http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/15396/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/my-life-welfare-nova-scotia/33949 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/11893780_970408102980832_8901959035063791476_o.jpg" alt="" title="Aron Spidle, featured in the documentary My Week on Welfare, on budgeting for stamps, surviving on $54 for groceries per month(!), and somehow managing to not become despondent. Photo Facebook" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>I&#39;ve been asked to explain what life as a client of the Department of Community Services has meant for me. For me, a life involved with &quot;the System&quot; so far has meant shame, embarrassment and fielding awkward questions and stereotypes.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/my-life-welfare-nova-scotia/33949" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/my-life-welfare-nova-scotia/33949#comments Aron Spidle Pauvreté #FacesOfNSWelfare department of community services ESIA social assistance Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:37:05 +0000 Robert DeVet 33949 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/fighting-welfare-stigma-social-media/33821 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> #FacesOfNSWelfare campaign to launch in September </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/11782259_10154089168163572_1032239279104035094_o_2.jpg" alt="" title="A social media campaign to tackle welfare stigma is about to launch. Actor, writer and documentary maker Jackie Torrens, who initiated the project and herself was on welfare as a young mother, shows what it will look like. Photo contributed. " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) &ndash; A group of local poverty activists is launching a social media campaign to tackle the secrecy and stigma associated with receiving social assistance.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/fighting-welfare-stigma-social-media/33821" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/fighting-welfare-stigma-social-media/33821#comments Robert Devet Médias Pauvreté #FacesOfNSWelfare Benefit Reform Action Group department of community services ESIA Jackie Torrens Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:39:26 +0000 Robert DeVet 33821 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca