Navigator Street Outreach

If you know of a space, please help this wonderful community partner!

Our food donors have gone above and beyond, as always, this season. The support we have received is just incredible...and we have just *one more* ask for evenin...g meals and bagged lunches to help us get through the rest of our season. Below are the dates that are available and if you'd like to book in, please email [email protected] to get all of the details and confirm your date. April 4 - Lunch April - Lunch April 10 - Lunch April 12 - Supper April 16 - Supper April 17 - Lunch April 20 - Lunch and Supper April 23 - Supper April 24 - Lunch April 26 - Supper April 30 - Supper (Note: This is our last night of operation for the season and we may work with you on items for that evening just because we do it a little different to mark the end of season with our guests). Thank you again to everyone who has donated this season, as well as those of you have liked and shared our posts to help spread the word. It's a team effort and we couldn't be more grateful!

Help out if you are able!

This is a great community partner, please support them if you can!

This Tuesday at 6pm the Law Amendments Committee is meeting to discuss the proposed amendments to the Fatality Investigations Act. See here for background: http...s://www.thechronicleherald.ca//nova-scotia-to-review-/ and see here for the proposed amendments: https://nslegislature.ca/l/bills/63rd_2nd/1st_read/b180.htm The Liberal provincial government is proposing significant amendments to the Act in the form of new review committees for deaths in domestic violence situations and of children in care of the province. Although we support the spirit behind the changes, they are flawed in 5 critical respects: (1) Unlike in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, reviews will continue to be discretionary, not mandatory (2) although the amendments contemplate the development of specialized review committees for child deaths in care and domestic violence deaths, there is no comparable body for reviewing adult deaths in custody (3) there are no procedural or truth-finding powers explicated in the Act re: the review committees (4) there are no provisions requiring either the work of the committee or their findings to be made public (5) there are no accountability mechanisms in place to ensure the gov acts on the findings of the committees As a result, we expect that the committees will have no teeth, no independent adjudicator, no subpoena power, no cross examination as an option, and no mandatory release of info to the public. In summary, we expect the committee reviews to be legitimizing tools to rubber stamp internal investigations. Eat Coast Prison Justice is making a presentation at the Law Amedments Committee this Tuesday night at the legislature. We know it is last minute notice, but we are calling to add teeth to the amendments and for the real details to be included right in the Act. A draft of our remarks is available here: https://docs.google.com//1VNBFI1sBgGjrbdsumTsIl2dMG7/edit and a full version of our submissions is available here: https://docs.google.com//1QwBRQwOa0SpL5C49bkdpCWxd_C/edit We are also looking for other groups to come and give presentations or just show support. Anyone interested in presenting should call 9024248941 on Tuesday morning to book a time to do so. If you are not able to attend for whatever reason, but want to show your support, you and/or your organization are welcome to endorse our submissions. If you do so, we will include your name, title, and contact information. If this is something you are able to do, please send us a FB message to let us know or email [email protected]. Feel free to pass this message along to anyone else you think might be interested.

Our food donors have gone above and beyond, as always, this season. The support we have received is just incredible...and we have just *one more* ask for evenin...g meals and bagged lunches to help us get through the rest of our season. Below are the dates that are available and if you'd like to book in, please email [email protected] to get all of the details and confirm your date. April 4 - Lunch April - Lunch April 10 - Lunch April 12 - Supper April 16 - Supper April 17 - Lunch April 20 - Lunch and Supper April 23 - Supper April 24 - Lunch April 26 - Supper April 30 - Supper (Note: This is our last night of operation for the season and we may work with you on items for that evening just because we do it a little different to mark the end of season with our guests). Thank you again to everyone who has donated this season, as well as those of you have liked and shared our posts to help spread the word. It's a team effort and we couldn't be more grateful!

Help out if you are able!

This is a great community partner, please support them if you can!

We received good news today - we were able to return to St. Matthew’s Church this evening! We are super happy to be back to our normal operations. Again, a huge... thanks to our shelter partners for their support over the past few days and to our guests and volunteers for their understanding and flexibility. See more

Downtown Halifax and SGABA are hiring for the role of Program Coordinator Navigator Street Outreach! https://www.careerbeacon.com//program-coordin/halifax-city