Events

On this page, you will find upcoming and past Commision and community events. We encourage all Nova Scotians to participate and celebrate our diverse communities. If you have an event we should include here please contact us.

Upcoming Events

There are no upcoming events scheduled

Past Events

November 3rd, 2018 - November 3rd, 2018 - Black Men's Health League Conference

This is a free event for men of African decent in Nova Scotia. Limited Space available. Registration Opens October 15, 2018.

For more information and to register, contact NSBrotherhood@nshealth.ca

View the event flyer (PDF).

November 2nd, 2018 - November 14th, 2018 - United Against Genocide Travelling Exhibit

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is pleased to be co-hosting a travelling exhibition with the Cape Breton Regional Centre of Education this fall that will run during Holocaust Education Week 2018.

"United Against Genocide" will be on display November 2-14 at Victoria Park in Sydney, Cape Breton.

The exbit is travelling from the Montreal Holocaust Museum.

Info and opening night invitation.

October 11th, 2018 - October 11th, 2018 - United Nations International Day of the Girl Child

Thursday, October 11th, 2018  |  1:00 - 3:30 pm  |  Doors open at 12:30 pm
Mount Saint Vincent University - Rosaria Student Centre Multi-Purpose Room

Speakers and performers include inspirational girls from across Nova Scotia
Light refreshments will be served


Please RSVP at https://2018dayofthegirl.eventbrite.ca 
Registration is free for all who attend


Please share with others who would like to join the celebration!

 

For questions, email girlsconference@msvu.ca

 

October 3rd, 2018 - October 3rd, 2018 - There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities, Book Launch

From Africville to Alton Gas: A Pop-Up Book Launch for

There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities

 

Please join Ingrid Waldron for her Halifax book launch From Africville to Alton Gas: A Pop-Up Book Launch for There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities. Ingrid will be joined by friends and colleagues who will read passages from the book and contribute their own experiences and perspectives on the issues and stories documented in the book. The following speakers will be joining Ingrid to deliver talks:

 

Geri Musqua-LeBlanc, Elder, Dalhousie University Elders in Residence Program

Lenore Zann, Nova Scotia NDP Party

Ellen Sweeny, Atlantic PATH

Mikiko Terashima, School of Planning, Dalhousie University

Irvine Carvery, Africville Genealogy Society

Michelle Paul, Environmental Activist

Louise Delisle, South End Environmental Injustice Society

Dorene Bernard, Grassroots Grandmothers Circle

Wednesday, October 3

6 pm -9 pm

Paul O’Regan Hall

Halifax Central Library

5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, NS B3J 1E9

 

Cost: Free

Free refreshments

Ingrid will be signing copies of her book, which will be available for purchase.

 

Organized by Fernwood Publishing and the ENRICH Project