Resisting Poverty, Resisting Racism: Senator Bernard Discusses a GLBI

Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with the Honourable Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard. Senator Bernard has decades of leadership and innovation as a social worker, educator, researcher, community activist and advocate for social change. Senator Bernard and Kim discuss how a GLBI might support Black Canadians and African Nova Scotians, the intersection of poverty, stigma, and racism, and the vital need to end anti-Black racism in Canada. Senator Bernard shares her incredible insights from her life, time in the Senate, and extensive experience as a social worker, professor, mentor and community leader.

Notes:
Listen to the Appointed Episode with Senator Bernard, Abolish Racism here

Bill S-233, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income can be found here

Senator Pate’s Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Factsheet can be read here

Senator Rodger Cuzner's Report Poverty in Nova Scotia at a Glance (2024) can be found here (EN), and here (FR)

The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on The Status of Women information here

Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund can be read here

A Nova Scotia Initiative to End Gender-Based Violence funded by WAGE’s National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence here

Sanding Together: A Provincial Action Plan to Prevent Domestic Violence, Learning about what it will take to Prevent Domestic Violence in Nova Scotia through the Advisory Council here

Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights report: Anti-Black Racism, Sexism and Systemic Discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Commission can be found here