social assistance

My life on welfare in Nova Scotia

Robert DeVet — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:37:05 +0000

I've been asked to explain what life as a client of the Department of Community Services has meant for me. For me, a life involved with "the System" so far has meant shame, embarrassment and fielding awkward questions and stereotypes.

My Week on Welfare - Documentary shows day-to-day realities of poverty in Nova Scotia

Robert DeVet — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:44:56 +0000

“I could not have imagined the reality of being on social assistance.” Aron Spidle, welfare recipient featured in the documentary My Week on Welfare

Activists want welfare rates unfrozen

Robert DeVet — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:58:15 +0000

Horrors of life on social assistance exposed in personal testimonies

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – This morning about thirty people living in poverty rallied at the Community Services office on Gottingen Street in North End Halifax.

The potboiler discussion - Social Assistance in Nova Scotia

Robert DeVet — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:20:53 +0000

We have been taught either by our culture, our families, our school system or whatever else, to dislike and dismiss anybody who receives social assistance also known as 'welfare'.

Report criticizes changes to income assistance rules

Robert DeVet — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:29:28 +0000

“More barriers, less money, more challenges,” say critics

Changes to social assistance rules that occurred in August 2011 have made life much more difficult for Nova Scotians living in poverty.