Culturally Safe Care Improves Mental Health Outcomes A growing body of research and frontline testimony is drawing attention to persistent barriers faced by Black women in Canada’s health care system, with clinicians and patients pointing to delayed care, misdiagnosis and a lack of culturally safe services as contributing factors in worsening mental health outcomes. For […]
Hemingway Story Withdrawn After N-Word Backlash Nova Scotia education officials have removed a literary work from an online Grade 12 English course after complaints about repeated use of the N-word sparked criticism from educators, community leaders, and advocates for Black students. The story, Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 work The Killers, had been included as one of […]
Veteran Black journalist Portia Clark honoured by Acadia University A prominent voice in Canadian broadcasting is being recognised for decades of public service, as Acadia University prepares to confer an honorary doctorate on Portia Clark. The Wolfville institution announced that Clark will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree at its spring convocation, citing her […]
Canadian hockey is mourning the loss of a trailblazer whose career opened doors for generations of Black athletes. Bill Riley, widely recognized as the first African Nova Scotian to play in the National Hockey League, has died at the age of 75 after battling cancer. Born in 1950 in Amherst Nova Scotia, Riley’s path to […]
The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia hosted the launch of African Heritage Month on Tuesday, spotlighting the history, culture, and resilience of the province’s African Nova Scotian community. This year’s theme, “Strength in Unity: Moving Forward with Purpose, Prosperity, Power and Progress,” underscores the ongoing efforts to celebrate and preserve heritage while fostering collective […]
Compassionate Community Healthcare Empowering Black Women Long overlooked by the province’s health-care system, Kate MacKinnon finally found a place where her experiences matter. The Nova Scotia Sisterhood, a team of all-Black female health-care providers, offers culturally sensitive care to African Nova Scotian and Black women and gender-diverse adults 19 and older, whether or not they […]
KKK costume outrage spurs legislative debate A year after four people attended a Halloween party in Nova Scotia dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan, residents of Whitney Pier say the shock has faded but meaningful change has yet to follow. The incident took place in October 2024 at a Halloween dance held at […]
Nova Scotia man seeks Ontario transplant for survival In his grandmother’s modest living room in North Preston, Samuel Provo-Benoit keeps his phone close by, waiting for a call that could transform his life. At 35, he has been on dialysis for years due to complications from Type 1 diabetes, which he was diagnosed with at […]
By Lincoln DePradine Donald H. Oliver, one of a few African-Canadians to serve as a senator in the Upper House of Parliament, has died. “Throughout his Senate career, he championed issues of diversity, equity, human rights and economic empowerment,’’ said the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, which issued a statement Wednesday announcing Oliver’s death. […]
The critically acclaimed novel Washington Black by Canadian author Esi Edugyan has made the leap from page to screen. Adapted as a Hulu original series and now streaming in Canada on Disney Plus, the television version of the Giller Prize-winning novel has sparked conversation about how well it captures the history of Black Canadians. Set […]
