Backgrounder: Support for Black Communities in Nova Scotia
Backgrounder
HALIFAX, February 23, 2024
Canadian Heritage
Two organizations will receive $1,057,870 in total funding through the Multiculturalism Anti-Racism Program Projects component. This component provides funding for community development, anti-racism initiatives and engagement projects that promote diversity and inclusion by encouraging interaction among community groups.
Organization | Project | Funding |
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Dalhousie University - Imhotep’s Legacy Academy | Canada-Wide Out-of-School-Time Experiential STEM Activities for Under-represented Youth | $829,570 |
Atlantic Filmmakers Co-operative Limited | Here/Now: African Nova Scotian Multi-Generational Film Project | $228,300 |
One organization will receive $35,000 through the Multiculturalism Anti-Racism Program Events component. This component provides funding for community-based events that promote intercultural or interfaith understanding, promote discussions on multiculturalism, diversity, racism and religious discrimination, or celebrate a community’s history and culture, during heritage months recognized by Parliament, for example.
Organization | Project | Funding |
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Halifax Black Film Festival | 2024 Halifax Black Film Festival – 8th Edition | $35,000 |
This builds on more than $30 million that the Government of Canada has already invested in dozens of projects to support the Black community in Nova Scotia through the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative since 2020.
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Contacts
For more information (media only), please contact:
Alisson Lévesque
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities
alisson.levesque@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Media Relations
Canadian Heritage
819-994-9101
1-866-569-6155
media@pch.gc.ca
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