**** Halifax Libraries Release
Coming This Fall…A Full Season of Timely Conversations
Halifax Public Libraries Announces Featured Events for September-November 2022
Halifax Public Libraries is filling its fall calendar with plenty of engaging conversations. From September to November, over 20 Canadian leaders in social justice, academics, and the creative industries are speaking at Halifax Central Library on the important topics of our times, from healthcare equity to pandemic recovery.
“Learning happens at the Library in many different ways. Sometimes it’s a quiet space for reading, other times it’s gathering for a great conversation,” says Åsa Kachan, CEO and Chief Librarian of Halifax Public Libraries. “This fall, interesting local and national speakers will engage our community in timely conversations that matter.”
Included in the Library’s What’s On calendar are well-known Canadian writers Peter Mansbridge, Lawrence Hill, Kate Beaton, and Dr. El Jones, who are talking about their experiences with issues and insights that compelled them to write and discuss, along with authors Modibo Kadalie and Ardath Whynacht.
The arts, literature, and their role in our collective recovery are under examination in The Walrus Talks by a prestigious panel of professors and professionals. While a film screening of The Gig is Up is utilized as the cornerstone for a lively Canadian labour conversation.
In a 6-part event series complete with ASL interpreters, Fernwood Publishing’s roster of writers and experts will separate fact from fiction and to help us get on The Same Page.
In collaboration with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Atlantic Canada, the topic of Equity in Black Healthcare is the broad theme for a specific community conversation.
Also, in the works are significant gatherings and local main events, including an Indigenous-led symposium called Creative Counter-Memorialization; a series of discussions on housing for the Library’s Living Foundations initiative; an after-hours opening event for AfterWords Festival; and an art event for Nocturne.
“This lineup of great events provides us with an opportunity to gather and connect with one another over interesting and thought-provoking topics,” says Kachan. “Everyone is welcome to take part.”
To keep your calendar full of fall conversations at Halifax Central Library, frequently check the What’s On Calendar at halifaxpubliclibraries.ca, or call 902-490-5753 for news of guests and final dates of events.
Schedule of Fall Events—So Far
at Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Rd.
August
Tuesday, August 30, 6:30–7:30 p.m. – The Same Page: Public Health with Gaynor Watson-Creed, Assistant Dean, Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine.
Tuesday, August 30, 7:45-8:45 p.m. – The Same Page: Communicating When There’s Conflict with Ajay Parasram (Dalhousie University) and Alex Khasnabish (MSVU)
Wednesday, August 31, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – The Same Page: Governments in Canada with Scott Pruysers (Dalhousie University)
Wednesday, August 31, 7:45-8:45 p.m. – The Same Page: Making & Changing Laws with Kostantina Northrup, East Coast Environmental Law
September
Thursday, September 1, 4-6 p.m. – Author Book Pre-Launch: Abolitionist Intimacies with Dr. El Jones. A feminist’s examination of the movement to abolish prisons.
Thursday, September 1, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – The Same Page: Fake & Real Information with Fazeela Jiwa (Fernwood Publishing)
Thursday, September 1, 7:45-8:45 p.m. – The Same Page: Protesting 101 with Ardath Whynacht (Mount Allison University)
Friday, September 2, 4-6 p.m. – Author Talk: Modibo Kadalie on Black Freedom and Direct Democracy
Saturday, September 3, 2–3pm – Author Talks: Ardath Whynacht on What Do We Do with the “Dangerous Few”?
Saturday, September 3, 3-5:30 p.m. – Celebrate & Promote Equity in Black Healthcare with Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Sharon Davis-Murdoch (O.C.), Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, and Dr. Martha Paynter, and a performance by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.
Thursday, September 8, 6:30-8 p.m. – The Gig is Up: Film Screening and Q&A with Shannon Walsh, director of THE GIG IS UP; Jason Edwards, Volunteer Labour Lawyer, the Halifax Workers’ Action Centre; Suzanne MacNeil, Organizer, Justice for Workers Nova Scotia; and Jabesa Hika, Rideshare Driver
Tuesday, September 13, 7-9 p.m. – The Walrus Talks: Reconnecting Arts & Literature with Reneltta Arluk, Peter Hinton-Davis, Ian Kamau, Owen ‘O’Sound’ Lee, Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware
Wednesday, September 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – In Conversation: Peter Mansbridge. A discussion of journalism, celebrity, diversity, media, and social responsibility.
Tuesday, September 20, 6-8 p.m. – Author Book Launch: Kate Beaton’s Ducks – Two Years in the Oil Sands, graphic novelist Veronica Post, and musician Peter MacInnis.
Saturday, September 24, 7-9:30 p.m. – Opening Night at AfterWords with David Bergen, Alex Pugsley, Ryan Turner, Jesse Wente, and Trina Roache
Coming soon…more events for October 2022, including Lawrence Hill.
