http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/15254/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-poverty-matters-lets-rally-province-house/34034 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8377_r.jpg" alt="" title="Long-time poverty activist Kendall Worth argues that we need to take poverty issues straight to the decision makers in Province House. Will you join him? Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="675" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8376_r.jpg" alt="" title="&quot;Often poor people having next to no energy to do something such as taking part in a protest. This shows how the welfare system downgrades them. Others are scared to protest because of how controlling the welfare system is. They fear that something will happen to their income source if they protest.&quot; Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><i>On the importance of protesting against poverty.</i></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-poverty-matters-lets-rally-province-house/34034" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-poverty-matters-lets-rally-province-house/34034#comments Kendall Worth Pauvreté ACORN Nova Scotia Benefit Reform Action Group department of community services ESIA Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:52:02 +0000 Robert DeVet 34034 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/google-apps-education-promise-and-peril-tech-class/33992 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/simpsons-classroom.png" alt="" title="It&#039;s hard not to like Google&#039;s Apps for Education, recently introduced in Nova Scotia classrooms, says teacher Grant Frost. But what about the parents who can&#039;t afford internet? " width="367" height="286" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Originally posted on the excellent <a href="http://frostededucation.com/" rel="nofollow">FrostedEducation.com</a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/google-apps-education-promise-and-peril-tech-class/33992" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/google-apps-education-promise-and-peril-tech-class/33992#comments Grant Frost Éducation ACORN Nova Scotia child poverty Google internet access Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:49:40 +0000 Robert DeVet 33992 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/welfare-recipients-demand-real-consultation/33849 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8189_r_0.jpg" alt="" title="Waiting for somebody to talk to. Anybody. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8182_r_0.jpg" alt="" title="People living in poverty proceed to the Community Services HQ to talk about their fears around a proposed social assistance transformation. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &ndash; About 25 people on welfare and their allies rallied at Victoria Park, just across the street from the Community Services headquarters in downtown Halifax.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/welfare-recipients-demand-real-consultation/33849" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/welfare-recipients-demand-real-consultation/33849#comments Robert Devet Pauvreté ACORN Nova Scotia Benefit Reform Action Group department of community services ESIA Thu, 03 Sep 2015 22:32:23 +0000 Robert DeVet 33849 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/acorn-nova-scotia-rallies-affordable-internet-acce/33746 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8126_r.jpg" alt="" title="This day and age internet access should not be restricted to people who can afford its high costs, say members of Nova Scotia ACORN. They rallied at the CRTC office on Wyse Road in Dartmouth. The CRTC is studying the issue. Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p class="western">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Earlier this afternoon about ten members of the anti-poverty group <a href="https://www.acorncanada.org/nova-scotia" rel="nofollow">ACOR</a></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/acorn-nova-scotia-rallies-affordable-internet-acce/33746" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/acorn-nova-scotia-rallies-affordable-internet-acce/33746#comments Robert Devet Pauvreté ACORN Nova Scotia internet access poverty Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:43:46 +0000 Robert DeVet 33746 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9Csomebody-had-stand-them-it-might-well-be-me%E2%80%9D/33631 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> North Dartmouth Tenants Town Hall hears litany of complaints </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_7899_r.jpg" alt="" title="ACORN member and MetCap tenant Lisa Farin speaks on Healty Homes Campaign. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -&nbsp;Sparks were flying at last night&#39;s town hall meeting on tenants rights at the Dartmouth North Community Centre.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9Csomebody-had-stand-them-it-might-well-be-me%E2%80%9D/33631" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9Csomebody-had-stand-them-it-might-well-be-me%E2%80%9D/33631#comments Robert Devet Logement ACORN ACORN Nova Scotia landlord licensing MetCap MetCap Living North Dartmouth poverty Sat, 06 Jun 2015 14:59:23 +0000 Robert DeVet 33631 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca