The nature of systems is to resist change
Written by Michael Chender
Changing something as embedded as our voting system is a big undertaking. In fact, as any of us who have worked...
Fighting Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia: Q&A With Advocate of the Year, Dr. Ingrid...
Dr. Ingrid Waldron was recently named the Advocate of the Year at the Better Politics Awards for her work fighting environmental racism in Nova...
Better Politics and Watchdogging Parliament Hill: Kevin Page @ Better Politics Awards 2016
Kevin Page was Canada's first Parliamentary Budget Officer, and was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Better Politics Awards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiiFhzBONU0
Mark Coffin | TedX | White Lies and a Vision for a Better Democracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdpuNb1kOA
Op-Ed: New politics? Up to you, Nova Scotia
This editorial was written by Mark Coffin, and originally featured in The Chronicle Herald, Opinions section. See the original here.
“A new politics” was the first...
What we’ve learned since starting Make Democracy Better.
We launched the Make Democracy Better project to build a space – on the ground, and online - where people could contribute to a discussion...
‘Coming Out’ as an activist | Cory Bowles @ Scene Change: Stories of #NSFilmJobs
Nova Scotia Actor Cory Bowles tells the story of "coming out" as an activist, when the humorous poem he wrote became a speech about...
The Making of ‘Take Your Bow’ Campaign Video | Megan Wennberg @ Scene Change:...
Megan shares the story of making the "Take Your Bow Video", and how the 2015 budget has made her more engaged in politics than...
Resist the urge to wear a jersey | Bob Mann @ Scene Change: Stories...
Bob's father, Richie Mann, was a cabinet minister in John Savage's Liberal government, but most of Bob's friends are 'on the orange team.' Bob...
How I got kicked out of Province House | Nelson MacDonald @ Scene Change:...
Nelson MacDonald is a Proud Caper Filmmaker. On April 19th Nelson visited the Nova Scotia Legislature for the first time and watched question period...