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Climate change affects everyone, yet African Nova Scotian communities aren’t always included in conversations about the impacts. A new project aims to close that gap. Portia interviews Ingrid Waldron, the executive director of the ENRICH project.

Some of the protected areas in Nova Scotia are so rugged and remote that few people ever go there, but a new program is asking experienced volunteers to check them out. Christina Nunn from the Nova Scotia Nature Trust talks about the need for wilderness property guardians.

Some Grade 12 students in Nova Scotia are learning a new way of looking at environmental science. They're taking a course called Netukulimk 12 that's being piloted at four schools in the province. It uses a two-eyed seeing approach, combining both western and Mi’kmaw knowledge.

Students of African descent say they often face barriers and would benefit from more guidance in post-secondary education. Programs coordinator Bria Symonds talks about finding members for the first cohort of a new social work program for Black students at Dalhousie University. 

Yesterday, on the anniversary of the shooting rampage that claimed the lives of 22 Nova Scotians, Justice Minister Brad Johns asserted that gender-based violence is not an epidemic, a statement he apologized for the same day. We hear trauma therapist Kristina Fifield's reaction.

Dental care professionals have been reluctant to participate in the Canadian Dental Care Plan, but the federal health minister says with recent changes, there's no reason for a dentist not to sign on. We ask the president of the Nova Scotia Dental Association for her viewpoint.