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Dal students and faculty oppose higher tuition fees

January 31, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

A proposal by Dalhousie’s Budget Advisory Committee to raise tuition next fall for the seventh year in a row drew criticism during a budget presentation to the Dalhousie Senate this week. “You can’t put all the burden on students because we just can’t take it anymore,” said Senator Masuma Khan, vice-president for Dal Student Union. […]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Ahsan Habib, Dalhousie Faculty Association, Dalhousie Student Union, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University tuition, Laura Cutmore, Masuma Khan, Suzanne Patles, Teri Balser

I don’t want to be a role model, I just want to be allowed to be human

July 28, 2018 By El Jones 6 Comments

I have a memory of being 13 or 14, in my bedroom after school, swearing to myself that I would learn to speak less, be more pleasing, not have so much to say. I have a distinct recollection of the shame I felt at the ways in which I couldn’t conform to what was expected […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andre Lorde, angry Black woman, another story about race, Bryan Stevenson, El Jones, Masuma Khan, when a Black woman speaks, writing about prison

Masuma Khan and the question of free speech

University codes of conduct, which generically prohibit “unwelcome or persistent conduct that the student knows, or ought to know, would cause another person to feel demeaned, intimidated or harassed,” will inevitably smack up against the academy’s ultimately more fundamental role as protector of free speech and encourager of vigorous debate. The question is what were Khan's defenders defending?

October 30, 2017 By Stephen Kimber 12 Comments

Should the vice-president of the Dalhousie Student Union have faced even the whiff of disciplinary action from the university’s administration for a less than genteel Facebook exchange she had with some constituents? The short answer is no. The long answer is still no. But… Let’s circle back for some context. On June 28, 2017, the […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Education, Featured Tagged With: Dalhousie Student Union, free speech, Masuma Khan, Stephen Kimber

Examineradio, episode #135: Desmond Cole street checks the police

October 27, 2017 By Terra Tailleur Leave a Comment

Broadcaster, writer and activist Desmond Cole is the special guest on this episode, and oh boy, does he have a story to tell. Many people know him from his 2015 article in Toronto Life magazine where he talked about being carded by police and harassed for no reason other than being black. Others know him […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cornwallis statue, councillors and emails, Desmond Cole, Examineradio, Examineradio 135, Halifax street checks, Masuma Khan, podcast, Terra Tailleur

Okay, you have five minutes: Morning File, Thursday, October 26, 2017

October 26, 2017 By Erica Butler 6 Comments

I’m Erica Butler, your friendly neighbourhood transportation columnist, filling in for Tim today while he’s on assignment.  News 1. Dal drops disciplinary action against Masuma Khan In a statement Wednesday,Vice-Provost Student Affairs Arig al-Shaibah announced she would be dropping the disciplinary action against Dal Student Union VP Masuma Khan over her now famous #whitefragilitycankissmyass Facebook […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Arig al Shaibah, Chris Parsons, Erica Butler, Jennifer Keesmaat, Masuma Khan, pedestrian vehicle collisions up, Sobey Art Award, Ursula Johnson

Dalhousie Senate in uproar over disciplinary action taken against student: Morning File, Tuesday, October 24, 2017

October 24, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Dalhousie Senate takes up Masuma Khan issue After news media reported that Dalhousie student Masuma Khan is facing disciplinary action, many members of the Dalhousie Senate demanded that the issue be discussed at yesterday’s meeting of the Senate. To back up, as explained by the Globe & Mail last Thursday: A student at Dalhousie University is […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Power, Anjuli Patil, Arig al Shaibah, Constance Backhouse, Dalhousie Senate, Desmond Cole, hypnotized chickens, Janice Graham, Laura Martin, Masuma Khan, methadone, Michael Smith, MLA Tim Houston, Pamela Cameron, right whale death Nashawena Island, Theresa Babb, tommy gun stolen

I Just Threw Up a Little In My Mouth: Morning File, Saturday, October 21, 2017

October 21, 2017 By El Jones 10 Comments

1. A note I threw up before I wrote this. It’s true I’ve had the flu for two weeks, I’ve been travelling, my body is run down. I’m sure that had something to do with it. But really, it was because I read through the comments on Tim’s article from yesterday. It’s not that they […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Constance Backhouse, Dal dentistry students, El Jones, Joe Feagin, Kati George-Jim, Kevin Hewitt, Lawrence Stordy, Masuma Khan, Ntombi Nkiwane, Racism, Robin DiAngelo, safe spaces, systemic racism at Dal, white fragility

Another cool thing ruined by someone holding the camera the wrong way: Morning File, Friday, October 20, 2017

October 20, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Clayton Miller Back in July, Wagner’s law firm held a press conference to publicize “new evidence” in the Clayton Miller case: the videotaped testimony of Bryan McDonald, a Cape Breton Search & Rescue captain, who said he and his team of 10-15 people searched the area where Clayton’s body was later found, but found nothing. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amazon HQ competition, Arig al Shaibah, Bryan McDonald interview, Chris Benjamin, Clayton Miller, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, councillor Shawn Cleary, Dalhousie University racism, Danny Howatt, Group m5, Jacob Boon, Jamie MacNeil, lobbyist registry, Masuma Khan, Serious Incident Response Team

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

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