Findings from what has been billed as the world’s largest trial of a four-day workweek suggest that paying workers the same wages for less work not only improves employees’ well-being, it might actually (surprise, surprise) benefit a company’s bottom line.
We’re making an unholy mess of this world. We don’t mean to, but we are. We’re good people. We work hard, we produce quality work we’re proud of and if we’re lucky, we make good money and live well.
We are excited to announce the first Fall Preview of exhibitions, programs, and events at Eltuek Arts Centre, one of Canada’s newest cultural hubs for creative work and the arts.
A new $15 million community centre is coming to Glace Bay, N.S., and officials say they hope it will help turn the tide on the poverty and drug use plaguing the community.
The design team behind the Eltuek Arts Centre in Sydney, NS has been recognized with a Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Architecture.
The Ally Centre of Cape Breton has launched Nova Scotia's second overdose prevention site. Peer Six opened its doors on Monday at 75 Prince St. in downtown Sydney and is staffed with trained peers.
At New Dawn we’ve decided to take this moment to reflect on how we work and see if we can strike a better balance between our work, home, family, and personal lives.
This brief examines the history of income security in Canada, why basic income is the necessary next step in the erradication of poverty in Canada, and how we might get there.
In this episode of Annette Verschuren's Bet On Me Podcast, a follow-up to her Bet On Me memoir, she talks with New Dawn President-CEO Erika Shea about her journey to Cape Breton and the work of New Dawn.
Across all the responses we showcased, we are struck by the importance placed on principles of equity, access and people-first communities. There is consensus that we cannot build strong and resilient communities if many of the people in them face barriers to satisfying basic needs.
Although an island blessed with extensive natural resources, a moderate climate, and a majestic landscape, Cape Breton has experienced a prolonged economic decline characterized by massive out-migration of young, well-educated adults.
We stand with the Ukrainian people who with unwavering resolve are fighting back against a tsunami of violence, imperialism, and deceit. We watch in real time as lives, communities, and landscapes are destroyed. For nothing. For greed, ego, and conquest.