A group of educators advocating for “greater social justice” in schools and communities is calling on Nova Scotia’s political parties to lay out concrete plans for eliminating child poverty. In a virtual media conference Friday morning, Educators for Social Justice Nova Scotia (ESJ-NS) members called on provincial election candidates to commit to implementing 11 recommendations […]
Rates of domestic, family violence increase in a crisis like Covid-19. But people and communities can still support those at risk
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Staying home is keeping many of us safe from Covid-19, but it’s also increasing the risk of violence against women and children who are now at home more often with abusers. Rates of domestic violence have spiked across the world in countries where there are […]