Tag: Social Justice & Equity

Cape Breton Post, March 15, 2025

AUDIO: CBU student Leen El Akhal finds solace in community and connecting with her Palestinian heritage

AUDIO: CBC Radio reporter Brittany Wentzell visits The Village at Pine Tree Park, where staff and residents share the life-changing impact of the project

“I see their lives changing drastically," reflects Executive Director of the Ally Centre, Christine Porter. Cape Breton Post, January 27, 2025

Transforming affordable housing with energy efficiency and solar power

Erika Shea and Christine Porter share insights from The Village at Pine Tree Park and Eleanor's Court as part of Nova Scotia Human Rights Week panel discussion

Analysis of a haphazard property tax system and the implications for New Dawn and other non-profit organizations

Erika Shea joins the Reimagining Energy Podcast to share New Dawn's approach to energy poverty as a nonprofit social enterprise

Tenants find friendship and support in first week at The Village at Pine Tree Park

Subscription-based community solar garden program is first of its kind in Canada

The Village will be a temporary home for 35 community members experiencing homelessness in CBRM

Members of the Affordable Housing and Homelessness Working Group submitted a series of questions to all CBRM mayoral and council candidates by email on October 7. Below are the responses received to date (October 17).

To quote Erika Shea, President and CEO of New Dawn Enterprises, “This is a beautiful moment.”

Erika Shea shares New Dawn's goal of becoming a net-zero organization.

New Dawn is honoured to support the Ally Centre of Cape Breton in naming the Rapid Housing Initiative building Eleanor’s Court in memory of the late Eleanor Young.