2025 Annual General Meeting
Saturday, April 26, 10 am to 3 pm
The Nova Scotia Health Coalition will be hosting our Annual General Meeting at the Halifax Central Library,5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, on Saturday, April 26th, starting with our Keynote speaker Brent Young from 10 am -12 pm, followed by a light lunch. In the afternoon, we will host our formal AGM between 1 pm and 3 pm.
As a democratic, membership-based organization, our AGM is a critically important event. Open to all members of the Health Coalition, we will provide reports from staff and executive officers, submit last year's financial records for review, pass a budget for the upcoming year, debate the future direction of the organization and elect new board and executive members. The meeting will begin with a keynote address by Halifax healthcare researcher and activist Tari Ajadi.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Brent Young
Academic Director of Indigenous Health
Dr. Brent Young is Anishinaabe and a member of Sandy Bay First Nation. His mother is a Sixties Scoop Survivor, and his grandmother was a survivor of Sandy Bay Indian Residential School. He was born and raised in Unama’ki. He is a family physician at Sipekne’katik Health Centre, academic director for Indigenous health at Dalhousie Medical School, and founding clinical lead of Wije’winen Health Centre. He played a key role in supporting the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in establishing this service for the urban Indigenous community of Halifax in 2022. Through his leadership, Dalhousie Medical School has seen a substantial increase in the number of Indigenous medical students being admitted through a new Indigenous Admissions Pathway. This pathway is poised to become a key driver of the Indigenous physician workforce in the region and across Canada. His primary area of interest is dismantling anti-Indigenous racism in healthcare systems using rights-based frameworks.
Registration and Membership
Attendance requires advanced registration and a valid membership in the Health Coalition. To become a member or renew your membership please visit: https://www.nshealthcoalition.ca/join-or-donate
*The NS Health Coalition is committed to ensuring financial circumstances are not a barrier to membership and participation in the organization. We will not refuse membership to any individual on the basis of ability to pay. If you wish to become a member but cannot afford the membership fee please contact coordinator@nshealthcoalition.ca. You will not be required to provide any proof of income or asked to discuss your financial situation.
Agenda, zoom link and will be emailed to participants the week before the event.
Questions or concerns: coordinator@nshealthcoalition.ca
REGISTRATION CLOSES April 25th AT NOON!