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Seven Days in Halifax

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When citizens confronted the racists, liars and incompetents who ran their city

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Halifax today lives with the results of bad decisions made decades ago. A container port accessible only through narrow downtown streets. A park, bridge and port on the spot where Africville was demolished. A mega-interchange going nowhere, finally torn down. The thoughtless power brokers who made these decisions are long gone, but Haligonians still live now with the choices they made. Yet for seven days in 1970, Nova Scotians saw a brilliant spotlight shone on the city’s power structure, exposing incompetence, ignorance, racism, and lies. In Seven Days in Halifax, Robert Ashe presents this forgotten event in the city’s life. Twelve highly qualified outsiders — including a passionate Black pastor, a feisty Canadian labour leader, and a no-holds-barred journalist — spent a week in a public investigation of the city and how it worked. Each evening, Nova Scotians were glued to live television broadcasts where the 12 experts grilled local authorities.

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Robert Ashe

Robert Ashe is a Halifax native who has worked as a sportswriter, street columnist and crime reporter. For twenty-five years he worked as a communications specialist with the national defense research and development agency. He is the author of five books, including Halifax Champion: Black Power in Gloves, They Called Me Chocolate Rocket, Seven Days in Halifax, Even the Babe Came to Play about a New Brunswick baseball team during the Great Depression, and a collection of columns about life in Saint John entitled, Just Enough Fog to Keep It Cool. He lives with his wife Brenda in Ottawa.

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Preface In this preface, Ashe gives an overview of grassroots activism and municipal reform efforts in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He explains how activists, including those from the African Nova Scotian … View	Robert Ashe	8	2025	$0.80
Introduction In this chapter, Ashe explores how changes in Halifax’s social and political landscape lead to a civic restructuring. He explains how wealthy elites controlled city governance and regional … View	Robert Ashe	14	2025	$1.40
Intellectual Cool In this chapter, Ashe outlines the regional planning initatives that took place in 1960s Halifax, in the context of economic decline, attempts at urban renewal, and the destruction of Africville. View	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70
Renegades In this chapter, Ashe explains how a key provincial government official sought economic revitalization via an invervention by a panel of outside experts. View	Robert Ashe	6	2025	$0.60
Twenty-First-Century City In this chapter, Ashe describes how the “Encounter on Urban Environment” event was organized in Halifax in 1970, and how the event gave citizens the opportunity to hold their … View	Robert Ashe	12	2025	$1.20
Total Immersion In this chapter, Ashe describs what outside experts, Canadian and American, were recruited for Halifax’s “Encounter on Urban Environment,” specifically highlighing civil rights … View	Robert Ashe	9	2025	$0.90
Of Omens and Expectations In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day One of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” discussing the 12 expert panelists arrival to Halifax. View	Robert Ashe	5	2025	$0.50
In a Tower of Glass In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” detailing how officials interviewed by the panel (federal and provincial planners) addressed … View	Robert Ashe	12	2025	$1.20
Ritual Horror In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” discussing the proposed amalgamation of Halifax, Dartmouth, and surrounding rural areas. … View	Robert Ashe	14	2025	$1.40
Opening Night In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on the event’s first live televised town hall and the Nova Scotia … View	Robert Ashe	13	2025	$1.30
Volvo In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of Halifax’s “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on a session on Volvo Canada Limited. He explains how government … View	Robert Ashe	8	2025	$0.80
Disneyland In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on the session on financial insitituions and bankers. He explains how the … View	Robert Ashe	6	2025	$0.60
The Salesman In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on the session on Nova Scotia’s development agency. The expert panel … View	Robert Ashe	12	2025	$1.20
Brotherhood In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on a session on Halifax Shipyards. He highlights the … View	Robert Ashe	9	2025	$0.90
The Whiteness of Everything In this chapter, Ashe describes the televised session of Day Three of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” where citizens spoke out about systemic racism, inequality … View	Robert Ashe	12	2025	$1.20
Pious Irrelevancies In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on sessions discussing Nova Scotia’s arts and culture … View	Robert Ashe	9	2025	$0.90
Daisy In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on Black communites. He highlights the testimony of … View	Robert Ashe	12	2025	$1.20
To Smell You In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on environmental planning.The session focused on activists in … View	Robert Ashe	9	2025	$0.90
Fisherman's Son In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on students. Discussions highlighted racist and classist … View	Robert Ashe	4	2025	$0.40
What They Deserve In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on government communications and journalism. Discussions … View	Robert Ashe	12	2025	$1.20
All-Pervading Maleness In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on claims that the event excluded women’s perspectives. … View	Robert Ashe	13	2025	$1.30
Pretty Dismal In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” on tourism and health policy. Both were found to be seriously deficient. View	Robert Ashe	8	2025	$0.80
The New England Proposition In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on higher education. Discussions centred on the potential for … View	Robert Ashe	8	2025	$0.80
Polished Apples In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” on sessions schools. He examines how Halifax school administrators … View	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70
Hogwash In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on welfare and income assistance. Discussions focused on … View	Robert Ashe	8	2025	$0.80
Ordeal In this chapter, Ashe describes the live TV evening panel of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” on community policy development in Halifax.Panelists … View	Robert Ashe	4	2025	$0.40
The House on Portland Street In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” on community policing. He recounts an incident where Dartmouth’s … View	Robert Ashe	5	2025	$0.50
On Fumes In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Six of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on public transit. The debate centred around affordability, … View	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70
Cautious Oil In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Six of Halifx’ 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on offshore oil prospects for Nova Scotia and transportation issues. … View	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70
A Running Sore In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Six of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on urban planning in Halifax-Dartmouth. He reports panelist Ed … View	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70
Against a Brick Wall In this chapter, Ashe describes the live TV panel session Day Six of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on civil rights and racial tensions … View	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70
Scare In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of the final live TV session of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” as panelists prepared for their final presentation. … View	Robert Ashe	10	2025	$1.00
Gobbledygook In this chapter, Ashe describes the aftermath of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” specifically highlighting the experience of senior bureaucrat and event … View	Robert Ashe	6	2025	$0.60
Nothin' Going On In this chapter, Ashe examines events after Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment” event, specifically the successful citizens’ campaign to stop thecity from … View	Robert Ashe	14	2025	$1.40
Acknowledgements, End Notes, and Suggested Reading This “chapter” includes the author’s acknowledgements, end notes, and suggested readings on the topics covered in the main text (Canadian political history, Halifax history, … View	Robert Ashe	22	2025	$2.20

Seven Days in Halifax

When citizens confronted the racists, liars and incompetents who ran their city

Contributors

Robert Ashe

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