I was once on a panel with NourbeSe Philip and Katherine McKittrick. I was nervous; I had been reading and citing both women for years, but I had never met either of them. NourbeSe is best known for her work Zong! an “untelling” of the Zong massacre: a 1781 case where the crew of a […]
If we’re serious about addressing systemic racism, then prisoners should have the right to vote in the upcoming municipal elections
On October 17, 2020, Halifax will hold a municipal election. Amid worldwide protests and a mass movement calling for the defunding and disarming of police, city responsibilities around budgeting and police oversight have become a charged issue. The fall vote gives the public the opportunity to make demands around policing heard in what could be […]
In the midst of a crisis over policing, Halifax’s police commission has cancelled its scheduled meetings and is declining to accept public input
I've got 99 problems; Microsoft Teams ain’t one of them.
In the midst of sustained protests about policing, and facing increasing questioning about their role and responsibilities, the Board of Police Commissioners cancelled their meeting planned for today. Members of the Board indicated to Harry Critchley that the reason for the cancellation was that not everybody on the Board was set up to use Microsoft […]
Black Lives Matter in prison, too
A group of federally incarcerated Black prisoners have written the following statement. It was read to El Jones, and has been slightly edited for length and clarity. We have been watching the Black Lives Matters protests and the conversations about police violence. We have been taking part in our own conversations with prisoners of all […]
One day in the streets doesn’t stop injustice, but it does show how Black lives matter
I’m standing in front of the Black Lives Matter banner at the protest for Regis on Saturday when my phone starts ringing insistently. It’s the jail. I walk away from the crowd and answer. A young Black man is calling from segregation at Burnside. Along with other prisoners, he filed a habeas application challenging their […]
12-year-old Damini Awoyiga makes masks, and writes poetry about the coronavirus
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Twelve year-old Damini Awoyiga is encouraging girls to be creative and to find their voice during the COVID-19 lockdown. A poet, singer, and award-winning author, Damini recently got a sewing machine. She says that sewing is an important skill for women whose bodies don’t always […]
New phone line helps monitor conditions in jails during COVID-19
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A new phone line has been launched by East Coast Prison Justice Society (ECPJS) to monitor conditions in provincial jails during the COVID-19 epidemic. Sheila Wildeman, Chair of the ECPJS, says that the line grew out of a planned project to monitor provincial jails. When […]
The mass murder isn’t “senseless” in a culture that excuses the violence of white men
Why can't we understand how the impunity with which white men are allowed to threaten, to follow around, to fixate and to harm connects to how GW was able to move in silence until it was too late? Our culture continues to give white men a pass and then act shocked in the aftermath.
After she wrote an article naming “white male terrorism” in the Nova Scotia mass shooting and other mass killings in Canada, Robyn Bourgeois, a woman of Cree heritage, predictably woke up to death threats from white men. Of the many things we were told it was “not the time” for in the wake of the […]
These are the 22 people murdered in Nova Scotia on April 18-19, 2020
Lisa McCully Lisa was a school teacher who was instrumental in keeping the Debert Elementary School open; Gina Goulet Gina was a denturist in Shubenacadie, a two-time cancer survivor, avid sport fisher and Cuban salsa dancer. “She really loved life,” her daughter Amelia Butler told the Globe and Mail. “She was a fighter.” Gina had two […]
A prisoner at Burnside has tested positive for COVID-19; El Jones speaks with another prisoner about it
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In response to a question from the Halifax Examiner, a spokesperson from the Nova Scotia Department of Justice has confirmed that a prisoner at the Burnside jail has tested positive for COVID-19. The department issued this statement to the Examiner: We can confirm that one […]
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