5th BIG-NS Conference, April 1, 2023
Watch the videos
Jeff Karabanow: Homelessness & a basic income
Panel 1: Costs of poverty, social return on investment, funding a BIG, and its impact
MP Leah Gazan: Getting to a basic income
Panel 2: Poverty & income assistance experiences & the impact of a basic income
Panel 3: Basic income and youth
Sponsors
Speakers
Sheila Regehr, Chair of Basic Income Canada Network
Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Dalhousie University
Paul Taylor, Executive Director, Foodshare Toronto
Jennifer Brady, Director Dietetics, Acadia University
Kendall Worth, first voice, Anti-poverty Activist
Wayne MacNaughton, first voice, Anti-poverty Activist
Honourable Kim Pate, Canadian Senate
4th BIG-NS Conference
Held on October 23rd, 2021
Sponsors
Halifax Public Libraries
Dalhousie University Faculty of Health
Saint Mary’s University Faculty Association
Diversity and Community Capacity Fund, NS Dept. of Communities, Culture & Heritage
Councillor’s Fund, Halifax Regional Municipality
Private donors
3rd BIG-NS Conference, 2019
The Evidence Speaks
Link to the Schedule
Watch Some Videos
The Evidence Speaks—-Panel Discussion, recorded by the MacEachern Institute
Spotlights: Pre-recorded videos by Lumi Studios, Media Production attesting to the need for a Basic Income Guarantee
Wayne MacNaughton, Income assistance recipient, anti-poverty activist
Kendall Worth, Income assistance recipient, journalist, anti-poverty activist
Sharon Murphy, Grew up in poverty, retired social worker, anti-poverty activist
Amy Moonshadow, Former NGO worker, income assistance recipient, anti-poverty activist
University students’ perspective, graduate students, SCSD, Dalhousie University
Professionals’ perspectives, Social Work Community Clinic, Dalhousie University