Tag: Social Justice & Equity

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.

In December 2023, Efficiency One published their report, Energy Poverty and an Equitable Transition to a Net-Zero Carbon Future in Nova Scotia. New Dawn was honoured to be a "Voice from the Community" in the report.

New Dawn CEO joins Alison Coldwell, Coordinated Access Manager, CMHA, Annapolis Valley, and Sunday Miller, Property Consultant, Akoma Holdings Inc. in a disucssion of housing and human rights hosted by the Nva Scotia Human Rights Commission.

ALEX PAUL: Unsubstantiated fears associated with north-end New Dawn project (Cape Breton Post)

Your calls, e-mails, texts, social media posts, letters to Council, and letters to the editor have helped to secure funding for 24 apartments for some of the most vulnerable members of our community.

The issue of affordable housing is one of several – climate change, poverty, population growth, mental health/addictions, unemployment, healthcare – that will challenge this and other municipalities in the coming years. These are the issues that define our health, wellbeing, safety, and quality of life.

We stand with the Sipekne’katik First Nation and the Mi’kmaq asserting their Treaty Rights in Nova Scotia (unceded Mi’kma’ki) to pursue a moderate livelihood through a self-regulated fishery.

We stand with the Black Lives Matter movement in Canada and the United States and support the call for fundamental systemic and individual change.