collaborative care,” Dec. 11 story. Health Minister Leo Glavine’s comments are unhelpful, to say the least. His response to the recent review, […Read more]
James Hutt, Provincial Coordinator for the Nova Scotia Citizens Health Care Network and member of Solidarity Halifax, discusses public health care and the need for a provincial strategy to improve service and accessibility. >>LISTEN HERE [place marker to 19:00 minutes] Note: Statements by Solidarity Halifax members do not necessarily reflect positions held […Read more]
On October 30th tenants of Hasan Yildiz’s rooming housing were evacuated by HRM by-law. Conditions in the rooming house were unlivable, with dangerous electrical wiring, frequent flooding, a narrow staircase, bedbugs, and overcrowding. Yildiz at one point even rented out a dirt floor cellar with no ventilation and only a kerosene heater. This is what […Read more]