Alexa!
Winner, Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction AwardFinalist, APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award and George Borden Writing for Change AwardAlexa McDonough’s impact… Read More
Political
Burnley “Rocky” Jones Revolutionary
The story of Rocky Jones is a reminder that human rights are not a gift, but a prize that must be fought… Read More
Mayann Francis
When Mayann Francis was named Nova Scotia’s first Black lieutenant-governor, she wondered if the community would accept her. Francis was born just three months after businesswoman Viola Desmond was arrested for… Read More
Politics on Edge
Paul MacEwan (1943-2017) was a singular politician, an outlier who successfully pushed the limits of Nova Scotia’s political norms over the longest continuous service record in the history of the… Read More
Robert Bond
First elected to Newfoundland’s House of Assembly in 1882, Robert Bond served as a member of government and opposition—and notably as prime minister—in an era filled with challenges that still… Read More
What I Learned About Politics
On October 8, 2013, Nova Scotia’s NDP government went down to a devastating election defeat. Premier Darrell Dexter lost his own seat, and the party held the dubious distinction of being the first one-term… Read More
Working for the Common Good
In <em>Working for the Common Good</em>, Madelyn Holmes details the political policy work of eight social democratic Canadian women and highlights their largely unrecognized struggles and… Read More
