We are moving out of the country and into downtown Halifax! Our contributor on this 5 Questions about Poverty theme is from Sara Gillis. Sara is a Librarian at the Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library, a branch Halifax Public Libraries. Public libraries, as the name denotes, are public spaces, serving a wide range of clients, among them those struggling with poverty.
This is the second part of Heather Howard’s answers to our five questions about poverty. Heather works with Hampers for Health....
On the blog this week we are pleased to have Heather Howard from Hampers for Health. Heather’s perspectives is unique...
Welcome back to the next installment in our 5 Questions about Poverty, where we asked various community leaders about the...
Our first contributor to this month’s series is Wendy Knowlton, Executive Director, Family Matters, Annapolis County Family Resource Centre. She’s first...
Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty...
Liz Fraser, Addictions Prevention, South Shore Health I recently facilitated a workshop about addiction and harmful use of alcohol, drugs,...
By Sarah Anstey – Dietetic Intern, Acadia University It’s that time of year again and no, I’m not talking about...
Julie Himmelman, Acadia University Dietetic Intern An article that appeared in the September 2012 issue of MacLean’s magazine titled, “The...
By: Deanna Beck, Health Promoter In a recent Macleans magazine article (Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 –http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/sir-michael-marmot-on-why-all-matters-are-health-matters/, Sir Michael Marmot spoke...
About two generations ago, what was common was…
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