PARTNERS
Basic Income Nova Scotia (BIG-NS) works supports the work of Basic Income Canada Network (BICN), Coalition Canada Basic Income - revenu de base, and the National Forum on Basic Income, contributing to their advocacy efforts for a basic income guarantee (BIG) whenever possible. BIG-NS works closely with Basic Income NOW Atlantic Canada and endorses the Basic Income NOW Atlantic Canada consensus statement.
BIG-NS has partnered with many organizations throughout Nova Scotia including the United Way, Municipalities, Libraries, Universities, Faculty Associations, Community Health Boards and Anti-Poverty Action Groups when holding our conferences and advocating for a basic income in a variety of other ways.
Nova Scotia Organizations that Support
a Basic Income Guarantee
A Roof Over Your Head Kings County Community Food Council
AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia Leeside Society
Ally Centre of Cape Breton Martha Justice Ministry, Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish
Annapolis Community Health Board Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-Being
Antigonish Coalition to End Poverty Nova Scotia Health Coalition
Antigonish Community Transit Society Nova Scotia Community Health Bds. Basic Income Group
Antigonish Women's Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Assoc.
Brunswick Street Mission Peer Outreach Support Services and Education
Canadian Mental Health Association, Halifax-Dartmouth Pictou County Women's Resource & Sexual Assault Centre
Cape Breton Coalition for Social Justice POSSE Project
Centre Stage Theatre Society Sisters of Charity of Halifax
Circle of Trust Canada Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish
Coady Institute Social Justice Committee, St James United Church
Community Advocates Network Springhill, Oxford, Amherst, & Area Community Health Bd.
Conseil de santé de Clare / Clare Community Health Board Society of St. Vincent DePaul, Halifax Particular Council
Digby and Area Community Health Board Tri-County Women’s Center
Dr. Kingston Memorial Community Health Centre Truro Housing Outreach Society
Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Community Health Board Ukpik Inuit Art Gallery
Facilitators for Social Change Urban Jars Halifax
Halifax Food Policy Alliance Women Centres Connect
International Association for Premenstrual Disorders Women’s Place Resource Centre
Yarmouth County Community Health Board
Basic Income Endorsements Across Canada
Below is a list of some organizations in Canada that have endorsed basic income in some way e.g., resolution, public statement.
- Association of Local Public Health Agencies, Ontario (2015)
- Canadian Association of Social Workers (2014)
- Canadian Federation of University Women (2013)
- Canadian Medical Association (2015)
- Canadian Public Health Association (2015)
- Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (2016)
- Community Food Centres Canada (2015)
- Community Harvest Kingston (2017)
- Food Banks Canada (2015)
- Food Secure Canada (2015)
- Food Policy Council for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (2017)
- Kawartha Food Share, Peterborough (2016)
- Nourish Project, Peterborough (2016)
- Occupational and Environmental Health Coalition, Peterborough (2015)
- One Roof Community Diner, Peterborough (2016)
- Ontario Basic Income Network (2017): The Lindsay Declaration for a Progressive Basic Income
- Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Alliance (2015)
- Ontario Public Interest Research Group, Peterborough (2016)
- Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (2015)
- Our Space, Peterborough (2016)
- Peterborough and Kawartha chapter of the Council of Canadians (2017)
- Peterborough District Labour Council (2015)
- Peterborough Food Action Network (2015)
- Peterborough Health Coalition (2015)
- Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network Basic Needs Work Group (2016)
- Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network Income Security Work Group (2015)
- Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network Steering Committee (2015)
- Peterborough Social Planning Council (2016)
- Sustainable Peterborough Future of Food and Farming Working Group (2016)
- The Warming Room, Peterborough (2016)
- United Way of Peterborough & District (2016)
- VON 360 Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic, Peterborough (2016)
- YWCA Peterborough Haliburton (2016)
FAITH GROUPS
- Peterborough Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (2015)
- Citizens for Public Justice (2017)
- Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Committee of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, ON (2017)
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Ontario Regional Council (2016)
- St. Andrews United Church Council, Peterborough (2016)
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